Lyrics
Who am I to save you
Reflecting on the speaker's perceived inability to rescue or help the other person.
To try and tame you
Acknowledging the attempt to control or influence the other person's behavior.
And now that you are free of me
Recognizing the person's newfound freedom from the speaker.
But next time when you break down
Anticipating a future emotional breakdown of the other person.
Is it me you'll take down
Questioning whether the speaker will be the one affected when the other person breaks down.
With you on your knees?
Wondering if the other person will bring the speaker down during their vulnerable moment.
So who was I to hurt you
Reflecting on the speaker's past actions of causing pain or harm to the other person.
To desert you
Acknowledging abandoning the other person in a time of need.
When you needed me there
Regret for not being present when the other person required support.
So now that you've learned to hate me
Noting the other person's development of hatred towards the speaker.
You're finally set free
Realizing that the hatred has granted the other person freedom from the speaker.
I fall to my knees
Expressing the speaker's emotional distress and surrender.
And I'm breathing slowly
Beginning a process of emotional healing and self-care.
Like you said to do when you had lost control
Recalling advice to breathe slowly during moments of losing control.
My head spins from God's wind
Feeling disoriented by the emotional turbulence symbolized by "God's wind."
That carries you away from me
Experiencing separation from the other person caused by external forces.
Looks like you got away from me
Observing the successful escape of the other person from the speaker's influence.
This time
Emphasizing the finality of the separation, suggesting it is permanent.
For good
(Transition)
And since those days have passed me by
Reflecting on a period of time that has elapsed since the separation.
I'm in and out of life
Describing a state of fluctuating between existence and non-existence.
The way you used to be
Comparing the current state to how the other person used to be.
You know I always was the strong one
Claiming a historical role as the stronger one in the relationship.
But now I've come undone
Admitting to a personal unraveling or breakdown.
Sweet Release (come to me)
Invoking a sense of relief or liberation (Sweet Release).
And I'm breathing slowly
Returning to the theme of breathing slowly as a coping mechanism.
Like you said to do when you had lost control
Recalling advice to breathe during moments of emotional turmoil.
My head spins from God's wind
Experiencing disorientation from external forces that separate.
That carries you away from me
Observing the successful escape of the other person, reiterating separation.
Looks like you got away from me, this time
Reconfirming the permanent nature of the separation.
You got away from me, oh yea
Repeating the acknowledgment of the other person's successful departure.
You got away for good
Concluding the confirmation of the lasting separation.
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