Chokehold

You got a chokehold on me So tight, I can barely breathe It's almost like you enjoy it And I try so hard to avoid it You got a chokehold on me Make appearances in all of my dreams And your ghost hangs around all morning You're the lesson I keep on learning You got a chokehold on me Your name pops up in such peculiar ways On street signs and neat lines on diary pages Spend all my time following your traces You got me so hard, it's got me sick Wanted a treat, you gave me a trick I'm so done with these politics, mm I don't want to want you no more But your foot's already in the door Tripped me up, landed on the floor You got a chokehold on me So tight, I can barely breathe It's almost like you enjoy it And I try so hard to avoid it You got a chokehold on me Make appearances in all of my dreams And your ghost hangs around all morning You're the lesson I keep on learning You got a chokehold on me Retrace your face in every Van Gogh work of art In gold frames, your soul pains my glassblown broken heart Paint me pretty sittin' in your graveyard You got me so bad, I'm about to break I love to give and you love to take Jump headfirst into the frozen lake, mm I hate wanting you the way I do Twist my ankle in your high heeled shoe It starts with me, but it ends with you You got a chokehold on me So tight, I can barely breathe It's almost like you enjoy it And I try so hard to avoid it You got a chokehold on me Make appearances in all of my dreams And your ghost hangs around all morning You're the lesson I keep on learning You got a chokehold on me Round and round we go It's bad I know (it's bad, I know) But I can't stop living for the high of the chase I split my soul in two So I can keep lovin' you I'm aching, but I live to ignore the truth The truth (You got a chokehold on me, you got a chokehold on me) You got a chokehold on me Melting in this hundred degrees Then I turn and I see you smile Like a cynical crocodile (no, don't you look at me that way) You got a chokehold on me You never listen when I tell you to leave Cuz you know I'd be back tomorrow Take your love even if it's borrowed (take your love) You got a chokehold on me And it's killing me