Cold Case Love
Rihanna Lyrics

On my roof
I am alone and isolated, away from the world

Dark and I'm burning a rose
I am in a dark place, trying to make sense of something beautiful that is slowly being destroyed

I don't need proof
I know what you have done to me, and I don't need any evidence to support it

I'm torn apart and you know
You have caused me so much pain and suffering, and you know it

What you did to me was a crime
Your actions were so hurtful and immoral that they should be considered a criminal offense

Cold case love
The pain and trauma of your actions still haunt me, like an unresolved murder case

And I let you reach me one more time
I allowed myself to fall back into your trap, even though I knew it was a mistake

But that's enough uh
I have finally reached my breaking point, and I refuse to let you hurt me anymore

Your love was breaking the law, but I needed a witness (oh oh)
Your love was so destructive and abusive that it should have been illegal, but I needed someone to see what you were doing to me

So pick me up when it's over, it don't make any difference (oh oh)
It doesn't matter how this ends, because I will still be left broken and alone

Will it ever be solved?
Will I ever be able to move on from the pain you have caused me?

Or am I taking the fall?
Am I the one to blame for allowing you to hurt me so much?

Truth was there all along, tell me how did we miss it
The signs of your abusive behavior were there all along, but for some reason, we both ignored them

We opened up a cold case love
We tried to address the pain and trauma of our past relationship, but it only made things worse

And it got the best of us
Our attempt to reconcile only caused more damage to both of us

And now prints, pictures and white outlines
All that remains of our relationship are memories of the pain and trauma you caused me

Are all that's left at the scene of a crime of a cold case love (oh oh)
Our past relationship is now like a crime scene, with only evidence of the damage you caused me

Should've investigated
We should have looked more closely at the problems in our relationship and tried to fix them

But love blinded eyes couldn't see, no
Our love for each other prevented us from seeing the damage we were causing each other

And then I tried to cage it
I tried to control and contain our toxic relationship, but your behavior was too destructive

But your love ain't the kind that you can keep
Your love was too destructive and abusive to be contained or controlled

Release me now 'cause I did my time
I have suffered enough because of you, and I am ready to move on

Of this cold case love
The pain and trauma of our past relationship will always be with me, like a cold case that is never solved

My heart's no longer cold and confined
I have finally begun to heal from the pain and trauma you caused me

We lost our way
We both made mistakes in our relationship, and it caused us to lose our connection with each other

Took this too far
Our attempt to reconcile only caused more damage and pain, and we both crossed a line we should not have crossed

Now I'll never find the pieces of my heart
The damage you caused is irreversible, and I will never be able to fully recover

We've lost enough
We have both suffered so much because of our past relationship, and it is time to move on

Looking for a truth
We both tried to find the root cause of our problems, but we were never able to fully understand or address them

That was here all along
The truth was always there, but we were too blinded by our emotions to see it

Cold case love
Our past relationship is now like a cold case that is never fully solved or understood

And now prints, pictures and white outlines
All that remains of our relationship are the painful memories and scars that you left me with

Of a cold case love, love
Our past relationship was filled with pain and trauma, and it is impossible to fully understand or explain it