{intro - poet luo}
I remember when you entered my life
It was when uncle got tired of playing games on the mega drive
And switched up the mood
From pg to x-rated
The first time i encountered you
You looked beautiful
You stranger
Devil in a blue dress
You parasite, that i can't seem to get rid of now
So i wrote you a letter
See it as a poem, see it as my divorce papers
See it as you will
Just take in my words
{verse 1 - shantÉh}
I see you've come back to haunt me again
I nevеr wanted this for myself
Tried to closе my eyes to you
Cos you're bad for my health
You've got a good grip that takes more than a good grip just to pry it off
So it's hard to breathe
I need release
Release from your hands around my neck
You've got a bad way of luring me in but making me feel ashamed
So it's hard to see
Myself released
Released from your way, what is next?
Pre-chorus
Why do you keep haunting me?
I'm tryna cross these bridges but you're lighting fires under my feet
{chorus}
But it was him that i needed
It was only him i ever needed
It was him that i needed
But it was only him i ever
It was him that i
It was only him i ever needed, yeah
It was him that i needed
But it was only him i ever needed (no leavin')
It was him that i
But it was only him i ever needed
{rise - ruth-ellen}
I want you
I need you
More of you forever and a day
A day
I want you
I need you
More of you forever and always (always, yeah)
I want you
I need you
More of you forever and always
Yeah
{verse 2 - shantÉh}
I know you're here just to mess my mind
Why did find me at a young age?
I've cried and tried to be loosed
But since you came in nothing's been the same
You've got a good grip that takes more than a good grip just to pry it off
So it's hard to breathe
I need release
Release from your hands around my neck
You've got a bad way of luring me in but making me feel ashamed
So it's hard to see
Myself released
Released from your way, what is next?
{pre-chorus}
Why do you keep haunting me?
I'm tryna cross these bridges but you're lighting a fire under my feet
{chorus}
But it was him that i needed
It was him that i needed
But it was only him i ever needed (no leavin')
It was him that i
But it was only him i ever needed, yeah
It was him that i needed
It was him i needed (no leavin')
Cos it was only him i ever
It was him that i needed, yeah
I'm tryna cross these bridges but you're lighting a fire under my feet...
{outro - poet luo}
So the trouble is not with the law, for it is spiritual and good. the trouble is with me, for i am all too human, a slave to sin. i don’t really understand myself, for i want to do what is right, but i don’t do it. instead, i do what i hate. but if i know that what i am doing is wrong, this shows that i agree that the law is good. so i am not the one doing wrong; it is sin living in me that does it. and i know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. i want to do what is right, but i can’t. i want to do what is good, but i don’t. i don’t want to do what is wrong, but i do it anyway. but if i do what i don’t want to do, i am not really the one doing wrong; it is sin living in me that does it. i have discovered this principle of life—that when i want to do what is right, i inevitably do what is wrong. but there is another power within me that is at war with my mind. this power makes me a slave to the sin that is still within me. oh, what a miserable person i am! who will free me from this life that is dominated by sin and death? thank god! the answer is in jesus christ our lord. so you see how it is: in my mind i really want to obey god’s law, but because of my sinful nature i am a slave to sin
(romans 7:14-21, 23-25 nlt)