Speak Your Mind
Empower Your Voice: Unveiling the Depths of 'Speak Your Mind' by Charlie Belle
Lyrics
Speak your mind I’m
Expressing the importance of open communication
Not the kind to judge
Rejecting judgmental attitudes
You are the one I love
Affirming love for the listener
I don’t need you here
Asserting independence, not requiring the presence of the other person
I don’t get to hear your voice
Expressing a lack of opportunity to hear the other person's voice
I don’t think that I got
Indicating a perceived lack of choice in the matter
Much choice
Highlighting a sense of limited options
But you look at me like I can’t survive
Observing the other person's concern for the speaker's well-being
Without you
Suggesting a belief in the speaker's ability to survive independently
And you look at me like I’d rather die
Noting a perception of the speaker's reluctance to live without the other person
Than have you leave me for another one believe me I am not the one you think you know
Denying misconceptions about the speaker's identity and emotions
It’d be easy to pack and go
Suggesting the ease of ending the relationship
Bet that cigarette was placed
Commenting on the placement of a cigarette on the other person's face
Perfect on your perfect face
Imagery of perfection, questioning if the other person lost their way or is avoiding destiny
Did you really lose your way or is this you avoiding fate
Exploring whether the other person regrets their actions
Bet you wish you’d had enough
Speculating on the other person's desire to escape difficulties
Of this know you’re feeling rough
Acknowledging the other person's emotional state
Heard you’re crying in your bed wanting to take back what you said
Referring to the other person's remorse and wish to retract words
‘Cuz I don’t need you
Asserting independence again, stating the lack of need for the other person
You want me to
Recognizing the other person's desire for the speaker to conform to their expectations
Play your games right
Challenging the idea of playing games in the relationship
I win every time
Claiming victory in maintaining individuality and not succumbing to manipulation
I don’t need you
Reiterating independence and lack of dependence on the other person
You want me to
Acknowledging the other person's expectations of compliance
Play your games right
Restating resistance to manipulative behavior
I win every time
Declaring consistent success in maintaining personal autonomy
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