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Archetype Lyrics by Emily Afton

Archetype

2016

Even though this phase has many phases
Even though in this one we don’t talk
Even though my mind can run to bad places
I’m trying to sharpen the knife, so I can make it cut (right)
Even though we know this to be our love language
Even though we’ve been through this before
There’s so many things inside me changing
I’m going down to meet the dark behind the door
And I don’t want this archetype
Of the sad, lost, love girl to rule me
I’ve got a wild wolf in the night
Running, Running through me
Please don’t let me catch you, catch you, catch you
I’m not ready to break
Break this down
And I just want to love you, love you, love you
I’m not ready to lay
Lay this down down
I’ve played the villain and the damsel in this baby
How could we ever know that there were other roles?
And all this time the beast and I inside were not facing
I want to look her now in her soul
And I don’t want this archetype
Of the sad, lost, love girl to rule me
I’ve got a wild wolf in the night
Running, Running through me
Please don’t let me catch you, catch you, catch you
I’m not ready to break
Break this down
And I just want to love you, love you, love you
I’m not ready to lay
Lay this down down
Together we have grown
Into the patterns that we know (Is that love?)
Slowly we’re shedding the skins of our past to find
This time
Our hearts are unbroken and wild
So run girl wild
And I don’t want this archetype
Of the sad, lost, love girl to rule me
I’ve got a wild wolf in the night
Running, Running through me
And I don’t want this archetype
Of the lost little girl to rule me
I’ve got a wild wolf in the night
She’s running, (she’s running)
Running through me
Please don’t let me catch you, catch you, catch you
I’m not ready to break
Break this down
And I just want to love you, love you, love you
I’m not ready to lay
Lay this down down
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Emily Afton

Emily Afton

About “Archetype” by Emily Afton

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"Archetype" appears on "Archetype" in 2016.

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