Lyrics
Who ever liked you who never helped?
Questioning the sincerity of those who claimed to like you without providing assistance.
Who ever believed you who didn't want to first?
Questioning the credibility of those who believed in you but were unwilling to take the first step.
Who ever saw you until they started looking?
Reflecting on whether people truly saw and acknowledged you before actively looking for you.
And who ever called you who didn't want to talk?
Raising doubt about the motives of those who called you but were not interested in meaningful conversation.
Who ever loved you who didn't love themselves?
Highlighting the importance of self-love in those who claim to love you.
Who ever said things they hadn't heard?
Questioning the authenticity of statements made without proper understanding or experience.
Who ever came to until they'd been knocked out?
Suggesting that some individuals only come to you after facing challenges or setbacks.
And who ever needs you better have a lot to say.
Emphasizing the need for those who claim to need you to have substantial and meaningful contributions.
Who
Continuation of the questioning pattern.
Whoever
-Whoever you
-Whoever you are
Addressing the general concept of identity, referring to the person in question.
Whoever you are to
Acknowledging a connection or relationship with the person being addressed.
Whoever you are to be
Expressing a future state or potential identity of the person in question.
Whoever you are to be to
Building on the idea of a future identity and its connection to the speaker.
Whoever you are to be to me
Stating a specific relationship with the person in question and emphasizing it as a future identity.
Whoever you are to be to me please
Making a plea for a specific role or behavior from the person in the stated relationship.
Whoever you are to be to me please be
Continuing the plea, emphasizing the importance of the requested role.
Because who can really love you when they're locked in a cage?
Raising a rhetorical question about the capacity for genuine love when one is constrained or confined.
Who can really love you from a pedestal?
Questioning the authenticity of love when it comes from a position of superiority or idealization.
Who can really see you with your blinders on?
Raising doubt about the sincerity of perception when someone has blinders on, potentially referring to biases.
And who can really touch you when you're gone?
Questioning the ability of someone to emotionally connect when they are emotionally distant or absent.
So whoever you are to me, be to me who you are
Expressing a desire for the person in question to be true to themselves in the relationship.
And this I promise you: who I am to you will be the same as who I am to me
Making a commitment that the speaker's identity in the relationship will align with their true self.
Be to me who you are
Reiterating the plea for the person to be true to themselves in the relationship.
Be to me who you are
Repeating the plea for authenticity and consistency in the relationship.
Whoever you are
Summing up the message by addressing the unidentified person with a general acknowledgment.
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