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AEON - Nemesi

[Intro: Ryuha — falsetto, wordless over clavinet] Ah— ah— Same door, same hour, same offense Ah— ah— [Verse 1: Ryuha] Far end of the bar and you annex it like a border town. I take the door. The room divides. Nobody asks it why. Ice in the glass, brass in the speaker, midnight making rounds, and there you are, wearing my worst idea, walking in on time. [Pre-Chorus: Shiyun] I could leave. I don't. You could leave. You won't. Two beautiful problems, one room — neither of us going home. [Chorus: All] Nemesi — you again Nemesi — the same offense Non ti sopporto — say it twice I keep a ledger of your crimes Nemesi — count the nights every entry, every line every line of it is want (every line of it is want) [Verse 2: Jisu — dry, spoken flow, bass and clav only] Let's be adults about it. I've done the arithmetic. Nine years. Same room, same hour, same insufferable wrist on the rail. I don't like you. I've been thorough about that. I've been public. And still I clock the door at one. And still the door does not fail. Call it hygiene. Call it habit. Call it the tax I pay for the horns. Bartender pours two. Doesn't ask. Hasn't asked in years. I came here to be left alone inside a beautiful crowd — and you keep arriving like a verdict. On time. With the lights. [Pre-Chorus: Ryuha + Shiyun] I could leave. I don't. You could leave. You won't. Two beautiful problems, one room — neither of us going home. [Chorus: All] Nemesi — you again Nemesi — the same offense Non ti sopporto — say it twice I keep a ledger of your crimes Nemesi — count the nights every entry, every line every line of it is want (every line of it is want) [Bridge: Ryuha falsetto, Shiyun tenor underneath — strings enter] Say it's the heat. Say it's the horns. Say it's the smoke going up like a prayer nobody meant. But you looked one beat too long, and I looked back one longer, and the hate got a body, and the body got intent. [Breakdown: Liam — drums out, single clav stab, spoken] So. Your place, or the fire exit. I still don't like you. That isn't the point. I have hated you in four languages — 싫어, non ti sopporto, je te déteste — and every one of them means come here. [Final Chorus: All — full horns, doubled falsetto, Shiyun main sustained notes] Nemesi — you again (you again) Nemesi — the same offense (same offense) Non ti sopporto — say it twice I've read the ledger. I've read it twice. Nemesi — count the nights every entry, every line every line of it is want (ancora — ancora) [Outro: Ryuha falsetto, Shiyun harmony, band decaying] Same door. Same hour. Same offense. (ancora) Don't go home. Don't go home. (ancora) Don't go home. Don't