God Damn
Navigating Love's Complexity: All Get Out's 'God Damn' Meaning
Lyrics
What confusing faith
Questioning the perplexing nature of faith.
Or have you always been this way?
Asking whether the person has always been a certain way.
If your tradition make you ill
If religious traditions cause harm, it's better not to follow them.
Then do not call it will
Discouraging calling harmful traditions "will" (a positive act).
An excessive trait
Referring to an excessive trait or characteristic.
I didn't find you in this way
Expressing surprise at finding the person in a particular state.
So I proclaim there's so much more
Asserting there's more to discover and the person hasn't said anything new.
And nothing that you've spoke's been said before
Stating that nothing the person has spoken is original.
Something so wrecked can give you hope
Believing that something damaged can still provide hope.
Tell me that it's not already safe to say
Questioning if it's safe to believe that something positive can happen.
I can't watch you move away
Expressing inability to watch the person move away.
I'm on fire in all my dreams
Feeling intense emotions in dreams.
When I'm awake I feel the same
Experiencing the same emotions when awake.
You kiss my head
Recalling a comforting gesture (kissing the head).
I wake up and bloom in red
Feeling a positive transformation after waking up.
You look beautiful and cold
Describing someone as beautiful but distant.
And I know a weaker way to keep me warm
Knowing a less effective way to find warmth.
Something so wrecked can give you hope
Reiterating that something damaged can provide hope.
Tell me that you don't already know
Questioning whether the person already knows something positive.
Tell me that you know already
Asking if the person is already aware of a positive truth.
You're my truth
Acknowledging the person as a source of truth.
So volley well wishes to you
Sending good wishes to the person.
Or am I some suppressive person
Questioning whether the person is suppressing others.
Or are you my inversion
Wondering if the person is an opposite or contradiction.
Look now you gotta know
Stating the importance of understanding.
I always have a point and you just have to trust me
Asserting having a valid point and asking for trust.
Don't overcomplicate
Advising against overcomplicating things.
We are not in line, you just have to love me
Clarifying that they are not on the same path but should be loved.
It's ok to feel this way
Accepting the validity of certain feelings.
Everything's a scene
Seeing life as a series of scenes.
You and I can casually walk away from everything
Suggesting the possibility of leaving everything behind.
No more running
Expressing a commitment to stop running away.
I god damn love you
Professing intense love using strong language.
A failed repress
Admitting to a failed attempt to suppress certain feelings.
I can't shake away your best
Unable to shake away the best aspects of the person.
I felt love and nothing else
Experiencing love and nothing else.
The void without is a charmless rung out bell
Describing the external world as lacking appeal.
Something so wrecked can give you hope
Reiterating that something damaged can offer hope.
Tell me that you don't already know
Questioning whether the person already knows a positive truth.
Tell me that you know already
Asking if the person is already aware of a positive reality.
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