Trust No One
Track 9 of Cut Throat
[ Lyrics ]
Smiles lie, eyes reveal. You say you’re happy just to catch up over tea, but your eyes dart to my phone like you're counting receipts. That half-second pause before you said my name— felt like a calculation, not a memory. We sat in silence, you stirred your cup three times, clockwise, like a ritual you'd done in my blind spot. Said, 'I’ve been worried,' but your laugh came too clean, like it was rehearsed in the mirror, not felt in between. Is it paranoia or just survival? When every soft word sounds like a trial. I keep my back to the wall, even in daylight, ’cause the sharpest knives come dressed in kindness. Trust no one, not even the ones who cry, not the hand that holds yours when you say goodbye. Trust no one—your journal’s the only truth, ’cause love’s just a loan with a hidden proof. Met your new boyfriend—he quotes my last interview, said he ‘felt seen’ by the song I never meant to woo. You leaned in real close, asked if I’m writing more, then checked your DMs like I wasn’t standing at your door. Remembered how she used to borrow my perfume, now you wear it too—coincidence or tomb? You said, 'We’re not them,' but I saw you glance at someone else’s text like it’s part of a dance. Is it connection or just collection? Taking pieces like affection’s optional. I sipped my tea, but I didn’t swallow, left it there—just like trust, I’m letting go. Trust no one, not even the ones who cry, not the hand that holds yours when you say goodbye. Trust no one—your journal’s the only truth, ’cause love’s just a loan with a hidden proof. Wrote it down at 2:17 a.m.— ‘What if everyone wants something? Even the gentle ones?’ Faint voices in the background whisper my old lines, like my pain’s on replay in someone else’s downtime. I used to think the world had layers, now I know—it’s all just favors. Trust no one, not even the ones who plead, not the friend who says, ‘I’d never hurt you,’ with planted seed. Trust no one—my silence is my armor, my doubt is the price of being smarter. Smiles lie… eyes reveal…