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Enemies

Release date: 31st May 2018

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'Enemies' finds Lauv caught in the wreckage of a relationship that has curdled into something unrecognisable. The song turns on a simple, aching question: why must two people who once loved each other now treat each other as strangers? He traces the small cruelties of that distance, the cold shoulder and the averted gaze, the exhaustion of having to plan his nights around avoiding someone who was once central to his life. The song's strength lies in its refusal to assign blame. Lauv acknowledges the hurt on both sides, the weight of shared history that makes even basic civility feel impossible. He doesn't ask for reconciliation or renewed romance, only for some acknowledgment that what they had was real, that the scars they carry are proof of something that mattered. The chorus circles back to that central bewilderment: after everything, why has it come to this?

"Enemies" is a track by Lauv, released 31st May 2018. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 12 articles about Lauv.

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Lauv

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Lyrics

Enemies

[Verse 1]

I thought we said we're good

Was I misunderstood?

You lookin' at me so cold

After all that we've been through

How could you pretend?

I'm someone that you don't know

[Pre-Chorus]

I'm so sick of planning all my nights, nights

'round avoiding you, it's gotta end

We don't have to love again or try, try

But can you tell me

[Chorus]

Oh, why do we, we have to be

Enemies, enemies?

Forget all the scars, all that they are

Memories, memories

Oh, I know it hurts 'cause I feel it too

But after all, all that we been through, yeah

Oh, why do we, we have to be

Enemies, enemies?

[Verse 2]

You see me walkin' towards

You're headed for the door

Why is your shoulder so cold?

I know it's hard to speak

With all our history

But that don't mean you should go

[Pre-Chorus]

I'm so sick of planning all my nights, nights

'round avoiding you it's gotta end

We don't have to love again or try, try

But can you tell me

[Chorus]

Oh, why do we, we have to be

Enemies, enemies?

Forget all the scars, all that they are

Memories, memories

Oh, I know it hurts 'cause I feel it too

But after all, all that we been through

Oh, why do we, we have to be

Enemies, enemies?

[Bridge]

Oh, tell me why did, why did we

Throw away the love we had?

And tell me why do, why do we

Love to make it hurt so bad

Yeah, I know that we can't be friends

But after all the things we been

Oh, why do we, we have to be enemies? Oh

[Chorus]

Oh, why do we, we have to be

Enemies, enemies?

Forget all the scars, all that they are

Memories, memories

Oh, I know it hurts 'cause I feel it too

But after all, all that we been through, yeah

Oh, why do we, we have to be

Enemies, enemies?

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