Back To Black
Beyoncé & André 3000 Lyrics

I, I, I left no time to regret
I didn't waste any time dwelling on the past

Kept my dick wet with that same old bet
I was engaging in casual sexual encounters to try to forget about you

Oh you
Referring to the person she's singing to

You and your head high and your tears dry
You're putting on a brave face, trying not to show any emotion

Get on without your guy and I, I, I went back to a new
You're moving on from the relationship, and I found someone new

So far removed from all we've been through
My new relationship is nothing like what we had together

And you and you you, you tread a troubled track
You're going through a difficult time right now

Your odds are always stacked, you'll go back to black
You tend to fall back into cycles of sadness and despair

We only said goodbye with words
Our breakup wasn't accompanied by any dramatic actions

I knew a hundred times
She's said goodbye to him many times before

I go back to her and you go back to, (you go back to)
She keeps going back to her old ways, and he keeps going back to someone else

I, I loved you much, it's not enough
She loved him deeply, but it wasn't enough to make the relationship work

I love blow and you love puff
She enjoys cocaine and he enjoys marijuana

And life, is like a pipe
Life is like a drug addiction, with its ups and downs

And I'm a tiny penny rollin' up the walls inside
She feels small and insignificant, and is struggling to cope