Break What's Broken
Navigating Love's Unfixable Chaos
Lyrics
Go ahead and lead me on
Encouraging someone to deceive or manipulate
Tell me you never do this
Requesting denial of engaging in such behavior
Take my keys and steal my kiss
Suggesting a willingness to be deceived and kissed
Let the lies roll off your lips
Acceptance of lies without consequences
You go ahead and lead me on
Reiteration of encouragement to lead on
Tonight
Setting the stage for a night of potential wrongdoing
A little bit of wrong could be alright
Justifying a small amount of wrongdoing
And when you're gone,
Acknowledging the temporary nature of the relationship
Hey what's some worst one more goodbye could do
Minimizing the impact of additional goodbyes
You can't hurt me cause I can't love you
Claiming emotional invulnerability due to inability to love
No need to skate around where this is going
Direct acknowledgment of the direction of the relationship
You can't break what's broken
Asserting that what is already broken cannot be further damaged
I don't wanna be alone
Expressing a desire to avoid loneliness
With all these jagged pieces
Referring to emotional wounds as jagged pieces
You can't unwreck the wreck she left
Highlighting the irreversibility of past damage
But we could rearrange the mess
Suggesting a possibility of rearranging the current situation
And I don't wanna be alone
Reiterating the desire to avoid being alone
Tonight
Repeating the idea of justifying a small amount of wrongdoing
A little bit of wrong could be alright
Continuing to rationalize a bit of wrongdoing
And when you're gone,
Reiterating the temporary nature of the relationship
Hey what's some worst one more goodbye could do
Minimizing the impact of additional goodbyes, echoing line 10
You can't hurt me cause I can't love you
Repeating the emotional invulnerability due to inability to love
No need to skate around where this is going
Reiterating the acknowledgment of the relationship's direction
You can't break what's broken
Reasserting that what is already broken cannot be further damaged
Hey what's some worst one more goodbye could do
Repeating the minimization of the impact of additional goodbyes
You can't hurt me cause I can't love you
Reiterating the emotional invulnerability due to inability to love
My heart's so far beyond repair
Stating that the heart is beyond repair
You don't have to handle me with care
Declining the need for delicate handling
No need to skate around where this is going
Reiterating the acknowledgment of the relationship's direction
You can't break what's broken, broken
Emphasizing the impossibility of breaking what is already broken
You can't break what's
Continuation of the assertion that what is broken cannot be broken
So go ahead and lead me on
Final encouragement to lead on, completing the circle
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