Fevered Egos

Fevered egos, burning way too bright

Needed every eye to feel alive at night

Crossed the line, then somehow blamed it all on me

Funny what an ego does when truth gets hard to see

Should’ve known, you needed every eye inside the room

Compliments were oxygen, you lived off the fumes

I gave you something real, but real was not enough

Needed strangers wanting you to validate my love

Had me doubting every instinct when I knew shit was off

Turned questions into fights till I’d finally drop ‘em

Then I caught you and your whole damn story changed

Don’t call cheating a mistake, my mistake was trusting you

You wanted worship, not love

Attention, not us

I gave you everything

You still needed too much

That halo looked convincing

Till I finally saw the wire

Funny how an angel falls

When you bring her near the fire

Fevered egos, burning way too bright

Needed every eye to feel alive at night

You fucked around, then handed me the blame

Like being wanted somehow justified the pain

Thought I’d come crawling back to you

Fevered egos make their fantasies feel true

You said that I was distant, convenient looking back

Funny how you held the knife then complained about my back

Every text had a reason, every late night an excuse

Every lie rehearsed enough to almost sound like truth

I learned your fucking rhythm, heard the bullshit in the beat

Voice got soft whenever you had something underneath

You cried when every lie had nowhere left to hide

Not because you hurt me, ’cause I finally knew you lied

You wanted worship, not love

Attention, not trust

Needed someone else to want you

Even while you still had us

Keep rewriting history

Pretend that you’re redeemed

You can paint the roses red

I remember what I’ve seen

Fevered egos, burning way too bright

Needed every eye to feel alive at night

You fucked around, then handed me the blame

Like being wanted somehow justified the pain

Thought I’d come crawling back to you

Fevered egos make their fantasies feel true

Now you’re the prize, like losing you destroyed my life

Like I’m fucking begging to have you by my side

That’s the funniest story that your ego ever sold

You confuse being desired with being worth somebody’s soul

You’ll learn the difference when the room stops looking back

When attention doesn’t hit and compliments don’t last

Flew too close believing every spotlight was your sun

Funny how those pretty wings still melt when praise is gone

That’s your fevered ego

Still starving to be fed

You could have the whole world

And need one more instead

No apology can change it

No excuse can make it clean

You wanted to feel wanted

More than you ever wanted me

Fevered egos, burning way too bright

Needed every eye to feel alive at night

You really thought I’d beg for you to stay

Like betrayal made you priceless, not easier to replace

Now I see what I was too in love to know

When nobody’s left watching

Who the fuck are you alone?