A Cautionary Tale Lyrics – Laufey

Read the complete A Cautionary Tale Lyrics by Laufey along with song credits, release information and other details about the song. If you enjoy Laufey’s music, you can also explore Mr. Eclectic and Sabotage, two other songs by Laufey.

Oh, heavens, hear my story
A cautionary tale
Of how I came to be loved
And how it came to fail

A first time for lovers
A first time in agony
The truths you will uncover
Will knock you on your knees

I gave it too much, I gave myself up
I lost sight of all my dignity

I’ve always been smart, my chameleon heart
Took your draining personality and gave it to me
I wanted to please you, this performance of a lifetime
My heart to you handed, you took it for granted
And made me the villain, all alone

I struggled through the winter
Found cheat codes to your soul
Was born to be a giver
Destined to pay the toll

I gave it too much, I gave myself up
I lost sight of all my dignity
I’ve always been smart, my chameleon heart
Took your draining personality and gave it to me
I wanted to please you, this performance of a lifetime
My heart to you handed, you took it for granted
And made me the villain

Oh, inside you, there’s a guiltless child who never saw his mother smile
A boy who had no sense of home, believes he’s better off alone
Who coils up in jealousy to mask his insecurities
And I can’t fix you, God, I tried, the hourglass I shattered just in time

I gave it too much, I gave myself up

I lost sight of all my dignity
One more lover fails, cautionary tales
Continue to happen to me