You Don't Have to Say You Love Me
Love Unspoken: Embracing Silence in Relationships
Lyrics
When I said I needed you
Expressing a need for the other person.
You said you would always stay
Assurance from the partner about staying.
It wasn't me who changed but you and now you've gone away
Claiming that the speaker hasn't changed, but the partner has and left.
Don't you see that now you've gone
Pointing out the partner's departure.
And I'm left here on my own
Expressing the loneliness after the partner's departure.
That I have to follow you and beg you to come home
Feeling compelled to follow and plead for the partner to return.
You don't have to say you love me just be close at hand
Emphasizing that verbalizing love is not necessary; physical presence is enough.
You don't have to stay forever I will understand
Acceptance of the potential impermanence of the partner's stay.
Believe me, believe me I can't help but love you
Affirming love for the partner.
But believe me I'll never tie you down
Stating the intention not to confine or restrict the partner.
Left alone with just a memory
Describing the experience of being left alone with memories.
Life seems dead and quite unreal
Depicting a sense of emptiness and unreality in life without the partner.
All that's left is loneliness there's nothing left to feel
Expressing the aftermath of loneliness and a lack of emotions.
You don't have to say you love me just be close at hand
Reiteration of the idea that verbal declarations of love are unnecessary.
You don't have to stay forever
Reaffirmation of understanding the potential temporary nature of the partner's presence.
I will understand believe me, believe me
Repetition of the plea for belief in understanding without verbal expressions of love.
You don't have to say you love me just be close at hand
Restating the idea that verbalizing love is not required; closeness suffices.
You don't have to stay forever
Reaffirmation of acceptance of the potential impermanence of the partner's stay.
I will understand, believe me, believe me
Final plea for belief in understanding without the need for verbal expressions of love.
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