Lyrics
Don't tell me you love me
Expressing a reluctance to hear professions of love
I would only cry
Anticipating a sorrowful response if told "I love you"
I would only cry
Reinforces the potential for emotional distress
Big long rivers
Metaphorically describing tears as big long rivers
From my eyes
Highlighting the emotional impact through crying
From my eyes
Repetition for emphasis on the emotional outpouring
Don't play Death Cab for Cutie
Advising against playing music by Death Cab for Cutie
I fall back in time
Time travel metaphorically suggested in response to the music
I fall back in time
Repetition emphasizing the impact of the music on memories
You took our love story
Accusing the other person of using their love story recklessly
Put it on the line
Metaphorically placing the love story at risk or on display
Put it on the line
Reiteration of the exposure or vulnerability of the love story
Maybe I was under the impression
Expressing a belief or assumption about the ability to ask questions freely
I could always, always ask you questions
Emphasizing the expectation of open communication
I can't help falling in love with you
Acknowledging an inability to control falling in love
I can't help falling back in love
Repeating the difficulty in preventing a return to love
Don't tell me you hurt me
Discouraging disclosure of causing emotional pain
I would only cry
Anticipating a sorrowful response if told "you hurt me"
I would only cry
Reinforces the potential for emotional distress
Big long rivers
Metaphorically describing tears as big long rivers
From my eyes
Highlighting the emotional impact through crying
From my eyes
Repetition for emphasis on the emotional outpouring
Don't play Death Cab for Cutie
Advising against playing music by Death Cab for Cutie
I fall back in time
Time travel metaphorically suggested in response to the music
I fall back in time
Repetition emphasizing the impact of the music on memories
You took our love story
Accusing the other person of using their love story recklessly
Put it on the line
Metaphorically placing the love story at risk or on display
Put it on the line
Reiteration of the exposure or vulnerability of the love story
Maybe I was under the impression
Expressing a belief or assumption about the ability to ask questions freely
I could always, always ask you questions
Emphasizing the expectation of open communication
I can't help falling in love with you
Acknowledging an inability to control falling in love
I can't help falling back in love
Repeating the difficulty in preventing a return to love
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