Poison
Aaliyah/The Weeknd Lyrics

How can I explain myself to you?
I am struggling to understand how to communicate with you.

Questions keep lurking through my mind
I am plagued by doubts and uncertainties about our relationship.

Is it the lover for the time?
Are we only together temporarily, or is this real?

I've given my heart, my joy, my soul to you
I have invested all of myself into you.

If it is real, I sure can't see
I am struggling to determine if our love is genuine or not.

Gotta start lookin' out for me
I need to prioritize myself and my own well-being.

And in my, my heart won't take no more
I have reached my breaking point emotionally and cannot continue this relationship.

I know it seems that I don't care
Even though it may appear that I am indifferent, I am hurting inside.

Sometimes my wave of love is there
My affection comes and goes in waves.

I feel it's time for me to take a stand
I am ready to assert my needs and boundaries in this relationship.

See, you have given me no choice
Your behavior has forced my hand in this situation.

I feel I must exercise my voice and say
I must speak up for myself and share my feelings with you.

This feeling, there's no drug that can compare
The intensity of this relationship cannot be replicated by any substance.

You're so cold, I can see your breath, I swear
Your emotional distance is palpable and visible to me.

They told me not to fall in love
Others warned me about the risks of allowing myself to fall in love with you.

Wondering where it all went wrong
Reflecting on the mistakes and missteps in our relationship.

You were my poison all along
You were the toxic element in our relationship that caused it to deteriorate.

At night, I lay awake in tears and pain (tears and pain)
I am tormented by heartbreak and cannot sleep through the night.

Searching my heart for what went wrong (hey)
Trying to understand the reasons why our relationship failed.

Askin' myself, "What's goin' on?"
Questioning the state and nature of our relationship.

Why could not we seem to see things eye to eye? (Eye to eye)
We were unable to reconcile our differences and perspectives on important issues.

Sometimes I really feel the danger (hey)
I sense that staying in this relationship is risky and potentially harmful for me.

And now I'm sleepin' with a stranger
I have moved on from you and am sleeping with someone new.

To see all these years, we flushed 'em down the drain (down the drain)
We wasted all of our time together for it to end in disappointment.

Is that a love that came for us?
Was our love ever genuine and meaningful?

Now, it's too late for both of us
Our time has passed and we can no longer salvage our relationship.

No regrets of what we've lost and what we've shared
I have no regrets for the time we spent together, even though it did not work out in the end.

Maybe tomorrow we'll love again
Perhaps one day we may find love again.

Or until then we'll stay as friends, oh, one day
Until then, we will remain friends and support each other through life's challenges.

Yeah
An expression of affirmation or agreement.

Poison all long
You were harmful to me throughout the entirety of our relationship.

Oh yeah
An expression of enthusiasm or support.

Ooh
An expression of excitement or anticipation.

Baby girl
A term of endearment or affection.