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Consequences

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Consequences by Camila Cabello highlights some thoughts with which I'm familiar. It showcases Cabello's voice, as well, because the instrumentation stays mostly in the background. This is a sentimental ballad lamenting the consequences, good and bad, of a relationship that has come and gone.  Not all the lyrics fit how I feel about the girl I lost. I don't think what happened between us was "dumb, dark, and cheap," however, it definitely had consequences. Actually, the consequences are staggering. I've had a frame-of-mind change that I can't even equate with anything else. As time and a long, hard retrospective look have informed me, the consequences for me are a strong parallel to the birth of my son and other beautiful things I've seen. Speaking only for myself, I would never want to undo it. Someone once said that you have to accept the fact that things will never go back to the way they were. Such is life. Some things are undoable. Can a ba...