When You Took Your Love Away
Love's Betrayal: Echoes of Heartbreak in Crystal Bernard's Melody
Lyrics
The moment that I looked at you a voice inside of me
The narrator felt a strong inner warning upon first seeing the person.
Said you'd better guard your heart and love him cautiously
The internal voice advised caution and protection of the heart in loving this person.
Well, If I'd only listened to the things I heard me say
Regret for not heeding the self-warning and listening to one's own doubts.
I'd have still been standing when you took your love away
If the narrator had followed the advice, they would not have suffered when the love was taken away.
Tell me baby, was it hard to keep up your charade
Questioning whether the person intentionally deceived and played with the narrator's feelings.
Did you mark me from the start as a target to be played
Wondering if the person identified the narrator as an easy target from the beginning.
I feel so badly cheated, I don't know what to say
Feeling deeply hurt and deceived, struggling to express the emotions.
Made it look so easy when you took your love away
The person made ending the relationship seem effortless, causing additional pain.
I gave to you my inside, I gave to you my heart
The narrator gave their inner self and heart to the person.
I gave to you no reason to tear it all apart
Expressing that the narrator provided no valid reason for the relationship to fall apart.
Now I'm diggin' through the rubble of a trust that's been betrayed
Searching through the aftermath of a broken trust caused by betrayal.
You did a lot of damage when you took your love away
Highlighting the significant emotional damage caused when the person ended the relationship.
The only hope I ever have about you any-more
The narrator's only hope now is for someone to come along and balance the emotional scales.
Is someday, someone comes along to even up the score
Anticipating a future where the person experiences a similar unexpected loss.
You won't see it coming, you'll just look on in dismay
The person won't foresee the emotional blow, experiencing shock and dismay.
You'll be so blind sided when she takes her love away
Describing the potential blindsiding when someone else takes their love away.
I gave to you my inside, I gave to you my heart
Reiterating the narrator's past investment of emotions and trust in the person.
I gave to you no reason to tear it all apart
Emphasizing the lack of justification for the person to destroy the relationship.
Now I'm diggin' through the rubble of a trust that's been betrayed
Continuing to dig through the aftermath of betrayal and broken trust.
You did a lot of damage when you took your love away
Stressing the extensive harm caused by the person when ending the relationship.
I gave to you my inside, I gave to you my heart
Repeating the narrator's giving of inner self and heart to the person.
I gave to you no reason to tear it all apart
Reiterating the absence of valid reasons for the relationship's demise.
Now I'm diggin' through the rubble of a trust that's been betrayed
Persisting in the effort to understand and cope with the damage caused by betrayal.
You did a lot of damage when you took your love away
Underlining the substantial harm inflicted by the person when ending the relationship.
Did a lot of damage when you took your love away
Reinforcing the idea of significant damage caused by the person's departure.
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