Monogamous Deceit

Where you going, who you with Never speak it secrets building up Mask is up Brush it off and go about your day It's okay I won't snitch or threaten you away I'm a slave We are shackled and the image fake Happy couple Sneaking off and living life as double Out of trouble If you shut your mouth and keep it subtle No rebuttal Feeling lonely loving is a struggle It's a struggle Infidelity's an epidemic And it's reckless Getting married never out of love Out of touch Treat it like a formal contract A shady pact It's so twisted that it's normalized A real surprise Partner chose to look the other way They're getting played But they know it and don't give a shit And they admit It's a tightrope when they play the role And never show True emotions how they really feel A heart of steel And they're hurting doubting love is real Know the deal Partner seeing other people now Behind their backs That's the cheating culture they allow Don't speak aloud Running counter to their loyalty Fidelity Rather keep a social harmony And never fight Scared of chaos in their private life It's all polite Moral conscience says it's never right Why you cry Why you acting like you mortified I thought we had agreed it's ratified Where you going, who you with Never speak it secrets building up Mask is up Brush it off and go about your day It's okay I won't snitch or threaten you away I'm a slave We are shackled and the image fake Happy couple Sneaking off and living life as double Out of trouble If you shut your mouth and keep it subtle No rebuttal Feeling lonely loving is a struggle It's a struggle Infidelity's an epidemic Suicide rates are rising, finding a partner is damn tough Rates of infidelity are high now, keeping a partner is damn rough If you value loyalty above everything else, could you ever trust your partner to reciprocate your love If they use their culture as a shield to hide behind, could you ever trust your partner when push comes to shove Meet up at the love hotel now Out of sight you ain't bound to your spouse now Out of character for Nippon Taboo never talk openly Out and about now Normalized never ever dared to be called out None of your business stay in the hideout They ain't sorry they done it, they're sorry they're caught Shame is for nothing the silence is bought Morals deplorable cheating a lot Shortage of love and connection it's sought The fact that the justification is twisted And think they have reason to not be committed To intimate love, not to be shared What is monogamy if not a pair How many colleagues or friends have you slept with How many mental gymnastics permitted All of the times that you say it ain't cheating You sound even dumber but anger is fleeting We'll go back to being loveless souls And I'll go to work, I'm crawling in holes You play the wifey you stay in control Facade of a husband and wife playing roles Adultery should be more taboo for sure And fuck all the lines that you blur and obscure I feel Japan's social norms don't really reprimand the cheaters Condoning and being quiet bout this complacent behaviour It goes beyond just flirting and giving the googly eyes Acting on impulses say it's normal I don't empathize, tell me Where you going, who you with Never speak it secrets building up Mask is up Brush it off and go about your day It's okay I won't snitch or threaten you away I'm a slave We are shackled and the image fake Happy couple Sneaking off and living life as double Out of trouble If you shut your mouth and keep it subtle No rebuttal Feeling lonely loving is a struggle It's a struggle Infidelity's an epidemic