Future Favorite Girl
Safeguard Your Future Love: Anne Reburn's Warning
Lyrics
Look, I’m gonna be really honest
Expressing honesty, setting the tone for forthcoming statements
And say that you have exhausted my patience
Conveying frustration and impatience with the person being addressed
I put up with you, that’s not easy to do, when you insist on acting a fool
Acknowledging difficulty in dealing with the person's foolish behavior
And I’m gonna tell you quite clearly
Clearly stating a message to the person
Should have hoped for less from you, dearie
Expressing disappointment in the person's actions
Oh didn’t you know I’d expect you to care? Did you expect to walk away free?
Highlighting expectations and questioning the person's lack of care
To pick a new girl, and build her up, and drop her like you did to me?
Challenging the person about their pattern of building and discarding relationships
Save your future favorite girl from all your silly games
Advising the person to spare their future partner from games and drama
‘Cause I don’t know many of us who’d put up with the same
Emphasizing the rarity of people willing to tolerate such behavior
And who among us doesn’t have issues?
Recognizing that everyone has issues
But let your future favorite girl know what she’s getting into
Encouraging transparency in the person's future relationships
Yeah, I know that I’m hot right now
Acknowledging current desirability but hinting at an impending decline
But the rate you go through us I’m on my way out
Expressing concern about the person's tendency to go through relationships quickly
So I have to hold you accountable ‘cause obviously you aren’t capable
Holding the person accountable for their actions and shortcomings
And I don’t want anyone else to know how bad it feels to watch you go
Describing the emotional pain of watching the person leave
Save your future favorite girl from all your silly games
Reiterating the advice to spare the future partner from games
‘Cause I don’t know many of us who’d put up with the same
Re-emphasizing the rarity of tolerating such behavior
And who among us doesn’t have issues?
Acknowledging that everyone has issues
But let your future favorite girl know what she’s getting into
Encouraging transparency in the person's future relationships
Maybe she won’t know what I used to mean to you
Suggesting that the future partner may not understand the speaker's previous significance
You better be better, you better be better
Setting a standard for improvement in the person's behavior
So with her there’s no “used to”
Expressing the hope that the person's future relationships won't have a "used to"
If I can’t warn her, at least I can tell you
Expressing a desire to warn the future partner indirectly through the person
Save your future favorite girl from all your silly games
Reiterating the advice to spare the future partner from games
‘Cause I don’t know many of us who’d put up with the same
Re-emphasizing the rarity of tolerating such behavior
Save your future favorite girl from all your silly games
Reiterating the advice to spare the future partner from games
‘Cause I don’t know many of us who’d put up with the same
Re-emphasizing the rarity of tolerating such behavior
And who among us doesn’t have issues?
Acknowledging that everyone has issues
But let your future favorite girl know what she’s getting into
Encouraging transparency in the person's future relationships
If your future favorite girl doesn’t treat you like me
Expressing a wish for the person's future partner to treat them differently
Well I hate to say I told you so, but
Warning about potential regret if the person's future partner doesn't treat them well
Sorry
Apologizing for the need to say "I told you so"
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