Checkmate

You start the night with "Stage 5" tears and prayer

Acting like I'm the one who put you there

"Praying to God" to break the hold I've got

While you're spinning through the parking lot.

You mention the "vanilla," the fifty-year-old stray

Hoping I'll get jealous, hoping I'll say "stay."

But I don't fight for space in a crowded room

I'm not the one who's chasing doom.

You say "It's not designed to attract," yeah, say it again

But you're lighting fires just to watch the men.

You asked for the truth, you opened the gate

But honesty's heavy when it's served on a plate.

I can see it happening, happening, happening

I see the reality you're trapping in, trapping in

I won't play the fool, no, I won't play the part

Of the guy who stays blind just to keep hold of your heart.

Honesty goes both ways, yeah it cuts like a knife

I see it happening. (I see through the life).

Let's keep it one-hundred, let's cut through the haze

I see the rotation, I see how you play.

You had the guy fly from NYC, yeah he came through

You had the Indian guy, and the others too

You act like you're lonely, you act like you're bored

But I see the roster you've secretly stored.

You hit me with "Oh wow," like you're innocent now

"That's just your opinion," is that what you allow?

I can see it happening, happening, happening

I see the reality you're trapping in, trapping in

I won't play the fool, no, I won't play the part

Of the guy who stays blind just to keep hold of your heart.

Honesty goes both ways, yeah it cuts like a knife

I see it happening.

Then you drop the logic, the logic of a child

Saying "I don't ask them out," trying to act mild.

It's a Red Herring, baby, and it smells like a lie

You know men are hunters, you know we're the spy.

You don't have to "ask" when you're hanging the bait

You just sit back and let them walk through the gate.

Profile pic, cleavage, posing by the pool

Posing on the car hood—don't take me for a fool.

You're "actively engaging," yeah that's the phrase

While you pretend you're lost in a innocent maze.

I'm not gonna argue the biology of lust.

You know what you're doing, you're breaking the trust.

"How am I engaging?"—don't ask me that.

I'm not going back and forth on this chat.

If that's what you say, then we'll leave it at that.

Yeah, we'll leave it at that.

I can see it happening, happening, happening

I see the reality you're trapping in, trapping in

I won't play the fool, no, I won't play the part

Of the guy who stays blind just to keep hold of your heart.

Honesty goes both ways, yeah it cuts like a knife

I see it happening. (I see through the life).