I Thought You Were Fate

Lyrics

[Verse 1: Oddisee] I had to be this way We don't vibe anymore Tension in the room, couldn't breathe, had to leave this space I'll survive on my own Only now could I take a look back on relief I made To collide or condone Hard choice when I heard your soft voice telling me to stay Had to flee doubt, yea I had to be out It's a big city, not enough for us to split it I can make a living anywhere that I can visit Didn't know it 'til I packed the rental with the vision That became reality the more that you were distant Saw you as a nest, now I see you as a net Cause you saw me as a catch, now I see you as a prison Of my own making, un-made it, now I'm different Had to turn an is into an isn't [Chorus: Olivier St. Louis and Oddisee] I thought you were fate I was wrong all along I thought you were fate My mistake, had to make I thought you were fate In the end, just pretend I thought you were fate [Verse 2: Oddisee] I don't read my stars Though I came from the source Not a plot in a chart, to unlock and unleash my cause Not a game on a board Read a card, see a flaw, now it's law My belief, my loss I ain't playing in a sport Made a bet, played the fool, nothing left but to beat my odds Yea of course, I'ma breach my flaws Had to come back from a few things This is not a new thing Strapping up the boots with a theory in a shoestring I think I can move things, with my, mind Like my hands and my feet, no magic to produce things Finding it amusing we are in control And we think to get the bread, we gotta wait to get a roll I ain't with a few things, writing into stone at the top And I only broke the mold when it dropped [Chorus: Olivier St. Louis and Oddisee] I thought you were fate I was wrong all along I thought you were fate My mistake, had to make I thought you were fate In the end, just pretend I thought you were fate