Loveback
Yearning for Redemption: Alice Merton's Loveback Tale
Lyrics
Don't wake me up
Desire to remain in a dream-like state
'Cause I'm still dreaming
Still holding onto a dream or aspiration
Of a place that I know
Yearning for a familiar place
A place I believe in
Belief in the existence of this place
And it's not for us
Asserting independence and rejection
And it's not for you
-Watch my lips as they say
-"I don't need you"
-I don't wanna be angry
Desire to avoid negative emotions, feeling hurt by someone
And I don't wanna be sad
-But there's a bottomless pain in my stomach
-That you're digging up fast
-And I want you to want me
Desire for reciprocated feelings, hurt by lack of care
Want you to want me
-But the feeling you're giving ain't right
-And you say that you care
-But you showed that you don't
-And I'm dying again inside
-Now I want my love
Longing for lost love and a desire to reclaim it
Now I want my love
-Now I want my love
-Now I want my love back
-I want my love back
Yearning to re-experience the emotional intensity of love
I wanna feel it in my bloodstream
-You used to make me feel my heartbeat
-And now I'm running to get my love back
-I want my love back
Actively pursuing the return of lost love
I wanna feel it in my bloodstream
-You used to make me feel my heartbeat
-And now I'm running to get my love back
-You keep making my heart sing
Feeling disregarded, wanting the other person to take a risk
I'm jumping over your lines
-But you're standing there still on the edge now
-And I'm asking you to fly
-Oh, I want you to want me
Desiring reciprocated feelings, hurt by lack of care (repeated theme)
Want you to want me
-But the feeling you're giving ain't right
-And you say that you care
-But you showed that you don't
-And I'm dying again inside
-Now I want my love
Continued longing for lost love
Now I want my love
-Now I want my love
-Now I want my love back
-I want my love back
Reiteration of the desire to feel love again
I wanna feel it in my bloodstream
-You used to make me feel my heartbeat
-And now I'm running to get my love back
-I want my love back
Continued pursuit of lost love
I wanna feel it in my bloodstream
-You used to make me feel my heartbeat
-And now I'm running to get my love back
-I want my love, want my love, want my love back
Repetitive desire for lost love's return
I want my love, want my love, want my love back
-(I wanna feel it in my bloodstream)
-I want my love, want my love, want my love back
-I want my love, want my love, want my love back
-(And now I'm running to get my love back)
-(I want my love, want my love, want my love back)
Repeated requests to return to a happier time in the relationship
I want you to take me back to your place
-(I want my love, want my love, want my love back)
-Love me like you did on our first date
-(I want my love, want my love, want my love back)
-I want you to love me like you used to
-(I want my love)
-And now I'm running to get my love back
-(I want my love, want my love, want my love back)
Repetition of wanting to rekindle the past love
I want you to take me back to your place
-(I want my love, want my love, want my love back)
-Love me like you did on our first date
-(I want my love, want my love, want my love back)
-I want you to love me like you used to
-(I want my love, want my love)
-And now I'm running to get my love back
-(I want my love, want my love, want my love back)
Continued pursuit of returning to a past state of love and happiness
I want you to take me back to your place
-(I want my love, want my love, want my love back)
-Love me like you did on our first date
-(I want my love, want my love, want my love back)
-I want you to love me like you used to
-(I want my love, want my love)
-And now I'm running to get my love back
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