Poison
Haunted by Love's Poison: Unraveling the Depths of Emotion
Lyrics
So tell me
Expressing a request for information or clarification.
Why does everybody think I'm the bad guy?
Questioning why people perceive the speaker as the antagonist.
When you're the only person I could never deny
Asserting that the person being addressed is the only one the speaker cannot deny.
When you told me I was different
Reflecting on being told that the speaker is different.
Did you mean to ruin my life
Questioning whether the revelation was intended to negatively impact the speaker's life.
I'd travel, back in time if I could
Expressing a desire to go back in time, highlighting regret or longing for change.
But you know, I can't but I swear I would
Acknowledging the impossibility of time travel but emphasizing the strong desire to do so.
So focused on what I can't control
Stating a focus on aspects beyond the speaker's control.
So it's time I let you go
Deciding to let go of someone or something.
False narrative on my name
Highlighting a false or misleading story about the speaker.
But did they know you'd still play games with my head
Questioning whether others knew the person would still manipulate the speaker emotionally.
Every night you would call me
Recalling a period of nightly calls from the person being addressed.
Next day you were gone
Describing the abrupt disappearance of the person the next day.
Gone in a heart beat
Emphasizing the suddenness of the person's departure.
Poison my system
Metaphorically stating that the person's presence poisons the speaker's emotional well-being.
Poison my body
Extending the metaphor to the physical impact on the speaker's body.
I don't feel the same when you're not around me, no
Expressing a change in the speaker's feelings when the person is absent.
I don't wanna fall back under
Declaring a reluctance to return to a previous state or condition.
Your spell is still what haunts me
Indicating that the person's influence continues to trouble the speaker.
(Yeah he's crazy)
Quoting someone labeling the speaker as crazy.
Said I'm crazy
Repeating the accusation of being crazy, questioning the accuracy of the portrayal.
Is that really how it went though
Raising doubt about the accuracy of the preceding accusation.
Okay maybe, yeah I might of punched a few holes
Admitting to some wrongdoing, specifically punching holes in walls.
In these walls are the memories of us
Referring to the walls as repositories of memories shared with the person.
They know me better then I know myself
Stating that the walls know the speaker better than the speaker knows themselves.
It's to bad I was never good enough
Expressing a feeling of inadequacy or not meeting a certain standard.
No no no
Rejecting a notion or suggestion.
False narrative on my name
Reiterating the presence of a false narrative surrounding the speaker.
But did they know you'd still play games with my head
Posing a rhetorical question about whether others were aware of the person's continued emotional manipulation.
Every night you would call me
Recalling the nightly calls from the person.
Next day you were gone
Describing the person's abrupt disappearance the next day.
Gone in a heart beat
Emphasizing the suddenness of the person's departure, similar to line 14.
Poison my system
Metaphorically stating the detrimental impact of the person on the speaker's well-being.
Poison my body
Extending the metaphor to the physical impact on the speaker's body, similar to line 16.
I don't feel the same when you're not around me, no
Reiterating a change in the speaker's feelings when the person is absent, similar to line 17.
I don't wanna fall back under
Reaffirming a reluctance to return to a previous state or condition, similar to line 18.
Your spell is still what haunts me
Asserting that the person's influence continues to trouble the speaker, similar to line 19.
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