From the album SOUR
Not a simple breakup song. It is a quiet confession that Olivia chose to be complicit in harm because belonging felt like proof of love. She owns the shame and the soft thrill of that choice.
Know that I loved you so bad I let you treat me like that
She names love first, then abuse. Saying love before abuse makes the harm feel like a price she was willing to pay.
I was your willing accomplice, honey And I watched as you fled the scene
Olivia calls herself an accomplice and watches, not rescues. That tiny reversal puts her on both sides of the crime.
You used me as an alibi I crossed my heart as you crossed the line
She admits being useful to him even while he betrays the boundary. The casual rhythm of the lines makes the betrayal feel normalized.
Well, I hope I was your favorite crime 'Cause, baby, you were mine
The crime becomes a love language. Wanting to be someone's favorite transgression turns the damage into a keepsake.
Olivia does something small and devastating. She confesses she picked the hurt and then asks to be remembered for it. The ache stays because she would choose it again.