Pitiful
Pitiful Heartache: Aretha's Soulful Plea for Love and Liberation
Lyrics
Oh pitiful
Expressing a sense of sorrow or distress
Pitiful
Reiteration of feeling pitiful
Feel so sorry for me
Requesting empathy from others
Pitiful
Emphasizing a state of pitifulness
It's pitiful
Repeating the pitiful feeling
Feel so sorry for me
Reiterating the desire for sympathy
Though you don't love me, you say
Acknowledging a lack of love, yet resistance to release
You still won't set me free
Desiring freedom despite the absence of love
Oh, set me free
Pleading for liberation
I wonder why, I wonder why
Expressing curiosity about mistreatment
I wondered why you do me like you do
Questioning the reasons for being treated poorly
Oh yes, I do
Affirming the wonder and questioning
I wonder, I wonder, I wonder, I wonder, wonder why
Repeated questioning about the mistreatment
Why you do me like you do, oh yeah
Expressing confusion about being mistreated despite love
When you know that I love you, baby
Asserting love despite mistreatment
And you know I wouldn't do it to you
Claiming fidelity despite unfair treatment
No, no
Denying wrongdoing
It looks like it makes you happy
Observing happiness in the other person from one's suffering
Just to see me cryin'
Pleading for mercy due to a broken heart
Please have mercy on this
Describing emotional emptiness
Vacant heart of mine
Seeking compassion for a wounded heart
Looks like you're trying to see
Noticing intentional cruelty
Just how mean you can be
Expressing the extent of meanness
Well, listen, I would do my dog
Comparing mistreatment to the treatment of a pet
Any better than the way you do me
Highlighting the disparity in treatment
Oh, pitiful
Reiteration of feeling pitiful
I'm pitiful
Reaffirmation of personal pitifulness
Feel sorry for myself
Solemn reflection on one's own condition
Pitiful
Restating a state of pitifulness
Pitiful
Reiterating self-pity
Feel so sorry for myself
Expressing sorrow for oneself
When you know that you don't want me, baby
Acknowledging rejection while denying alternatives
But you ain't gonna let me have nobody else
Asserting control over the relationship
Come on and tell me the truth now
Encouraging honesty and openness
Yes, I could go
Expressing a willingness to move on
I'm so pitiful
Reiteration of personal pitifulness
Yeah, I'm pitiful
Affirming one's own pitiful state
Pitiful
Repeating the feeling of pitifulness
Feeling sorry
Acknowledging self-pity
Feeling sorry for myself
Reiterating self-pity for emphasis
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