Twice

(Say it, say it again)

Watching the Rainfall from a New York balcony

You were a Snake in a silk Versace dress

Cold hands reaching for the Heat in my pocket

I treated you like a queen in a poverty zone

But the deck was stacked with jokers and thieves

Sold my secrets for a stack of dirty Benjamins

Now the fire we built is just a pile of soot

Smelling like burnt bridges and cheap perfume

I saw you laughing with the wolves in Brooklyn

While loyalty was a counterfeit bill in my hand

Crisp to the touch but worth nothing at all

I should have known by the way you looked away

Whenever the talk turned to life and death

You cut the brake lines on a downhill ride

Now I am standing alone on the mountaintop

Say my name twice like a prayer for the dead (Say it twice)

The ashes are cold and the truth is out

You traded a king for a peasant with a tongue (Say it twice)

Say my Name twice before the sun goes down

Walking through Harlem with a heart made of flint

One spark left and I am burning the map

I wore your betrayal like a heavy wool coat

Kept me warm while you tried to freeze me out

The streets of Manhattan don't remember your face

But they know the stride of a man who survived

I drink the finest Cognac to wash out the taste

Of the lies you fed me across the dinner table

You were the smoke that blinded my vision

Now the air is clear and the view is expensive

I see you drowning in a shallow pool of greed

While I build a fortress on the ground you left

No more letters to the jailhouse of your heart

I burned the stamps and the ink is dry

The game is over and the board is flipped

Checkmate is a lonely word for a liar like you

Say my name twice like a prayer for the dead (Say it twice)

The ashes are cold and the truth is out

You traded a king for a peasant with a tongue (Say it twice)

Say my name twice before the sun goes down

(Say it twice, nothing left but ash, keep my name out your mouth, keep my name out your mouth)