I saved every song that you wrote me

From the moment I heard them, I knew you were mine

You said you were mine, I thought you were mine

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Do you know what I said to myself

When I first saw you play for our girl?

I said "Be careful with that one, now

He will try to give her the world"

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You and your tunes flooded my senses

Your lyrics all left me defenseless

You built me mansions out of melodies

You built cathedrals

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I'm rereading the songs that you wrote me

I'm searching and scanning for answers in every line

For some kind of sign, and when you were mine

The world seemed to burn, burn

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You performed all your songs with Ernesto

You toured for the world

And you never returned to our home

In pursuing your fame, you have ruined our lives

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Do you know what I said to myself

When I learned what you'd done?

I said, "You have married an Icarus

He has flown too close to the sun"

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You and your words, obsessed with our memories

Your sentences border on senseless

And you're so versatile in every verse

So why should I believe you?

You, you, you

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I'm erasing you from our narrative

Let future Riveras all wonder how Imelda reacted

When you broke her heart

You have torn it all apart, I am watching it burn

Watching it burn

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The world has no right to my heart

The world has no place in our bed

They don't get to know what I said

I'm burning the instruments, burning the memories

That might have redeemed you

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You forfeit all rights to my heart

You forfeit your rites to the dead

You will be forgotten instead

We'll have no more memories of when you were mine

I hope that you burn