Fish-Eyed Lens

[verse 1 - falsetto over strummed bass in 7/8, drums syncopated]  
It’s been a while since I looked at someone new  
Maybe it’s just a waste of time  
It’s been a while since I opened up my heart  
Maybe it’ll fail again this time

Then I met a beauty everyone adores  
She said she’d only belong to me  
She’d love me through my madness  
And I believed her story

[chorus - 4/4, detached delivery, synths and guitars tighten]  
There are nights when I’m alone  
Crying with my fish-eyed lens  
My heart’s a minefield that’s been stepped on  
There’s nothing left to mend

So please don’t leave me for a piece of  
Flash photography  
Don’t trade our love for empty scenes  
And fake celebrity

[verse 2 - bass locks into 5/4 groove, guitars stabbing off-beat]  
My friends are getting drunk tonight  
While I’m feeling more alone  
Drifting further, disconnected  
From the world I used to know

Then someone showed me something  
On their phone across the bar  
All the models selling secrets  
And I saw your name, your star

[chorus - 4/4, brighter synth riff adds angular counterpoint]  
There are nights when I’m alone  
Crying with my fish-eyed lens  
My heart’s a minefield that’s been stepped on  
There’s nothing left to mend

So please don’t leave me for a piece of  
Flash photography  
Don’t trade our love for empty scenes  
And fake celebrity

[bridge - rubato, sparse guitars echo like broken glass]  
Everyone adores your face  
But I fell for who you are  
Now I’m just another client  
Looking at you from afar

The beauty that I trusted  
Was just another role you played  
While I was writing love songs  
You were getting paid

[build - instruments stagger in odd-meter fragments, tension mounting]

[final chorus - full return to 4/4, all layers surging, synths at peak]  
Now I’m always here alone  
Crying with my fish-eyed lens  
My heart’s a minefield that’s been walked on  
And broken once again

You left me for a piece of  
Flash photography  
Traded real love for empty scenes  
And fake celebrity

[closing refrain - falsetto, guitars cycling through 7/8 fade]  
Just flash photography  
That’s all we’ll ever be

2413/7500

[intro - chorus-drenched bass riff, steady 4/4 beat, icy synths circling] [instrumental build, reminiscent of "Love Will Tear Us Apart"] [bass line carries melody before vocals enter, guitars add stabs, synths shimmer in background] [verse 1 - falsetto over strummed bass in 7/8, drums syncopated] It’s been a while since I looked at someone new Maybe it’s just a waste of time It’s been a while since I opened up my heart Maybe it’ll fail again this time Then I met a beauty everyone adores She said she’d only belong to me She’d love me through my madness And I believed her story [chorus - 4/4, detached delivery, synths and guitars tighten] There are nights when I’m alone Crying with my fish-eyed lens My heart’s a minefield that’s been stepped on There’s nothing left to mend So please don’t leave me for a piece of Flash photography Don’t trade our love for empty scenes And fake celebrity [verse 2 - bass locks into 5/4 groove, guitars stabbing off-beat] My friends are getting drunk tonight While I’m feeling more alone Drifting further, disconnected From the world I used to know Then someone showed me something On their phone across the bar All the models selling secrets And I saw your name, your star [chorus - 4/4, brighter synth riff adds angular counterpoint] There are nights when I’m alone Crying with my fish-eyed lens My heart’s a minefield that’s been stepped on There’s nothing left to mend So please don’t leave me for a piece of Flash photography Don’t trade our love for empty scenes And fake celebrity [bridge - rubato, sparse guitars echo like broken glass] Everyone adores your face But I fell for who you are Now I’m just another client Looking at you from afar The beauty that I trusted Was just another role you played While I was writing love songs You were getting paid [build - instruments stagger in odd-meter fragments, tension mounting] [final chorus - full return to 4/4, all layers surging, synths at peak] Now I’m always here alone Crying with my fish-eyed lens My heart’s a minefield that’s been walked on And broken once again You left me for a piece of Flash photography Traded real love for empty scenes And fake celebrity [closing refrain - falsetto, guitars cycling through 7/8 fade] Just flash photography That’s all we’ll ever be

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