[Intro] [slow piano, atmospheric hum] [Verse 1] Perfume on the contract Flowers at the door They learned my maiden name And called me something more Tuscan light on stolen walls Wine from my own vine They dressed the lie in linen I thought the lie was mine [Pre-Chorus] Courted like a lover Hollowed like a stone Eight years at the table Eating me to bone [Chorus] They chose me Not for what I had to give They chose me For everything I'd let them live They took the house, the land, the art They took it slow, they took it smart They chose me well [Verse 2] Ninety years of living And the con feels new They photographed my glory While they ate me through I walked out of the water With a knife on my hip But the blade was for the cameras And the wound is where I sit [Chorus] They chose me Not for what I was to them They chose me For everything I'd never spend They took the paintings off the wall They took the vineyards, took it all They chose me well [Bridge] They said I was too old to know The screen taught me to make them see I filled a hundred rooms with light And every room remembers me You thought the icon couldn't bleed? She bleeds and speaks the same [Final Chorus] They chose me But I chose to stay They chose me And I chose to say You took the fortune, took the trust But you never took enough You chose wrong [Outro] [whispered] The knife was always mine You chose wrong
