Guilty Conscience
Tame Impala Lyrics

My mind won't let me rest, voice in my head
I am troubled and disturbed by the inner voice in my mind, which keeps me from finding peace.

I hear what it says, I can't trust a thing
The voice in my head is constantly telling me things, but I can't trust it, because it's making me feel guilty about what I saw.

If I picked up and left, how fast would you forget?
If I were to leave, how easily would you forget about the past, move on and start a new life?

Restin' while I'm inside your presence
I am trying to find peace while I am physically near you.

I don't wanna think nothin' bad
I don't want to think anything negative about you.

This time I won't, this time I won't
This time I won't give in to my guilty thoughts about what I saw.

Five A.M. when I walked in
It was 5 in the morning when I walked into the room and saw what I did.

Could not believe what I saw, yeah
I was in disbelief and shock when I saw you with someone else.

You were on another one's body
You were physically intimate with someone else.

Ghosts of the past came to haunt me
Memories of our past came flooding back and made the situation even more painful.

I caught you but you never caught me
I saw you cheating, but you never caught me looking.

I was sitting here waiting on karma
I thought that karma would catch up with you for your actions, and that justice would be served.

There goes my guilty conscience
My guilty conscience is consuming me, and I can't escape it.

No, I won't let you stay
I won't allow you to stay in my life and hurt me further.

Thanks for the hours, thanks for the days
Thank you for the time we had together, but it's time to move on.

If I see your eyes, I turn to stone
Seeing you makes me feel cold and emotionless.

I look away, I gotta go
I avoid looking at you and I need to leave to find peace.

Gone for the week, don't bother
I'm going away for the coming week, please don't bother me during that time.

'Til pigs fly, she'll keep on callin'
She'll keep calling me until impossible circumstances come true (until pigs fly).

I been workin' for me, not sorry
I have been focusing on myself and my own happiness, and I have nothing to apologize for.

Next time that we speak'll be calmly
The next time we talk, it will be in a calm and rational manner.

Next time that I go in, I'm all in
The next time I invest emotionally in a relationship, I will be fully committed.

Why you so close but you feel so far?
I am physically close to you, but emotionally we are very far apart.

You look the moon in the mornin'
You are beautiful and captivating, like the moon in the morning sky.

Jaded, faded, almost gone
I am disenchanted, tired and almost at my limit.

Goodnights are never really good nights, nights, nights
It's difficult to say goodbye and find closure, especially at night when thoughts and memories are most vivid.

Feel something that's heavy inside
I feel a weight of sadness and guilt inside of me that I can't escape.