Long Year
Enduring Love: Navigating the Struggles of a Long Year
Lyrics
I’m not ready
I am not emotionally prepared.
Not ready to quit this fight
Not ready to give up in this conflict.
I’ll stay up with you all night if I have to
Willing to stay awake and engage in the struggle all night if necessary.
Is it too early
Questioning if it's too early for the emotional pain.
Too early to feel this pain
Wondering if it's too early to experience this level of emotional distress.
How did we let it get this way overnight
Reflecting on how the situation deteriorated rapidly overnight.
It’s been a long year
Expressing that a significant amount of time has passed, filled with challenges.
We don’t agree on much these days
Acknowledging a lack of agreement in the current phase of the relationship.
It’s been hard to hear
Highlighting the difficulty in accepting some of the partner's statements.
Some of what you have to say
Acknowledging the challenge of listening to the partner's perspective.
But no one said it’d be easy
Reminding that nobody promised an easy journey.
Now did they
Reiterating the challenging nature of the situation.
I used to think
Recalling a past belief in complete agreement over time.
That we’d agree on everything with time
Expressing hope for resolution through time, but it hasn't happened.
But then time keeps passing by, and we’re still fightin’
Noting the ongoing struggle despite the passage of time.
I used to believe
Expressing a past belief in always reaching the same conclusions.
We’d always come to the same conclusion
Questioning the possibility of finding resolutions now.
Somehow find a resolution at the end
Doubting the ability to resolve conflicts and reach conclusions.
What if we don’t even make it to the end
Raising concerns about the relationship not lasting until the end.
It’s been a long year
Reiterating that a significant amount of time has passed, filled with challenges.
We don’t agree on much these days
Acknowledging a lack of agreement in the current phase of the relationship (repeated).
It’s been hard to hear
Highlighting the difficulty in accepting some of the partner's statements (repeated).
Some of what you have to say
Acknowledging the challenge of listening to the partner's perspective (repeated).
But no one said it’d be easy
Reminding that nobody promised an easy journey (repeated).
Now did they
Reiterating the challenging nature of the situation (repeated).
No one prepared you or tried to dissuade you from the road you started down
Observing that there was no preparation or dissuasion from the chosen path.
And no one can save you once you’re out there
Stating the irreversibility of the consequences once committed to a path.
And maybe it’d be better, just a little better if it was anybody but me
Suggesting that it might be easier if the situation involved someone else.
It’s forever, only me
Expressing the enduring nature of the challenges, affecting only the speaker.
I hope it’s forever only me
Hoping that the challenges are exclusive to the speaker and not affecting the partner.
It’s been a long year
Reiterating that a significant amount of time has passed, filled with challenges (repeated).
I wish we agreed on more these days
Expressing a desire for more agreement in the current phase of the relationship.
It’s been hard to learn how to change
Recognizing the difficulty in learning how to bring about positive change.
But I want many more years
Expressing a wish for many more years in the relationship.
And I’ll do whatever it takes
Committing to doing whatever it takes to ensure a lasting relationship.
‘Cause no one said it’d be easy, now did they
Reiterating the acknowledgment that nobody promised an easy journey (repeated).
Oh, I’m here to stay
Asserting a commitment to staying in the relationship.
Oh, I’m here to stay
Reaffirming a commitment to staying in the relationship (repeated).
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