Whiplash
Navigating Love's Whiplash: The Cycle of Self-Sabotage
Lyrics
Disclaimer, I don't want nothing serious
Expressing a desire for a non-serious relationship.
Until I do like when it's new years want someone to kiss
Yearning for a romantic connection on New Year's but hesitant about commitment.
But January two is just a weekday and I'm over it
Expressing disappointment with the mundane reality of January 2nd.
Yeah, I'm over it
Reiterating a sense of being over a situation or feeling.
I'm impatient, I want to skip to the heart of it
Impatience and a desire to quickly get to the core of a relationship.
February cards and chocolate, all the obvious
Mentioning traditional symbols of love in February.
And I don't have to question whether I even want to be a part of this
Confidence in not questioning the desire to be part of a relationship.
I try, but I just don't know what I'm looking for
Expressing uncertainty about what is sought in a relationship.
Still, I swipe right then back out, shut it down, turn around
Trying different approaches in dating but unsure.
And it feels like whiplash, forth and back
Describing the experience of emotional back-and-forth like whiplash.
Don't you get attached 'cause I self-sabotage, sorry my bad
Cautioning against attachment due to self-sabotaging tendencies.
It's like I always crush until I crash
Pattern of developing feelings and then deliberately ending them.
Convinced I'm better off like that
Belief that being alone is preferable after heartbreak.
Break my own heart then put it back
Repeating a cycle of breaking one's own heart and recovering.
Sorry for the whiplash
Apologizing for the emotional turbulence caused to others.
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Repetition of apology for emotional turbulence.
Da da da da da da da da
-Da da da da da da da da
-Sorry for the whiplash
-Don't mean to overshare
Expressing a reluctance to share personal information.
Sounds like excuses
Addressing concerns about sounding like excuses.
But I swear it's not you, it's me
Clarifying that relationship issues are not the partner's fault.
'Cause when I care then people leave
Fear of caring and subsequently experiencing abandonment.
And that's just scary
Questioning the necessity of emotional involvement.
Is it necessary?
Expressing uncertainty about the need for emotional connection.
I try, but I just don't know what I'm looking for
Repeating the theme of uncertainty in seeking a relationship.
Still, I swipe right then back out, shut it down, turn around
Continuing attempts in dating with mixed feelings.
And it feels like whiplash, forth and back
Describing the emotional back-and-forth as whiplash.
Don't you get attached 'cause I self-sabotage, sorry my bad
Warning against attachment due to self-sabotage.
(Sorry my bad)
Reiterating the apology for emotional turbulence.
It's like I always crush until I crash
Repeating the pattern of developing and ending feelings.
Convinced I'm better off like that
Belief that being alone is a preferable state.
Break my own heart then put it back
Repeating the cycle of breaking one's own heart.
Sorry for the whiplash
Apologizing for the emotional turbulence caused to others.
Da da da da da da da da
Repetition of apology for emotional turbulence.
Da da da da da da da da
-Da da da da da da da da
-Sorry for the whiplash
-Whiplash, forth and back
Repetition of themes of emotional back-and-forth, self-sabotage, and apology.
Don't you get attached 'cause I self-sabotage, sorry my bad
-'Cause I back out, shut it down, when it feels like that
-Whiplash, forth and back
-Don't you get attached 'cause I self-sabotage, sorry my bad
-'Cause I back out, shut it down, when it feels like that
-It's like I always crush until I crash
-Convinced I'm better off like that
-Break my own heart then put it back
-Da da da da da da da da
-Da da da da da da da da
-Da da da da da da da da
Final apology and acknowledgment of emotional turbulence.
Sorry for the whiplash
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