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I Made You A Prisoner Of My Love, You Call This Getting Even

from How Beautiful Is Forgetting! How Beautiful Is Being Forgotten! by Alex Perez

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I asked you his name, you wouldn't give me an answer. I just lay here wondering how this could be. I say to you “I fucking hate that asshole,” and laughter breaks as sealed lips open to spill the secret I’ve been trying to tell you. A blanket of silence and your head sticks out from underneath. A serious tone fogs your words, you say “I’m sure you’d actually like him.” I say “I’m sure that I would too. It’s such a shame that I have to hate him,” I make the mistake of asking when this was. “Late summer,” “when was that?” “I think it was late August. Right before I left.” Your tail hangs between your hind legs and gravity pushes my head to look down. I try to lift it up, if I did the tears will have no way to drain out. “Wasn’t that when I still loved you, when I wanted to pull you back onto my side?” “Yes it was, you pulled the string we both untied.” “No wonder why you seemed so distant when I tried to whisper in your ear, whisper of my love although there is no one else to hear.” Its something that I would have done when we were still first finding our love; your body under mine, I held your head like a phone. I can see it now, your legs constricted, you are holding his body captive. I made you a prisoner of my love, you call this getting even. Unless it was this other guy, your bodies are probably intertwined, his tongue is in your mouth and both hands are covering your ears. I was sitting in the other room, I was singing a song for you, after writing a letter to send you for when you moved away. I didn't know you were already gone, you never spoke a word. When I asked you where I stand you made it seem I stood the chance. And in front of me is this other guy, you cant see my shadow behind; I wonder if he even knows my name. Did you mention who I was? And do you still hate who I’ve become? Did he work as hard as I did to get to where I was? I’m sure you gave him everything you could ever give to me. I prized your love as if I’d won some goddamn lottery. I was stupid then, I pissed it away- my hungry soul is left to wait- it was spent as soon as it was paid. The taste still lingers in my mouth. It all returned the other day when you rested your head upon my hand, and I huddled over you so your face could not be seen. You said “we can’t.” I said “it feels right,” and “sometimes you shouldn't think, baby, look where our thoughts got us today.”

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from How Beautiful Is Forgetting! How Beautiful Is Being Forgotten!, released August 11, 2015
Jake Kalmink: bass, keyboard, percussion
Alex Perez: guitar, voice

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