The Jealous Kind
Love's Fierce Grip: The Jealous Kind Confession
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Don't be angry
Expressing a request for understanding, not to be upset
If I seem rude
Acknowledging the possibility of appearing impolite
Each time we meet
Referring to encounters with shared acquaintances
A girl that you once knew
Referring to a past romantic interest of the partner
You say that used to be so close to you
Noting the partner's closeness to the mentioned person
It's just that I'm so afraid
Expressing fear of losing the partner to another
Someone might steal you away
Fear of someone taking the partner away
Oh, I'd lose my mind
Feeling of potential insanity if partner is lost
I can't help myself
Inability to control emotions
The way I feel sometimes
Describing intense emotions
Yeah, I'm the jealous kind
Identifying oneself as possessive and insecure
It was alright
Initial acceptance of the partner's past
When I first met you
Initially being okay with the partner's history
Oh, I didn't mind
Changing feelings towards the partner's past
But now things have changed
Feeling different due to changed circumstances
And I'm just not the same
Personal transformation affecting emotions
Oh, and now I find
Realization of altered emotions
I want you all to myself
Desire for exclusive ownership of partner
I don't want to share you
Rejecting the idea of sharing the partner
With nobody, nobody, nobody else
Strongly opposed to the partner being with anyone else
You must forgive me
Requesting forgiveness for actions caused by emotions
For the way I act sometimes
Apologizing for behavior influenced by jealousy
Yeah, I'm the jealous kind
Reiteration of possessiveness and insecurity
Oh, baby
Oh, baby
-If you only knew
Partner's unawareness of the depth of emotional pain
How much it hurts me
Expressing the intensity of emotional suffering
Oh, to hear you say
Pain of hearing about partner's past
How you can't forget
Partner's memory of time before the relationship
That before we met
Reflecting on a period before their involvement
Those were the good old days
Nostalgia for a past period without current emotional distress
Why must you hurt me so?
Expressing pain caused by the partner's actions
Lord, I can't stand it no more
Inability to tolerate the pain any longer
Boy, I'm really, really, really, oh I'm really tryin'
Struggling immensely to overcome emotions
And I can't help myself
Inability to control reactions despite efforts
The way I act sometimes
Reiteration of possessiveness due to jealousy
I'm the jealous kind
Oh, baby
-Oh, baby
-I'm the jealous kind
-I know, I know
Acknowledging the possessive nature
And I know, baby, I know
Acknowledging awareness of the behavior
Oh, I know, I know
Reiterating acknowledgment of possessiveness
I know I'm the jealous kind
Admitting to possessiveness and jealousy
Ooh, I can't help it, I can't help it, baby
Expressing inability to control possessiveness
I can't help that I, I'm the jealous kind
Reiteration of being inherently possess
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