Mind Games

You trash-talk your first strike
I sleepwalk into a fistfight
We speak like strangers
We hide our bruises
You raise your voice like a fist
Talk Wall Street and politics
You take pride in your arguments
Care less about the truth than about who wins
Just know I’ve put my weapon down
Take your best shot, make it count
No I won’t retaliate
I punch like a girl anyways
And I don’t care no more
I’m done keeping score of these mind games
This conflict ain’t good for us
War won’t be prosperous
With each triumph under your belt
The more you need to prove yourself
So you swing fast and for the heart
Got low blows down to an art
You knock the wind right out of me
But I’m numb, I feel nothing
Just know I’ve put my weapon down
Take your best shot, make it count
No I won’t retaliate
I punch like a girl anyways
And I don’t care no more
I’m done keeping score of these mind games
When the notes are flat I would sing with you
When the ground ice cracks I would sink, I’d sink too
When I disagree, I will argue
Just to prove I am the smartest man in the room
Just know I’ve put my weapon down
Take your best shot, make it count
No I won’t retaliate
I punch like a girl anyways
And I don’t care no more
I’m done keeping score
I don’t care no more
I’m done keeping score of these mind games