I Like You
Shameful Confessions: Embracing the Unconventional Connection
Lyrics
Something in you caused me to
Something in the person being addressed has prompted a change in the speaker.
Take a new tact with you
The speaker is adopting a different approach or strategy in dealing with the addressed person.
You were going through something
The addressed person is going through a challenging situation.
I had just about scraped through
The speaker has recently overcome a difficult situation.
Why do you think I let you get away
The speaker allowed the addressed person to escape consequences for their words or actions.
With the things you say to me?
The addressed person's words or actions are tolerated by the speaker.
Could it be I like you?
The speaker is questioning if their liking for the addressed person is genuine.
It's so shameful of me - I like you
The speaker acknowledges a sense of shame in admitting their liking for the addressed person.
No one I ever knew
No one the speaker has known resembles the addressed person.
Or have spoken to resembles you
Whether the addressed person is good or bad depends on the speaker's mood.
This is good or bad
The nature of the addressed person is subjective and can be interpreted as positive or negative.
All depending on my general mood
The speaker's judgment depends on their overall mood.
Why do you think I let you get away
The speaker allows the addressed person to go unpunished for their words or actions.
With all the things you say to me?
The addressed person's words are tolerated by the speaker.
Could it be I like you?
The speaker questions if their liking for the addressed person is genuine.
It's so shameful of me - I like you
The speaker acknowledges a sense of shame in admitting their liking for the addressed person.
Magistrates who spend their lives
Magistrates who hide mistakes envy the speaker and the addressed person.
Hiding their mistakes
Officials hiding errors look at the speaker and the addressed person with jealousy.
They look at you and I
The envy of those hiding mistakes makes them cry when observing the speaker and the addressed person.
And envy makes them cry
Envy causes the magistrates to cry when comparing themselves to the speaker and the addressed person.
Envy makes them cry
Reiteration of the impact of envy on those hiding mistakes.
Forces of containment
Forces of containment attempt to control the speaker.
They shove their fat faces into mine
The authorities impose themselves on the speaker, but the speaker and the addressed person remain unaffected.
You and I just smile
Both the speaker and the addressed person respond with a smile to the forces of containment.
Because we're thinking the same line
The speaker and the addressed person share a common thought in response to external pressures.
Why do you think I let you get away
The speaker allows the addressed person to go unpunished for their words or actions.
With all the things you say to me?
The addressed person's words are tolerated by the speaker.
Could it be I like you?
The speaker questions if their liking for the addressed person is genuine.
It's so shameful of me - I like you
The speaker acknowledges a sense of shame in admitting their liking for the addressed person.
You're not right in the head
The addressed person is considered mentally unstable by the speaker.
And nor am I, and this is why
Both the speaker and the addressed person acknowledge their mental instability.
You're not right in the head,
Reiteration of the mental instability of both the speaker and the addressed person.
And nor am I, and this is why
Reiteration of the shared mental instability of both the speaker and the addressed person.
This is why I like you, I like you, I like you
The speaker admits liking the addressed person because of their shared mental instability.
This is why I like you, I like you, I like you
Reiteration of the speaker's admission of liking the addressed person due to shared mental instability.
Because you're not right in the head,
The liking is attributed to the mutual mental instability of the speaker and the addressed person.
And nor am I, and this is why
Reiteration of the shared mental instability of both the speaker and the addressed person.
You're not right in the head,
-And nor am I, and this is why
The speaker admits liking the addressed person because of their shared mental instability.
This is why I like you, I like you, I like you...
Reiteration of the speaker's admission of liking the addressed person due to shared mental instability.
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