Call us what we are, toxic from the startCan't pretend that I was in the darkWhen you met my friends, didn't even try with themI should've known right thenThat you were jealous and possessiveSo manipulatingHonestly, impressiveYou had me participatingBack then, when I was running out of your placeI said, "I never wanna see your face"I meant I couldn't wait to see it againWe were toxic 'til the endUh-huh, 'cause even when I said it was overYou heard, "Baby, can you pull me in closer?"You were plotting how to stay in my headWe were toxic 'til the endLadies and gentlemenI present to youThe exHis favorite game is chess, who would ever guess?Playing with the pieces in my chestNow he's on the screen and saying, "Don't leave"You stole that line from me'Cause you're just jealous and possessiveSo manipulatingHonestly, impressiveYou had me participatingBack then, when I was running out of your placeI said, "I never wanna see your face"I meant I couldn't wait to see it againWe were toxic 'til the endUh-huh, 'cause even when I said it was overYou heard, "Baby, can you pull me in closer?"You were plotting how to stay in my headWe were toxic 'til the end, end, endI can forgive you for a lot of thingsFor not giving me back my Tiffany ringsI'll never forgive you for one thing, my dearYou wasted my prettiest yearsBack then, when I was running out of your placeI said, "I never wanna see your face"I meant I couldn't wait to see it againWe were toxicUh-huh, 'cause even when I said it was overYou heard, "Baby, can you pull me in closer?"You were plotting how to stay in my headWe were toxic 'til the end, end, endWe were toxic 'til the end, end, end
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지나간 연애를 돌아보며 처음부터 좋지 않은 관계였다고 인정하는 데서 곡이 출발합니다. 상대의 집착과 조종하려는 태도를 알면서도 결국 거기 휘말렸던 자신을 담담하게 인정합니다.
헤어지자 말하면서도 속으로는 다시 보고 싶었다는 모순된 마음이 드러나고, 후렴 "we were toxic 'til the end"는 그 사실을 부인하지 않고 되풀이해 인정하는 태도로 이어집니다.
"you wasted my prettiest years"라는 한 줄은, 다른 것은 다 넘어가도 흘려보낸 시간만큼은 용서하지 않겠다는 선을 분명히 긋습니다. 관계가 끝난 뒤에도 완전히 정리되지 않은 감정을 되짚어보고 싶을 때 어울리는 곡입니다.