Rip Me From The Past

[Verse 1]
You came in like a rerun
Same scene, but the cast all changed
I taste your name on my tongue
Like a pill that I can’t rearrange
You said you “miss the old me”
Funny, I was tryna lose that kid
Now I’m back in that old room
All the posters, all the things we did
[Pre-Chorus]
Every scar that you reopen
Got me laughing just to hide it (hide it)
You keep pulling on the thread
Act surprised when I unwind it (oh)
[Chorus]
When you rip me from the past
Do you feel a little higher?
Do you love me or the crash
Of us dancing in the fire?
Tear the picture at the seam
Still you’re sleeping in my dreams
When you rip me from the past
You just drag you out of me
[Verse 2]
You scroll through my disasters
Like a highlight reel of all my shame
Quoting things I said at 3 am
Like a lawyer building up a case
You keep trophies of my breakdowns
Little captions that you never post
Guess it’s easier to cage me
Than admit that you were just as close
[Pre-Chorus]
Every time you say you’ve changed
It sounds just like old confession (yeah)
You keep praying for my soul
While you’re feeding your obsession
[Chorus]
When you rip me from the past
Do you feel a little higher?
Do you love me or the crash
Of us dancing in the fire?
Tear the picture at the seam
Still you’re sleeping in my dreams
When you rip me from the past
You just drag you out of me
[Bridge]
Pull my hoodie from your floor (from your floor)
Smell the nights we can’t afford (can’t afford)
Tell yourself it’s all my fault
While you’re knocking on my door (on my door)
Say you’re over it, then stay
Tracing circles on my face (on my face)
If you’re done with who I was
Why you still live in that place? (why?)
[Chorus]
When you rip me from the past
Do you feel a little higher?
Do you love me or the crash
Of us dancing in the fire?
Tear the picture at the seam
Still you’re sleeping in my dreams
When you rip me from the past
You just drag you out of me (out of me)
When you rip me from the past
You just drag you out of me

rap, Moody Pop/R&B hybrid over dark electronic groove, rubbery sub-bass and crisp trap hats; verses half-sung half-rapped with intimate male vocals, pre-chorus adds hazy synth pads and stacked harmonies, chorus explodes with distorted vocal layers and wide stereo keys, bridge strips to a filtered beat then slams back in with ad-libs and chopped topline, pop, hip hop, soul, electronic, r&b