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the victim

Released: October 13, 2023

lyrics

(answer the phone)
(call me back)
(okay,
bye)

Held you tight in my fist
Won’t get better than this
Had you under my skin
But still no cure for the itch

The source of light in the [?]
Is the woman I miss
Though she feels me shaking
[ _ ]

When she screams out my name
Fill in the blanks with what’s left
Beneath the letters within
Said yours under my breath

No, it can’t be the same
Just forget what I said
[?] it can’t be the same

(I'd still do it again)

(bye)

about

the victim went through a number of title changes.

Instrumentally, it's a pitched-up version of Destiny.

There are a number of allusions to real-life experiences. Ones that occured between the writer and "the victim" the title is named after.

There's a missing line, distractingly out of place. There is a recorded line present in the project but it was not included.

Now at its core, what does it mean?

There was a time where I had you. And I really had you. And I was convinced there was no one better than you.

Then I met her.