First Burn by Shoba Narayan, Arianna Afsar, Julia Harriman, Lexi Lawson, Rachelle Ann Go

I saved every letter you wrote me
From the moment I saw you
I knew you (1)________ mine
You (2)________ you were mine
I thought you were mine

Do you know what Angelica said
When I told her (3)________ you'd done?
She said
"You (4)________ (5)______________ an Icarus
He has flown too close to the sun"

Don't
Take (6)______________ step in my direction
I can't be trusted (7)____________ you
Don't think you can (8)________ your way
Into my arms, into my arms

I'm burning the (9)______________ you wrote me
You can stand over there if you want
I don't know who you are
I have so much to learn
I'm re-reading your letters
And watching them burn (burn)
I'm watching them burn (burn)

You published the letters she wrote to you
You told the whole world
How you (10)______________ this girl (11)________ our bed
In clearing your name, you (12)________ (13)____________ our lives

Heaven (14)____________ someone whisper
"He's part of some scheme"
Your enemy whispers
So you (15)________ to scream
I (16)________ about whispers
I see how you look at my sister

Don't
I'm not naive
I have (17)________ women around you
Don't think I don't see how they fall for (18)________ charms
All (19)________ charms

I'm erasing myself from the narrative
Let (20)____________ historians (21)____________ how (22)__________ reacted
When you broke her heart
You (23)________ thrown it all away
Stand back, watch it burn
Just watch it all burn

And (24)________ the time comes
Explain to the children
The pain and embarrassment
You put their (25)____________ through
When will you learn
That they are your legacy?
We are (26)________ legacy
If you thought you were mine (mine, mine, mine)

Don't

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