A Lesson in Leaving
Fool-Hearted Games: A Melody of Love's Betrayal
Lyrics
Somebody's gonna give you a lesson in leavin'
Anticipation that someone will teach you the pain of leaving.
Somebody's gonna give you back what you've been givin'
Expectation that someone will reciprocate what you've done to others.
And I hope that I'm around to watch 'em knock you down
Desire to witness the consequences and downfall when someone retaliates.
It's like you to love 'em and leave 'em
Characteristic of loving and abandoning people.
Just like you loved me and left me
Reflecting on the personal experience of being loved and left by the same person.
It's like you to do that sort of thing
Attributing a recurring behavior of leaving to the person in question.
Over and over again
Emphasizing the repetitive nature of the behavior.
You're a fool-hearted man
Labeling the person as a foolish-hearted individual.
I hear you been askin' about me from some of my friends
Knowledge of inquiries about the speaker from mutual acquaintances.
Well, you better believe I'm not goin' through that again
Determination not to endure a similar experience again.
Well, you're the kind of man a woman thinks she can change
Perception of the person as someone a woman hopes to change.
The only thing changin' is my way of thinkin'
Realization that the only change happening is the speaker's mindset.
And I'm thinkin' that baby, someday
Expressing a thought that, someday, the person will face consequences.
Somebody's gonna give' you a lesson in losin'
Prediction that someone will teach the person about losing.
Somebody's gonna do to you what you've been doin'
Foreseeing someone doing to the person what they have done to others.
And I hope that I'm around to watch 'em knock you down
Desire to witness the person's downfall in the face of retribution.
Somebody's gonna give you a lesson in hurtin'
Prediction that someone will teach the person about hurting.
Somebody's gonna leave you with your fire burnin'
Expectation that someone will leave the person in a painful state.
With no way to put it out
Imagining the person with unresolved emotional turmoil.
Baby, there ain't no doubt
Certainty that there will be no way to extinguish the emotional turmoil.
You're a fool-hearted man
Reiteration of the person's characterization as a fool-hearted individual.
Yeah, you're the kind of man a woman thinks she can change
Repeating the perception of the person as someone a woman hopes to change.
The only thing changin' is my way of thinkin'
Reiteration that the only change happening is the speaker's mindset.
And I'm thinkin' that baby, someday
Reiterating the thought that, someday, the person will face consequences.
Somebody's gonna give you a lesson in leavin'
Repeating the anticipation that someone will teach you the pain of leaving.
Somebody's gonna give you back what you've been givln'
Repeating the expectation that someone will reciprocate what you've done to others.
And I hope that I'm around to watch 'em knock you down
Repeating the desire to witness the consequences and downfall when someone retaliates.
It's like you to love 'em and leave 'em
Reiteration of the characteristic of loving and abandoning people.
Just like you loved me and left me
Reiteration of the personal experience of being loved and left by the same person.
It's like you to do that sort of thing
Reiteration of the recurring behavior of leaving attributed to the person.
Over and over again
Reiteration of the emphasis on the repetitive nature of the behavior.
You're a fool-hearted man
Reiteration of labeling the person as a foolish-hearted individual.
Somebody's gonna give you a lesson in leavin'
Repetition of the anticipation that someone will teach you the pain of leaving.
Somebody's gonna give you back what you've been givln'
Repetition of the expectation that someone will reciprocate what you've done to others.
And I hope that I'm around to watch 'em knock you down
Repetition of the desire to witness the consequences and downfall when someone retaliates.
It's like you to love 'em and leave 'em
Repetition of the characteristic of loving and abandoning people.
Just like you loved me and left me
Repetition of the personal experience of being loved and left by the same person.
It's like you to do that sort of thing
Repetition of the recurring behavior of leaving attributed to the person.
Over and over again
Repetition of the emphasis on the repetitive nature of the behavior.
Fool-hearted man
Repetition of labeling the person as a foolish-hearted individual.
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