You Don't Have to Say You Love Me
Unspoken Love: Navigating Heartache and Understanding
Lyrics
When I said I needed you
Expressing a need for the person
You said you would always stay
The person promised to always be present
It wasn't me who changed but you and now you've gone away
Emphasizing that the change in the relationship came from the other person
Don't you see that now you've gone
Highlighting the absence of the person
And I'm left here on my own
Expressing the feeling of being abandoned
That I have to follow you and beg you to come home
Feeling compelled to chase and plead for the person's return
You don't have to say you love me just be close at hand
Desire for the person's presence without verbal declarations of love
You don't have to stay forever I will understand
Acceptance of the possibility of the person leaving
Believe me, believe me I can't help but love you
Expressing uncontrollable feelings of love
But believe me I'll never tie you down
Assuring freedom, not wanting to restrict the person
Left alone with just a memory
Feeling lonely with only memories for company
Life seems dead and quite unreal
Life feels devoid of vitality and surreal
All that's left is loneliness there's nothing left to feel
Emptiness and numbness due to the absence of emotions
You don't have to say you love me just be close at hand
Reiteration of the desire for closeness without verbal affirmations
You don't have to stay forever
Acceptance of the person's potential departure
I will understand believe me, believe me
Reaffirmation of understanding the person's potential need to leave
You don't have to say you love me just be close at hand
Repeated emphasis on desiring closeness without the need for verbal professions of love
You don't have to stay forever
Reiteration of acceptance of the person's potential departure
I will understand, believe me, believe me
Reaffirmation of understanding and acceptance of the situation
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