You know what's funny? You don't have to lie to contradict yourself Sometimes all you gotta do is keep talking You said you felt nothing then you stayed in the frame Said I didn't interest you kept circling the flame Can't force a feeling? Fine, I never asked you to But why's your every exit got an entrance built into it? You preach independence like a sacred constitution Then rewrite the rules with every new conclusion One day I'm a stranger next day there's familiarity You want the warmth without the weight of any clarity You call it boundaries I call the pattern inconsistent You disappear from truth but keep the atmosphere persistent A master of the sentence with an expiration date Every declaration gets revised when circumstances change And I ain't here to beg I'm here to document the fracture Between the words you manufacture and the way you actually act, girl You wanted me convinced that every chapter had concluded Then kept revisiting the pages you insisted were excluded Contradiction, contradiction Every answer needs revision You can change the whole description Can't erase the repetition Say it's finished, say it's fiction Say whatever fits the mission I'm not fighting your decision I'm dissecting the contradiction You like the admiration not the obligation The comfort of attention without conversation Selective participation carefully rationed validation Then act surprised when somebody changes the arrangement You love a grand conclusion theatrical precision But every little action contradicts the definition You're fluent in rejection allergic to reflection You mistake controlling distance for controlling my perception I built a sound from how you moved you gave the rhythm shape Turned your elegance to music put your presence on the tape That was recognition not a contract or a claim You can inspire something brilliant and still contradict your name And here's the part you missed while you were managing the scene I don't need to hate the woman just to question what I've seen I can credit your influence and criticize your conduct Two conclusions coexist That's a concept you can study Contradiction, contradiction Every answer needs revision You can change the whole description Can't erase the repetition Say it's finished, say it's fiction Say whatever fits the mission I'm not fighting your decision I'm dissecting the contradiction You want the final word without the final consequence A permanent exception to your temporary confidence Demanding independence while depending on the evidence That someone still remembers you with tenderness and reverence That's not sophistication that's emotional arithmetic Subtract the responsibility retain the benefits Add another explanation divide the witnesses Then multiply the distance when somebody notices You say you're being honest I respect an honest no But honesty ain't seasonal it doesn't come and go You can't declare the door is closed then decorate the threshold And call the other person crazy when they notice that it's open I'm not your prosecution I don't need a guilty plea I just stopped confusing contradictions with complexity And every time you change the script to fit another scene You reveal more in the editing than anything you mean I never asked you to feel something you didn't I asked you to mean what you said There's a difference I used to study every pause like there was wisdom in the silence Now I recognize the pattern without granting it compliance You can keep your polished language your convenient definitions I can hear the gears grinding underneath the contradictions I gave the inspiration credit I ain't rewriting history You were real enough to move me that's the part that isn't mystery But inspiration isn't innocence and beauty isn't proof And a beautiful contradiction is a contradiction too So keep the explanations keep the elegant revisions Keep pretending every impulse is a calculated decision I won't rewrite what happened just to make the ending cleaner I can love the art you sparked and still see the contradiction clearer You inspired the music You didn't write the truth There's a difference Santi Flores
