"Checkmate" lyrics

"Checkmate"

You think you're funny right?
Calling me drunk when it's too late at night
Telling me truths that you know all are lies
Yeah, you think you're funny right

You think you're super sly
Flirting with them but telling me you're mine
Building me up, but buttercup you lied
Now I'm gonna ruin your life

'Cause I've gotten tired of the games that you play
When you tell me you love me then you throw me away
So cry me a river till you drown in the lake
'Cause you may think you're winning but checkmate
Yeah you may think you're winning but checkmate

Now this is getting fun
I saw you kissing someone else's tongue
You said that I'm the only one you love
Baby this is getting fun

I'll let you think you won
Date in the park I'll play it super dumb
Holding your hand but in the other one
I'm holding a loaded gun
Yeah baby you should really run

'Cause I've gotten tired of the games that you play
When you tell me you love me then you throw me away
So cry me a river till you drown in the lake
'Cause you may think you're winning but checkmate
Yeah you may think you're winning but check

And I'm gonna get you gone
Can't play me like your pawn
Set fire to your lawn
Just like you did to my heart

And I'mma wreck your car (and I'mma wreck your car)
And max your credit cards (and max your credit cards)
A lover on the large (a lover on the large)
You're gonna wish you never harmed me

Cause I've gotten tired of the games that you play
When you tell me you love me then you throw me away
So cry me a river till you drown in the lake
'Cause you may think you're winning but checkmate

And you did some damage so I'm making you pay
And no one's ever gonna love you anyways
'Cause you're just a narcissist who's totally fake
Yeah you may think you're winning this heartbreak
But you aren't gonna win it 'cause checkmate


Writer(s): Conan Gray
Prior to the release of this song on the 26th of June 2019, Conan Gray posted a snippet of "Checkmate" on his social media accounts on the 23rd of June 2019.
Conan Gray explained, "'Checkmate' is a song that spewed out of me while alone in my bedroom. It took me about four minutes, and I just ugly cried out a whole song about this person I liked who was always playing games with my heart. They'd call me super drunk in the middle of the night telling me they loved me, then they'd spend the next week cold and ignoring me. 'Checkmate' was my last draw; my way of saying, 'I'm done with these games. If you wanna play this game, I'm gonna win.'"
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