Predictable (Ben Pearce Re-Work) - Ben Pearce & Black Orange Juice

Something isn't right I can feel it again, feel it again This isn't the first time That you left me waiting Sad excuses And false hopes high I saw this coming Still I don't know why I let you in I knew it all along, you're so predictable I knew something would go wrong (something's always wrong) So you don't have to call or say anything at all So predictable (so predictable) So take your empty words Your broken promises And all the time you stole 'Cause I am done with this I can give it away, give it away I'm doing everything I should've And now I'm making a change, I'm living the day I'm giving back what you gave me I don't need anything I knew it all along, you're so predictable I knew something would go wrong (something's always wrong) So you don't have to call or say anything at all So predictable (so predictable) Everywhere I go, everyone I meet, every time I try to fall in love They all wanna know why I'm so broken Why am I so cold? Why I'm so hard inside? Why am I scared? What am I afraid of? I don't even know, this story never had an end I've been waiting, I've been searching, I've been hoping I've been dreaming you would come back But I know the ending of this story You're never coming back, never I knew it all along, you're so predictable I knew something would go wrong (something's always wrong) So you don't have to call or say anything at all So predictable (so predictable) Everywhere I go for the rest of my life Everyone I love, everyone I care about (so predictable) They're all gonna wanna know what's wrong with me And I know what it is, I'm ending this right now (so predictable)

I don't wanna be your leader I don't wanna let you down And I don't even need to see you Turn your life around Are you running away 'Cause someone told you "never" That you're always gonna tread the wrong road Are you running away Could my love do you better 'Cause there's something that I need to let you know If you're looking for a place to hide, it's alright I will always try and look the other way And if you're ever caught between the lines WRONG OR RIGHT We are one and I will always keep you safe Back into the habit I see it in your eyes Gone through all the motions It's hard to recognize That you're running away You can't escape forever From the memories you tried to leave behind We could've found a way We could've been in it together So I'm reaching out and here's the reason why If you're looking for a place to hide, it's alright I will always try and look the other way And if you're ever caught between the lines WRONG OR RIGHT We are one and I will always keep you safe If you're looking for a place to hide, it's alright I will always try and look the other way And if you're ever caught between the lines WRONG OR RIGHT We are one and I will always keep you safe If you're looking for a place to hide, it's alright I will always try and look the other way And if you're ever caught between the lines WRONG OR RIGHT We are one and I will always keep you safe

You think you know me Wrote you a hundred times before, Michael She just took my soul up out my body I be like "There she blows," told everybody I can't feel my face off these narcotics I took her to space on autopilot II been rollin' all night, all night so you know, I'm geek'd up (geek'd up) She keep lookin' at me, okay, let me see them D cups (yeah) She wanna roll with a real one, nigga why you actin' too tough? (Too tough) Betta get out your killer, boy, nigga be pullin' over hot slugs (doo-doo-doo-doo) Ride that thing like a rodeo Off that Casamigos, got her taco drippin' on the floor If them is your people, tell them chill before we off them, hoe Off that Britney Spears, got me dancing like I lost control I done just popped me a double, I might be in trouble I'm looking like Space Jam, damn All of these colors, I'm seein double, I need some Ray-Bans (damn) I'd a been drinkin' all day, okay, okay, now I can't even stand up (stand up) Got that shit all in my face, okay, okay, but I can't get jammed up (Jammed up) We all gettin' money, rain, sleet, snow, or when it's sunny, uh, uh We all gettin' money, rain, sleet, snow, or when it's sunny, uh, uh (yeah) She just took my soul, up out my body (stunt) I be like "There she blows," told everybody (stunt) I can't feel my face off these narcotics (stunt) I took her to space on autopilot (yuh) I been rollin' all night, all night so you know, I'm geek'd up (geek'd up) She keep lookin' at me, okay, let me see them D cups (yeah) She wanna roll with a real one, nigga why you actin' too t- Alright man, okay Dangerous, swang with us, sang with us (yeah) Them niggas can't hang with us (yeah) My bitch gettin' lit, she twerkin' off angel dust Entangled up (yeah), rap enabled us to put your girl in the camel clutch (yeah) So don't play with us, don't aim at us You ain't the same as us I'm off them BZDs (word) They puttin' out APBs Yo' girl in that backseat gettin' hard guap, like CBGs I'm underground like a young Bun B Pyrex living, like my nigga Digga D I'm the Black Marjorie Taylor Greene Deep throat a nigga now she sound like Reese Dicked her down, now she's gettin' all clingy, it's crazy Your parents lied, you ain't special, you weak You had your guys and you still got the beats I'd Budd Dwyer before they do that to me I'm just a different nig- (Chopper) Kendrick size and its spittin' like heat, it's overtime and I'm still takin' threes (ah) I see the lies and I hope y'all believe it Confront me and I'll get to soaking yo' shit Right after takin' a shit, wait

