Tortured
Love's Torment: Elton John's Emotional Journey Revealed
Lyrics
I'd like to make this song so simple
I want this song to be straightforward and uncomplicated.
Don't want to hide my feeling under
I don't want to conceal my emotions under intricate or elaborate expressions.
Drawn up words in shades of many colours
I don't want to express my feelings in complex or ambiguous language.
How can I make them think I am clever
How can I impress others that I'm intelligent or smart?
By merely saying that I miss you
Can I show my intelligence just by expressing my longing for you?
It's just a state they claim I'm going through
Others claim that my emotional state is just temporary.
Don't want you to think that I am weakening
I don't want you to think that I'm losing strength or resilience.
Although you know I'm always dreaming
Even though I'm a dreamer, you're aware of my persistent dreaming.
Someday you'll be coming home to me
I believe that someday you will return to me.
Tortured, I've been so tortured by you so many times
I've suffered a great deal of emotional pain because of you on numerous occasions.
But you always love the ones that hurt you
People often love those who cause them pain, and it seems these connections are strong.
And I guess those are the ties that bind
Those painful connections are the strong bonds that tie people together.
Tortured by you
I'm tormented by you.
If I had taken parting easy
If I had handled separation or leaving you more casually, it might have been a better learning experience for everyone involved.
It might have been a better lesson
It could have been a more valuable lesson for everyone in conflicts of love and hate.
For all concerned in wars of love and hate
Refers to the struggles in relationships involving intense emotions.
How can you swear through words and music
How can you express your emotions and desires honestly through art?
The heart you crave and how to move it
Expressing the heart's desires and understanding how to affect it.
It's just a beach you washed my body onto
It's just a metaphorical representation of a place where I was abandoned or hurt.
Don't want you to know that I an crying
I don't want you to know that I'm in pain and crying because of you.
Although your friends can see I'm dying
Others can see that I'm suffering because of you.
Slowly from the knife you left in me
I feel like I'm slowly dying emotionally because of the hurt you caused.
Tortured by you
I'm tormented by you.
Tortured by you
-Tortured by you so many times
I've been tormented by you on multiple occasions.
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