Intro — dead silence then one hard 808 hit]
(flat, unbothered)
You made me this.
Don't act surprised.
[Verse 1 — ice cold delivery]
I used to lead with warmth, I used to give the benefit
Now I move deliberate and I'm cold as hell with it
You think it happened overnight but nah it was a process
Of being open, being burned, and learning what the cost is
Every time I gave my heat away it cost me something real
So now I keep it calculated, now I keep it sealed
You call it being heartless, I call it being smart
Call it self-preservation after too many false starts
[Pre-Chorus]
I don't owe you warmth (owe you warmth)
I don't owe you access (owe you access)
Spent too long providing heat (providing heat)
For people who were careless (who were careless)
[Chorus]
Cold blooded ❄️ (cold blooded)
By necessity not nature, get it right (get it right)
Cold blooded (cold blooded)
'Cause being warm for the wrong ones cost my life (cost my life)
Cold blooded (cold blooded)
Don't mistake my temperature for who I am (who I am)
Cold blooded (ohhh)
Just a man who learned to freeze before he ran (before he ran)
[Verse 2]
I remember when I'd answer every time you called
Remember when I'd catch you every time you'd fall
But reciprocity was something foreign in your language
And one-sided warmth will leave a man in absolute anguish
So I studied your behavior, took the lessons that you taught
Wrapped myself in something colder than the love you never brought
Now you standing at my door saying something's changed in me
Yeah something changed — I finally put myself first, can't you see?
[Pre-Chorus — harder]
Cold blooded ain't a flaw (ain't a flaw)
It's a motherfucking upgrade (it's an upgrade)
From the version of myself (version of myself)
Who let you put him through your bullshit everyday (everyday)
[Bridge — full confrontational explosion]
You want the warm me back? (warm me back)
Then bring back what you took (what you took)
Bring back all the pieces (all the pieces)
Of the heart you shook
