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Prisoner

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Prisoner

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I'm a beggar taking scraps from your table, oh

Got me digging through the trash

Feeling fatal, yeah

Told each other we would keep it casual

But just enough was not enough

Shoulda known we couldn't keep it physical

We're breaking up from hooking up

Now I'm a prisoner for you love

I'm either tragic or beautiful

Just being second is not enough

Don't leave me hanging on, hanging on

Now I'm a prisoner for your love

I'm either tragic or beautiful

Just being second is not enough

Don't leave me hanging on, hanging on, yeah

Don't leave me hanging on, hanging on, yeah

Don't leave me hanging on, hanging on, yeah

Said I'd never strike the match

Now we're burning, oh

Thought I wouldn't get attached

Now I'm learning I can't do that

Told each other we would keep it casual

But just enough was not enough

Shoulda known we couldn't keep it physical

We're breaking up from hooking up

Now I'm a prisoner for you love

I'm either tragic or beautiful

Just being second is not enough

Don't leave me hanging on, hanging on

Now I'm a prisoner for your love

I'm either tragic or beautiful

Just being second is not enough

Don't leave me hanging on, hanging on, yeah

(Don't leave me, don't leave me, don't leave me, don't leave me)

Don't leave me hanging on, hanging on, yeah

(Don't leave me, don't leave me, don't leave me, don't leave me)

Don't leave me hanging on, hanging on, yeah

Yeah, every time I got my eyes closed

I can see you in my dirty mind

And it's really so irrational

Got a call for you to make you mine

Don't leave me hanging on, no

Now I'm a prisoner for your love

I'm either tragic or beautiful

Just being second is not enough

Don't leave me hanging on, hanging on

Now I'm a prisoner for you love

I'm either tragic or beautiful

Just being second is not enough

Don't leave me hanging on, hanging on

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