piece of me
Shattered Trust: Losing Pieces of Myself
Lyrics
Another one bites the dust
Expresses someone else facing a negative outcome or failure
Maybe I just have bad luck
Suggests a perception of consistently experiencing misfortune
Or poor judgement of the people I should let into my life
Reflects on the difficulty in judging who should be allowed into one's life
But I thought you were real this time
Believed the person was genuine or authentic this time
Take and vanish, you take and flee
Describes someone taking things and disappearing abruptly
You take a little piece of me
Emphasizes the emotional toll of losing parts of oneself
And I know, I shouldn't get so vulnerable
Recognizes vulnerability despite awareness of its risks
Take and leave
Reiterates the act of taking and departing
You run away, you take a piece of me
Reiterates the emotional loss when someone leaves
I can't believe
Expresses disbelief in the situation
There was a time when I was so complete, it's
Recalls a time when feeling whole and content
Not that I want to be reliant
Expresses a reluctance to rely on others
But without you here I can't deny it
Acknowledges a difficulty in denying the impact of the absence
Take and leave
Repeats the theme of taking and departing, causing loss
You run away, another piece of me is gone
Highlights the cumulative effect of repeated departures
It wouldn't be the first
Suggests a pattern of experiencing hurtful situations
Major time I've ever been hurt
Reflects on past instances of significant pain or injury
So then why does it hurt so bad?
Questions the intensity of current pain despite prior experiences
You hit me places I never have been hit
Describes being emotionally wounded in new ways
And send my emotions into orbit
Highlights the impact on emotions, causing a disorienting effect
You take my money, you take my gifts
Illustrates material possessions being taken away
You take the chapstick right off my lips
Emphasizes the intimacy of personal items being taken
And they go and tell me I should've known
Others criticize for not foreseeing such actions
Take and leave
Reiterates the cycle of departure and emotional loss
You run away, you take a piece of me
Reiterates the emotional loss when someone leaves
I can't believe
Expresses disbelief in the situation
There was a time when I was so complete, it's
Recalls a time when feeling whole and content
Not that I want to be reliant
Expresses a reluctance to rely on others
But without you here I can't deny it
Acknowledges a difficulty in denying the impact of the absence
Take and leave
Repeats the theme of taking and departing, causing loss
You run away, another piece of me is gone
Highlights the cumulative effect of repeated departures
You run away, another piece of me is gone
Emphasizes the permanent nature of the loss
Gone
Reinforces the idea of something being permanently lost
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