I don't really know You don't really know You don't even know me I didn't have a clue It was in your view I was never carefree I don't wanna plea I know we don't agree Maybe we should just wait Don't listen to me Just hand me the key I'm not trying to fixate Shoulda let me know Set my heart aglow Why'd you have to go Shoulda let me know Saw each other grow Why'd you have to go I don't wanna go I want you to leave I just wanna stay here You don't have to hide I can see it in your eyes You don't wanna be here You never even try Are you telling lies Speaking but don't sound clear Put you in the front You were number one Close but you don't feel near I shoulda let you know Flyin high but left me low So i had to go I shoulda let you know I didn't wanna change you made me grow I didn't have to go

Honey, come over, the party's gone slower And no one will tempt you, we know you got sober There's orange juice in the kitchen, bought for the children It's yours if you want it, we're just glad you could visit Feels like I've been ready for you to come home For so long That I didn't think to ask you where you'd gone Why'd you go? And you said, "Mmm, hmm-mmm" And you said You said my heart has changed and my soul has changed And my heart, and my heart That my face has changed and I haven't drank In six months on the dot See the graves as you pass through from our crash back in '02 Not one nick on your finger, you just asked me to hold you But it made you a stranger and filled you with anger Now I'm third in the lineup, to your Lord and your savior Feels like I've been ready for you to come home For so long That I didn't think to ask you where you'd gone So why'd you go? And you said, "Mmm-hmm-mmm-hmm-mmm" And you said, "Mmm-hmm" You said my heart has changed and my soul has changed And my heart, and my heart That my life has changed, that this town had changed And you had not That the world has changed, don't you find it strange That you just went ahead and carried on? And you know I'd say the last time I drank I was face down, passed out there on your lawn Are we all just crows to you now? Are we all just pulling you down? You didn't put those bones in the ground You didn't put those bones in the ground Honey, come over, the party's gone slower And no one will tempt you, we know you got sober There's orange juice in the kitchen, bought for the children It's yours if you want it, we're just glad you could visit

My friend drove me to the party In her red velvet dress She's always looking at her best For the tall and pretty boys I'm shaking to the core now These things get the best of me These goddamn kids can be so mean (can be so mean) Now here comes James with the long brown hair A sense of bitterness fills the air He sees me standing next to the girls And he shakes his head So smug he towers over me I'm scared he's gonna' try and cause a scene So I tell him Patiently (patiently) It took me a while To be where I am now I learnt how to fight back You don't even wanna know how He then smirks slowly And he pats my back He says The girls want a real boy And you're not that The girls want a real boy And you're not that Now everybody's dancing And I'm just sitting in the corner With my vodka orange juice (vodka orange juice) I never should have come here But I don't have a ride home And it's all thanks to you Now I don't blame you James but I can't help the way I am I didn't sign up for this life but I'm doing the best that I can And it gets hard sometimes Boy, I've tried to commit suicide multiple times It took me a while To be where I am now I learnt how to fight back You don't even wanna know how Still I look in the mirror And another looks back She says, "The girls want a real boy" She said, "The girls want a real boy" Now everybody's dancing And I'm just sitting in the corner With my vodka orange juice I never should have come here But I don't have a ride home And it's all thanks to you Now everybody's dancing And I'm just sitting in the corner With my vodka orange juice I never should have come here But I don't have a ride home And it's all thanks to you