Lyrics
Love hurts, love scars, love wounds and mars
Love is depicted as painful, leaving emotional scars and wounds.
Any heart not tough not strong enough
Not every heart is resilient enough to withstand the challenges of love.
To take a lot of pain, pain
Love involves enduring a significant amount of emotional pain.
Love is like a cloud, holding the rain
Love can be compared to a cloud, suggesting it sometimes holds back its own positive aspects (rain).
Love hurts
Repeated emphasis on the idea that love causes hurt and pain.
Love hurts
-I'm young, I know, but even so
Despite being young, the speaker has gained knowledge about love from experience.
I know a thing or two
-I've learned from you
-I've really learned a lot, I've really learned a lot
-Love is like a stove, burns you when it's hot
Love, like a stove, can burn and cause pain when it's intense.
Love hurts
Reiteration of the theme that love is not always a positive or pleasant experience.
Love hurts
-Some fools rave of happiness
Some people delude themselves with notions of happiness and togetherness in love, but the speaker sees through this illusion, recognizing love as a lie that brings sadness.
Blissfulness, togetherness
-Some fools fool themselves I guess
-But they're not fooling me
-I know it isn't true, know it isn't true
-Love is just a lie, made to make you blue
-Love hurts
Repetition emphasizing the pervasive and lasting impact of love's hurt.
Love hurts
-Love hurts
-Love hurts, love scars, love wounds and mars
Restatement of the concept that love inflicts scars and wounds, emphasizing the difficulty in enduring its pain.
Any heart not tough not strong enough
-To take a lot of pain, take a lot of pain
-Love is like a cloud, holding the rain
-Love hurts
Continued emphasis on the idea that love is painful and hurtful.
Love hurts
-Love hurts
-Love hurts
Final repetition underlining the central theme that love is a source of pain and suffering.
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