Return to Sender Lyrics
Lately I’ve been through it
Hangin by a thread
In need of a friend
To be there for my shit
But when I get to talking
To get it off my chest
You’re not listening
And I start to wonder
[Pre-Chorus]
Do you see yourself in my sad eyes, my sad eyes oh
Cue the symphony here’s your opening
Are you getting off on my sad eyes, my sad eyes oh
Are my tears just a mirror
[Chorus]
Take it back, I'm not buyin' it
Once again 'cause you're tryin' it
Take it back, I'm not buyin' it
Return to sender
Take it back, I'm not buyin' it
Once again 'cause you're tryin' it
Take it back, I'm not buyin' it
Return to sender
I really know the difference
Of trying to relate
And taking center stage
Just for the attention
I really don’t resent you
Just speaking honestly
You’re no shoulder for me
I shouldn’t have to wonder
[Pre-Chorus]
Do you see yourself in my sad eyes, my sad eyes oh
Cue the symphony here’s your opening
Are you getting off on my sad eyes, my sad eyes oh
Are my tears just a mirror
[Chorus]
Take it back, I'm not buyin' it
Once again 'cause you're tryin' it
Take it back, I'm not buyin' it
Return to sender
Take it back, I'm not buyin' it
Once again 'cause you're tryin' it
Take it back, I'm not buyin' it
Return to sender
The difference between me and you
Sympathy disguised to talk your life thru
I’m tired of feeling so used
Go in new directions find your own
The difference between me and you
Sympathy disguised to talk your life thru
I’m tired of feeling so used
Go in new directions and find your own muse
[Chorus]
Take it back, I'm not buyin' it
Once again 'cause you're tryin' it
Take it back, I'm not buyin' it
Return to sender
Take it back, I'm not buyin' it
Once again 'cause you're tryin' it
Take it back, I'm not buyin' it
Return to sender
About
Released on March 20th, 2019 through AWAL, the track is co-produced by Jukebox (the producer of Willow Smith’s ‘Whip My Hair Back and Forth’).
Gelman told Gay Times Magazine:
“People will ask me [a question], and during our conversation they‘ll wait for a point in that they can use to relate to themselves,” Jared told us. “Once they have that point of entry it’s like they never wanted to hear me open up, they just wanted to discuss themselves.”
In our community we have the opportunity to truly be there for each other, and be the open ear that everyone is begging for. Some people don’t have the capacity to think outside themselves. This song is me saying, “take it back. I don’t want your performative sympathy”.
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