Lover
Love's Betrayal: Shattered Bonds and Selfish Choices
Lyrics
If you deny the wounds of your lover you will discover
If you ignore the pain in your lover's heart, you'll eventually realize
That what you had is shattered and wasted
That the love you once had is broken and useless
Did you have to take it so far?
Questioning why the actions causing pain had to go to such extremes
The truth exposed to love is devoured
Revealing the truth in love can be destructive
And the ivory tower is coming down
Metaphorically, the secure and privileged position is collapsing
I felt betrayed and order is broken
Feeling betrayed, order is disrupted, and wounds are exposed
The wounds are open and bleeding out
Emphasizing the openness and severity of emotional wounds
But it's all I can do to carry on
Struggling to continue despite the emotional turmoil
It brings all I fear to life
The challenges bring to life the fears one tries to avoid
If you deny the wounds of your lover you will discover
Reiteration of the consequence of ignoring a lover's pain
That what you had is shattered and wasted
Highlighting the irreparable damage and wastefulness of the broken love
Did you have to take it so far?
Repeating the question about the necessity of extreme actions
Should you have to throw it all away?
Contemplating if it's justified to discard everything
Did you have to shove it in my face?
Expressing frustration at the direct confrontation of the pain
Did you have to tear my world apart?
Expressing the devastation of personal world being torn apart
Did you have to take so selfishly?
Critiquing the selfishness in taking actions that harm others
No matter how you hurt the ones you need?
Questioning the necessity of hurting those one depends on
Did you have to fall so very far?
Asking why the fall from grace had to be so profound
Should you have to throw it all away?
Reiteration of the contemplation of discarding everything
Did you have to shove it in my face?
Repeating the frustration of having the pain thrust in one's face
Did you have to tear my world apart?
Repeating the devastation of personal world being torn apart
Did you have to take so selfishly?
Repeating the critique of selfish actions causing harm
No matter how you hurt the ones you need?
Repeating the questioning of hurting those one depends on
Did you have to fall so very far?
Repeating the contemplation of the depth of the fall from grace
The trigger's warm, the chamber is loaded
Describing a tense situation with the metaphor of a loaded gun
Lost in the moment. What went wrong?
Reflecting on the moment when everything went wrong
There's nothing left this house has been broken
Acknowledging the complete breakdown of the home
But still I'm holding, I'm holding on
Despite the brokenness, holding on to the relationship
If you deny the wounds of your lover you will discover
Reiteration of the consequence of ignoring a lover's pain
That what you had is shattered and wasted
Repeating the highlight of irreparable damage and wastefulness
Did you have to take it so far?
Repeating the question about the necessity of extreme actions
If you deny the wounds of your lover you will discover
Reiteration of the consequence of ignoring a lover's pain
You can see it in your love
Suggesting that the truth can be seen in the love itself
The wounds are open and I'm bleeding out
Emphasizing the continued openness and bleeding of emotional wounds
It's so real
Asserting the reality of the emotional pain
If you deny the wounds of your lover you will discover
Reiteration of the consequence of ignoring a lover's pain
That what you had is shattered and wasted
Repeating the highlight of irreparable damage and wastefulness
Did you have to take it so far?
Repeating the question about the necessity of extreme actions
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