River (feat. Ed Sheeran)

I've been a liar, been a thief

Been a lover, been a cheat

All my sins need holy water

Feel it washing over me

Oh little one, I don't wanna admit to something

If all it's gonna cause is pain

Truth in my lies, right now we're falling like the rain

So let the river run

He's coming home with his neck scratched to catch flak

Sweat jackets and dress slacks, mismatched

On his breath's Jack, he's a sex addict

And she just wants to exact revenge and get back

It's a chess match

She's on his back like a jet-pack

She's kept track of all his internet chats

And guess who just happens to be movin' on to the next

Actually just shit on my last chick

And she has what my ex lacks

'Cause she loves danger, psychopath

And you don't fuck with no man's girl, even I know that

But she's devised some plan to stab him in the back

Knife-in-hand, says the relationship's hanging by a strand

So she's been on the web lately

Says maybe she'll be my Gwen Stacy to spite her man

And I know she's using me to try to play him

I don't care, hi, Suzanne

But I shoulda said "Bye, Suzanne"

After the first night but tonight I am

I've been a liar, been a thief

Been a lover, been a cheat

All my sins need holy water

Feel it washing over me

Oh little one, I don't wanna admit to something

If all it's gonna cause is pain

The truth in my lies, now we're falling like the rain

So let the river run

One-night stand turned to two-night stand

It was "Come sunlight, scram!"

Now we hug tight, and

He found out

Now she feels deserted and used

'Cause he left

So what? He did it first to her too

Now how am I supposed to tell this girl that we're through?

It's hard to find the words, I'm aloof, nervous

And, Sue, don't want this to hurt

But what you deserve is the truth

Don't take it personal

I just can't say this in person to you

So I revert to the studio like hole-in-the wall diners

Don't have to be reserved in a booth

I just feel like the person who I'm turning into's irreversible

I preyed on you like it's church at the pew

And now that I got you, I don't want you

Took advantage of my thirst to pursue

Why do I do this dirt that I do?

Get on my soapbox and preach

My sermon and speech

Detergent and bleach is burning the wound

'Cause now with her in the womb

We can't bring her in this world

Shoulda' knew to use protection 'fore I bit into your forbidden fruit

Fuck

I've been a liar, been a thief

Been a lover, been a cheat

All my sins need holy water

Feel it washing over me

Oh little one, I don't wanna admit to something

If all it's gonna cause is pain

The truth in my lies, now we're falling like the rain

So let the river run

My name's (Oh-oh)

My name's (Oh-oh)

River (Oh-oh)

Watch, river run

Call me (Oh-oh)

Call me (Oh-oh)

River (Oh-oh)

Well, let the river run

Always the bridesmaid, never the bride, hey

Fuck can I say?

If life was a highway, deceit was an enclave

I'd be swervin' in five lanes

Speeds at a high rate like I'm sliding on ice maybe

That's why I may have came at you sideways

I can't keep my lies straight

But I made you terminate my baby

This love triangle left us in a wreck, tangled

What else can I say? It was fun for a while

Bet I really would've loved your smile

Didn't really wanna abort, but fuck it

What's one more lie to tell our unborn child?

I've been a liar, been a thief

Been a lover, been a cheat

All my sins need holy water

Feel it washing over me

Oh little one, I don't wanna admit to something (I'm sorry, I fucked up)

If all it's gonna cause is pain

The truth in my lies, now we're falling like the rain

So let the river run