Caught Me by Surprise
Surprising Lessons in Love and Loss
Lyrics
When I was younger
Reflecting on the speaker's past when life was simpler.
Everything seemed simple
Describing the perception of simplicity in the speaker's youth.
When I was younger
Reiterating the speaker's past and the simplicity felt.
Everything felt right
Expressing that everything felt right during the speaker's youth.
Well I had to grow up
Acknowledging the inevitability of growing up.
Had to move on
Indicating the necessity to move on from the past.
Had to find out how to let love go
Exploring the challenge of letting go of love.
How to let love go
Reiterating the theme of letting go of love.
You caught me by surprise again
Expressing surprise at encountering love again.
You caught me by surprise again
-You caught me by surprise
-This love, this life
-You caught me by surprise, again
-I was a young man when I fell in love
Recalling a past experience of falling in love as a young man.
I was a young man who had never lost someone
-Well I had to grow up
Reiterating the need to grow up and move on from past love.
Had to move on
-Had to find out how to let love go
-You caught me by surprise again
Repeating the surprise theme in encountering love once more.
You caught me by surprise again
-You caught me by surprise
-This love, this life
-You caught me by surprise, again
-If this type of love is what you want
Contemplating the nature of love and the pain associated with it.
Then you can take it
-Just know it hurts so when it hurts so bad
-You gotta let it go
-You caught me by surprise again
Repeating the surprise motif in the context of love's challenges.
You caught me by surprise again
-You caught me by surprise
-This love, this life
-You caught me by surprise, again
-Caught me by surprise again
Pondering hypothetical scenarios related to enduring pain and challenges in love.
(Would you walk for miles in the rain)
-(Could you fight a battle with the pain)
-(If life begins to fade will you remain?)
-(Leaving and escaping aren't the same)
-(Would you walk for miles in the rain)
-(Could you fight a battle with the pain)
-(If life begins to fade will you remain?)
-(Leaving and escaping aren't the same)
-(Would you walk for miles in the rain)
-(Could you fight a battle with the pain)
-(If life begins to fade will you remain?)
-(Leaving and escaping aren't the same)
Highlighting the distinction between leaving and escaping.
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