Lyrics:

oh, my dear
the drums, the drums are coming near
take my hand
tell me everything you never said

boy you hurt me
left me open
made me trust you
told me nothing
all my anger
you can feel it
but let's be honest
this is silly

you were not the one
and this was not enough

lay awake
playing every ending on repeat
but by dawn
i could read the writing on the wall

yeah it hurt me
guess i used you
Faustian bargain
screwed myself too
cause i was never
gonna do it
pull the trigger
always knew it

you were not the one
and this was not enough

and oh, i miss you now
as my world is falling down
but i can't say too much
all you did was beat me to the punch

oh, my dear
in the morning everything is clear

you were not the one
and this was not enough

This Was Not Enough

It’s easy to blame the other person in a breakup, but what about when your own complicity in a toxic dynamic comes to shake you awake? Objectively is about that haunting realization, soaring from a lilting acoustic opening to a full country-rock arrangement as the truth sets in.

Lyrics:

[Verse I]
never thought of my love as a loaded gun
but I'm objectively trying to take you down
'cause I always want your eyes on me
but then they're not on the road where they ought to be
and neither of us knew
and that's no excuse

[Verse II]
I can't say your name without feeling like
it will explode if I don't say it right
and tear a hole so wide that the whole world sees
and gets its own ideas about you and me
well, they don't understand
but don't they again?

[Chorus]
this is not how good love starts
this is not good love

[Verse III]
would have given my lungs to keep you around
but I'm objectively doing better now
because if I never dance with you
then I'm not second-guessing my every move
and I miss how it hurts
but isn't that worse?

[Bridge]
and this is my conclusion, honey
that you work better as a memory
because reality is messy
but we are dark objectively
I swear I meant the whole thing truly
but you work better as a memory
so honey, don't text me
so honey, don't text me

Kathleen