In "Guts," Lauv confronts a love that has curdled into resentment, torn between admitting he believed in the magic and feeling stupid for saying so out loud. The more he gives, the less she takes, and the more he loves, the more she fakes, leaving him to drown out a hundred thousand voices just to keep her out of his head. Even the threat of being killed only sharpens the truth that she would regret it, because her indifference is the real wound. The hatred is temporary, but the disappointment underneath it is not.
Guts Lyrics by Lauv
One of us knows everything
The other one knows nothing
Yeah, I said it
Kill me if you really want
But killing me won’t make you not regret it
All you do is let me down
I know you don’t want me around
I don’t even wanna sound dramatic
But I really thought we had the magic
I feel stupid when I say it out loud
But I gotta say something at least
The more I give, the less you take
The more I love, the more you fake
I fucking hate your fucking guts for now
If moving on is easy for you, baby
Then just don’t tell me you need me
When you don’t even take a quarter of a millisecond
Yeah, to see me
All you do is let me down
I know you don’t want me around
I don’t even wanna sound dramatic
But I really thought we had the magic
I feel stupid when I say it out loud
But I gotta say something at least
The more I give, the less you take
The more I love, the more you fake
I fucking hate your fucking guts for now
I don’t even understand what you want now
(No, I don’t know, no, I don’t know)
Hear a hundred thousand voices in my head to drown you out
I don’t even wanna sound dramatic
But I really thought we had the magic
I feel stupid when I say it out loud
But I gotta say something at least
The more I give, the less you take
The more I love, the more you fake
I fucking hate your fucking guts for now
