What It Is
Unveiling the Complex Emotions: Angel Olsen's 'What It Is' Deconstructed
Lyrics
It's easy when you're passionate
Expresses that things are uncomplicated when one has strong emotions or enthusiasm.
It's easy when you know your way around
Suggests ease when navigating or being familiar with a situation.
It's easy when you love something
Highlights the simplicity when love is involved.
It's easy if you know exactly how
Implies that ease is present when one has a precise understanding of a situation.
It's easy to openly say
Emphasizes the ease of openly expressing oneself, perhaps about unchanging opinions.
Oh, that you could never change your mind
Suggests expressing certainty that a particular feeling won't change.
That feeling coming over you
Refers to a strong feeling that won't abandon or betray.
It would never dare leave you behind
Indicates confidence that a significant feeling will stay with the person.
It's easy if you tell the truth
States that honesty makes things easy, but acknowledges that understanding is not sufficient.
But knowing what it is, it's not enough
Emphasizes the insufficiency of just knowing what something is without deeper understanding.
Knowing that you love someone
Points out that loving someone doesn't guarantee that one was truly in love.
Doesn't mean you ever were in love
Questions the authenticity of past feelings despite acknowledging love.
It's never easy to admit
Highlights the difficulty in admitting a challenging truth.
That maybe you just want
Suggests a desire to feel something, even if it's just for the sake of experiencing emotions.
Just to feel something again
Expresses the longing for emotional connection or sensation.
You just wanted to forget
Acknowledges a wish to forget or escape from a difficult emotional state.
That your heart was full of shit
States that the heart was burdened with negativity or falsehood.
You just wanted to forget
Reiterates the desire to forget and move on from past emotional struggles.
You just wanted to forget
Repeats the idea of wanting to forget, emphasizing the internal struggle.
It's easy when you're passionate
Recalls the earlier lines, reinforcing the themes of passion, familiarity, and love.
It's easy when you know your way around
Restates the ease associated with passion and familiarity.
It's easy when you love something
Reiterates the ease linked to love.
It's easy if you know exactly how
Reaffirms the simplicity when one has a clear understanding.
It's easy if you tell the truth
Reemphasizes the ease of honesty but underscores its limitations.
But knowing what it is, it's not enough
Reiterates that understanding alone is not enough.
And knowing that you love someone
Restates the skepticism about whether love equates to being truly in love.
Doesn't mean you ever were in love
Questions the depth of past emotional connections despite acknowledging love.
It's never easy to admit
Reiterates the difficulty in admitting challenging truths about oneself.
That maybe you just want
Echoes the desire for emotional experiences, even if fleeting.
Just to feel something again
Reaffirms the longing for emotional connection or sensation.
You just wanted to forget
Repeats the wish to forget or escape from emotional difficulties.
That your heart was full of shit
Restates the burdened nature of the heart with negativity or falsehood.
You just wanted to forget
Reiterates the desire to forget and move beyond past emotional struggles.
You just wanted to forget
Concludes with a final emphasis on the longing to forget and move on.
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