Rät - Penelope Scott

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[Verse 1]
            
I come from sc

             
ientists and a

           
theists and wh

              
ite men who ki

    
ll God
              
They make tech

          
nology high qu

            
ality, complex

         
, physiologica

l
            
Experiments an

            
d sacrilege in

            
 the name of p

      
ublic good
              
They taught me

            
 everything, j

             
ust like a dad

   
dy should

[Verse 2]
             
And you were b

            
eautiful and v

             
ulnerable and 

        
power and succ

ess
            
God damn, I fe

              
ll for you, yo

            
ur flamethrowe

            
rs, your tunne

             
ls, and your t

ech
            
I studied code

             
 because I wan

            
ted to do some

              
thing great li

   
ke you
             
And the real t

            
ragеdy is half

           
 of it was tru

e

[Pre-Chorus]
              
But we've been

            
 fuckin' mеan,

            
 we're elitist

             
, we're as fla

          
wed as any chu

rch
            
And this faux-

              
rad West coast

            
 dogma has a h

             
igher fuckin' 

    
net worth
            
I bit the appl

           
e 'cause I tru

sted you
             
It tastes like

        
 Thomas Malthu

s
            
Your proposal 

             
is immodest an

           
d insane
            
And I hope som

             
eday Selmers r

              
ides her fucki

           
n' train

[Chorus]
            
I loved you, I

            
 loved you, I 

             
loved you, it'

  
s true
          
I wanted to be

             
 you and do wh

       
at you do
            
I lived here, 

            
I loved here, 

            
I thought it w

    
as true
            
I feel so stup

           
id, and so use

   
d
       
I feel so used

[Verse 3]
            
I was your bab

              
y, your firstb

            
orn, the hot g

            
irl in your co

       
mp-sci class
            
And I was Darw

              
in's prep scho

            
ol dream bred 

            
born and raise

              
d to kick your

 
 ass
            
I fell for cir

             
cuit boards, r

            
ocket ships, p

             
ictures of the

 
 stars
             
If you could o

            
nly be what yo

              
u pretend you 


are

[Verse 4]
            
When I said ta

             
ke me to the m

           
oon I never me

             
ant take me al

one
             
I thought if m

             
ankind toured 

            
the sky it mea

            
nt that all of

          
 us could go
            
But I don't wa

              
nt to see the 

             
stars if they'

            
re just one mo

            
re piece of la

nd
            
For us to colo

             
nize, for us t

          
o turn to sand

[Bridge 2]
              
Cause we're so

            
 fuckin' mеan,

            
 we're so elit

              
ist, we're as 

             
fucked as any 


church
            
And this bulls

              
hit West coast

            
 dogma has a h

             
igher fuckin' 

    
net worth
            
I bit the appl

             
e 'cause I lov

             
ed you, and wh

             
y would you li

e?
            
And then I rea

              
lized you're j

             
ust as naïve a

         
s I am
              
Oh, you're so 

            
traumatized it

             
 makes me want

    
 to cry
N.C.
You dumb bitch

[Chorus]
            
I loved you, I

            
 loved you, I 

             
loved you, it'

  
s true
          
I wanted to be

             
 you and do wh

       
at you do
            
I lived here, 

            
I loved here, 

            
I bought it, i

    
t's true
            
I'm so embarra

            
ssed, I feel a


bused

[Verse 5]
             
Well I don't w

             
ant to eat the

            
 rich, I'd hav

            
e to eat my he

     
roes first
            
And my tuition

            
's paid by blo

              
od, I might de

            
serve your fat

     
e or worse
            
But I don't ne

              
ed your god da

            
mn money, I do

            
n't need jack 

          
shit from you
            
So when I spea

              
k, you bet you

             
r life my word

      
s are true

[Verse 6]
            
Let me level w

            
ith you man, a

            
s someone guil

          
ty of the game
            
I took the hel

              
p, I took the 

            
cash, I would'

            
ve taken your 

     
last name
            
So if any girl

             
 on Earth shou

            
ld get to make

              
 a call about 


this,
             
It should be m

             
e, and as I se

             
e it, you're a

 
 dick

[Bridge 3]
             
So fuck your t

             
unnels, fuck y

            
our cars, fuck

             
 your rockets,

           
 fuck your car

s again
            
You promised y

            
ou'd be Tesla,

            
 but you're ju

           
st another Edi

son
            
'Cause Tesla b

             
roke a patent,

            
 all you ever 

           
broke were hea

rts
            
I can't believ

              
e you tore hum

        
anity apart
            
With the very 

            
same machines 

              
that could hav

             
e been our bra

       
nd new start
N.C.
And the worst part is

[Chorus]
            
I loved you, I

            
 loved you, I 

             
loved you, it'

  
s true
            
And sometimes 

            
I feel like I 

             
still fuckin' 


do
            
I lived here, 

            
I loved here, 

             
I bought it, i

    
t's true
            
I'm so embarra

             
ssed, I feel a


bused
         
I feel so used


         
I feel so used


           
Take me to the

   
 moon
           
Cuz' I feel so

  
 used
         
I feel so used