Burn Lyrics - Andra Day

I saved every letter you wrote me 

From the moment I read them 

I knew you were mine, said you were mine 

I thought you were mine 

Do you know what Angelica said 

When we saw your first letter arrive? 

She said, "Be careful with that one, love 

He will do what it takes to survive." 

You and your words flooded my senses 

Your sentences left me defenseless 

You built me palaces out of paragraphs 

You built cathedrals 

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I'm re-reading the letters 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 

You published the letters she wrote you 

You told the whole world how you brought 

This girl into our bed 

In clearing your name, you have ruined our lives 

Do you know what Angelica said 

When she read what you'd done? 

She said, "You have married an Icarus 

He has flown too close to the sun." 

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You and your words, obsessed with your legacy 

Your sentences border on senseless 

And you are paranoid in every paragraph 

How they perceive you 

You, you, you... 

I'm erasing myself from this narrative 

Let future historians wonder how Eliza 

Reacted when you broke her heart 

You have torn it all apart 

I am watching it 

Burn 

Watching it burn 

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 memories 

Burning the letters that might have redeemed you 

You forfeit all rights to my heart 

You forfeit the place in our bed 

You sleep in your office instead 

With only the memories 

Of when you were mine 

I hope that you burn