Hollow Heart
Embracing Emptiness: Cheryl Cecilia's Hollow Heart Revealed
Lyrics
I’m just small and insecure
Expressing feelings of being small and lacking confidence
Just so you know, you deserve much more
Asserting that the person deserves more than what they may believe
Don't tell me your secrets
Asking not to be entrusted with confidential information
They'll be wasted on me
Indicating an inability to appreciate or value such secrets
Now I've got my defenses up
Describing the defensive walls put up to protect oneself
So high the world can see
Highlighting the visibility of these defenses to the world
From the start
Reflecting on being detached or distant from the beginning
I’ve been apart
Feeling lacking in the ability to love
Got no ability to love
Unable to lower defenses or barriers
Can't drop my guard
Acknowledging the difficulty in doing so
And though it's hard
Refusing to take the responsibility of being someone's significant other
I can't be the one
Declining to be the chosen one in a relationship
Cause I've got a hollow heart
Admitting to having an empty or void-like heart
I don't know how to take you far
Unsure about how to truly care or nurture the person
I'm sure you'll find someone else
Confident that the person will find someone better suited for them
Who can love you better than I can myself
Believing that someone else can love the person more than self-love
Without a hollow heart
Emphasizing the emptiness within the heart
I stand here afraid to get too close (too close)
Fearful of emotional intimacy or closeness due to inner turmoil
Since it would be cruel to share this burdened soul (this burdened soul)
Considering it unfair to burden the other person with emotional struggles
I know you’ll will find your destiny
Believing the other person has a destined path separate from theirs
But one thing I’m positive, it's not you and me
Certain that their paths won't align romantically
It's for the best
Arguing that it's better for the other person to be with someone else
To lay your head
Suggesting finding comfort or solace with a better-suited partner
With a better one by your side
Feeling unable to hide the fear nurtured inside
I can't suppress
Admitting the inability to claim the other person
This fear I've fed
Expressing the continuous growth of fear within
You can't be mine
Understanding that the other person cannot be in a relationship with them
Cause I've got a hollow heart
Reiterating the existence of an empty or void-like heart
I don't know how to take you far
Still uncertain about how to deeply care for the person
I'm sure you'll find someone else
Confident in the person's ability to find a better-suited partner
Who can love you better than I can myself
Believing someone else can love the person more than self-love
Without a hollow heart
Emphasizing the emptiness within the heart again
A hollow heart
Repeating the sentiment of having an empty or void-like heart
That’s what I got
Reiterating the emptiness within the heart
A hollow heart
Continuing to emphasize the emptiness within
A hollow heart
Repeating the phrase to emphasize the condition of the heart
I can’t love you when my heart is locked
Stating the inability to love due to a locked or closed heart
I’ve got a hollow heart
Affirming the presence of an empty or void-like heart once more
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