Blame Me
Breaking Free: Embracing Independence from Blame
Lyrics
What does it take to satisfy your
Expressing a question about what it takes to satisfy someone's desires or expectations.
Need for someone to blame?
Highlighting the theme of blaming and the search for a target to blame.
Your need for a whipping boy.
Referring to the desire for a scapegoat or someone to take the blame for problems.
Now you're asking to take that
Describing a request or demand to take on the blame.
From me well here's your answer...
Declaring a response to the request, implying a refusal or resistance to being the scapegoat.
Blame me (you can do your best to)
Encouraging blame to be placed on the speaker, expressing a willingness to bear the burden.
Shame me (anything you can to)
Inviting shame to be directed towards the speaker, indicating a readiness to endure it.
Hate me (tell yourself again)
Suggesting a willingness to be hated, possibly as a way of rejecting the expectations of others.
Go save yourself with someone else.
Encouraging the listener to save themselves with someone else, signaling a detachment from the speaker.
Ever since we started you were
Reflecting on a relationship that has existed for a while.
Looking for someone to carry you
Noticing a pattern of seeking someone to carry the other person emotionally.
Ever since you were hurt you've been
Acknowledging a history of being hurt and reciprocating that pain onto others.
Looking for someone you could hurt too
Expressing a suspicion that the listener is trying to find someone to hurt in the speaker.
Now you're trying to find that in me?
Rejecting the role of being a savior or someone who can fulfill the listener's emotional needs.
Well I'm not your savior.
Asserting independence and refusal to be the listener's savior.
Blame me (you can do your best to)
Reiterating the invitation for blame to be directed towards the speaker.
Shame me (anything you can to)
Encouraging shame to be directed towards the speaker.
Hate me (tell yourself again)
Expressing a readiness to be hated again.
Go save yourself with someone else.
Repeating the suggestion for the listener to save themselves with someone else.
I'm not too proud to end this with a broken smile,
Admitting a lack of pride and the possibility of ending things on a negative note.
Tear down these walls and throw it away.
Metaphorically expressing a desire to break down emotional barriers and discard negativity.
Blame me (you can do your best to)
Reiterating the willingness to accept blame and be a target for negative emotions.
Shame me (anything you can to)
Encouraging shame to be directed towards the speaker.
Hate me (tell yourself again)
Expressing a readiness to be hated again.
Go save yourself with someone else.
Repeating the suggestion for the listener to save themselves with someone else.
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