How Could You Love Me
Unraveling Love's Mystery: Big Joanie's 'How Could You Love Me'
Lyrics
How, how, how, could you love me?
Expressing disbelief or confusion about being loved.
How, how, how, could you love me?
Repetition of questioning the sincerity of love.
When you don't know what you want
Challenging the partner's understanding of their own desires.
You don't know what you want?
Rhetorical question emphasizing uncertainty about the partner's desires.
Listen baby let's break down here
Proposal to discuss the relationship's issues.
I want our love to last for years and years
Desire for a lasting and enduring love.
But the things you do bring tears to my eyes
Expressing pain and sadness due to the partner's actions.
After I cry i sit down
Reflecting on tears shed, possibly after an emotional confrontation.
And I say
Transition to expressing thoughts after crying.
How, how, how could you love me?
Reiteration of disbelief or questioning the sincerity of love.
How, how, how could you love me?
Continued questioning of the authenticity of love.
When you don't know what you want
Repeating the challenge to the partner's understanding of desires.
You don't know what you want?
Emphasizing uncertainty about the partner's desires.
He says he loves me but I don't know how
Expressing doubt about the partner's proclaimed love.
He puts me through after after hour
Describing the emotional toll of the partner's actions over time.
He thinks of a joke well he can go choke
Rejecting the partner's attempts at humor or light-heartedness.
There's no way that he could truly love me
Asserting that genuine love is incompatible with the partner's behavior.
How, how, how could you love me?
Reiteration of disbelief or confusion about being loved.
How, how, how could you love me?
Continued questioning of the sincerity of love.
When you don't know what you want
Repeating the challenge to the partner's understanding of desires.
You don't know what you want?
Emphasizing uncertainty about the partner's desires.
How, how, how could you love me?
Repetition of questioning the authenticity of love.
How, how, how could you love me?
Continued doubt about the sincerity of love.
When you don't know what you want
Repeating the challenge to the partner's understanding of desires.
You don't know what you want
Emphasizing uncertainty about the partner's desires.
You don't know what you want
Repetition for emphasis on the partner's uncertainty about desires.
You don't know what you want?
Final questioning of the partner's understanding of their own desires.
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