U DONT KNOW
Unveiling Emotional Turmoil: 'U DONT KNOW' by Black Dresses
Lyrics
Listen, bitch listen, bitch
Expression of urgency and importance, commanding attention
You don't know you don't know
Repetition emphasizes the lack of understanding or awareness
You don't know you don't know
-Listen you think this is cute?
Questioning the perception of cuteness in a challenging situation
You think this is something that
Challenging the assumption that the speaker enjoys their situation
I don't have to do?
-You think I want to be this way
Rejecting the idea that the speaker chooses their difficult circumstances for pleasure
Because I like how it feels?
-You think the drama gets me off?
-Motherfucker, get real
-Listen you think this is fun?
Expressing that the situation is not enjoyable or fun
Every single day I want to
Conveying a desire to escape from loved ones due to inner struggles and the denial of being okay
Run from people I love
-You think you could handle
-Feeling this every day?
-Yeah, I'm so cute and scared and small
-But I'm not fucking okay
-Can you make me disappear
Pleading for understanding, questioning the ability to love without overwhelming fear
Words don't exist for this kind of fear
-Do you have a home? Do you have a name?
-Can you love someone without
-Feeling so fucking afraid?
-"Of course, you can" "Oh, thank god"
Dialogue indicating someone reassuring the speaker, asking why they can overcome the fear
"You want to know why?" "Why?"
-You don't know motherfucker, you don't know
Reiteration of the lack of understanding and awareness, emphasizing frustration
You don't know motherfucker, you don't know
-I need to get the fuck out of here
Expressing a strong need to escape the current situation
I need to get out of my skin
Desire to break free from one's own identity or emotional state
I don't know where the fuck I am
Feeling lost and disoriented, both physically and emotionally
I don't know where the fuck I've been
-You don't know you don't know
Reiteration of the lack of understanding, frustration, and urgency
You don't know you don't know
-Motherfucker, you don't know you don't know
-Motherfucker, you don't know you don't know
-Motherfucker, you don't know you don't know
Final assertion of the lack of comprehension, frustration, and urgency
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