I opened the box, thought it was mine Instead it screamed her name in cheap design Twenty-three years, not a single page But she gets your play-pretend stage Paper cuts dressed up as love You never bled, you just shoved Me into silence, her into lies Now I see the fraud in your eyes You’re a goddamn fraud, a bargain-store Romeo Buying words ‘cause you never had your own Your love’s a copy, your heart’s on loan I spit on the crown you think you’ve grown That mug in the pack, that book by the door Her fingerprints smearing what we built before You call it romance, I call it theft You stripped me down and left me bereft Every gift you give is a lie in disguise A rented script, rehearsed goodbyes You think it’s passion, I see decay And I won’t let you take me that way You’re a goddamn fraud, a bargain-store Romeo Buying words ‘cause you never had your own Your love’s a copy, your heart’s on loan I spit on the crown you think you’ve grown Burn the letters, break the spell You never wrote, you never felt She can keep your hollow show But you can’t buy back what you let go Fraud, coward, empty man She’s in love with a hologram And when the book is closed, the lights go dim You’ll still be nothing, you’ll still be him
