Sweetest Poison

Intro

(Ryuk made this...)

Verse 1

You got a talent for taking advantage

Turning a favor into a habit

Borrow my phrases, borrow my fashion

Then turn around like you invented the pattern

Talk with a grin but your motives are tragic

Sweet little comments with something acidic

Keep an inventory, counting my actions

Damn, you're obsessed with collecting reactions

You want the credit without the commitment

Want every privilege without the permission

I caught the difference between what you promised

And every excuse that you gave when you vanished

Cut through the chatter, I'm changing the subject

You make a spectacle out of assumptions

Swear you're important, you're barely a mention

I'm getting exhausted from all your projections

Pre-Chorus

You take a little more

Every time I let you in

And I never noticed

How the damage settled in

Now I know what you are

I can finally recognize

The sweetest-looking poison

Always comes in a disguise

Chorus

Para-si-i-ite

You keep eating up my time

Always taking what you like

Then pretending you're surprised

Para-si-i-ite

I can read between your lines

You were never on my side

You just needed somewhere to hide

Oh-oh, parasite

I can see you clearly now

Oh-oh, parasite

You ain't dragging me back down

Verse 2

Quick conversation, another manipulation

You got a habit of twisting the statement

I gave you chances, you treated 'em basic

Now you're offended I'm losing my patience

Backpedal, sidestep, switch up the narrative

Acting all innocent, damn, that's embarrassing

You got a problem with hearing the evidence

Every disagreement becomes an experiment

I don't owe explanations for setting a limit

You keep testing the line till you're no longer in it

All of that talk and you still haven't listened

Guess being selfish became your religion

No competition, I don't want your position

I'm not participating in whatever you're pitching

You can keep all the rumors and ridiculous fiction

I'm done being part of your fucking addiction

Bridge

I used to confuse

Being needed with being valued

I kept making room

For somebody who never asked to

Now the silence feels different

Like a weight has finally lifted

And the space you used to occupy

Doesn't need another occupant

Chorus

Para-si-i-ite

You keep eating up my time

Always taking what you like

Then pretending you're surprised

Para-si-i-ite

I can read between your lines

You were never on my side

You just needed somewhere to hide

Oh-oh, parasite

I don't need another fight

Oh-oh, parasite

I'm reclaiming what is mine