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Wanna keep you from breakin'
Expresses a desire to prevent someone from experiencing emotional pain or hardship.
Wanna keep you from shakin'
Desires to provide support and stability to prevent the person from feeling unstable or insecure.
Wanna keep you from keepin'
Wants to prevent the person from holding onto negative emotions or burdens.
You down
The intention to keep the person from being emotionally down or depressed.
Wanna keep you from sinkin'
Expresses a desire to prevent someone from sinking into emotional distress or despair.
Wanna keep you from drinkin'
Desires to prevent the person from resorting to drinking as a coping mechanism.
Sometimes
Acknowledges the difficulty of this task, indicated by the use of "Sometimes."
Wanna keep you from keepin'
Reiterates the desire to prevent the person from being emotionally weighed down.
You down
Reiterates the intention to keep the person emotionally uplifted and resilient.
Ringing in my head
Mentions persistent thoughts or memories that are troubling and recurrent.
All the things you've said
Refers to the impact of the things said by the person on the speaker's mind.
All the things you've done
Addresses the impact of the actions performed by the person on the speaker.
I wish I could compromise
Expresses a desire for compromise, but the speaker feels constrained to a single course of action.
But there's only one way to go
Indicates that there's only one direction to proceed, emphasizing a sense of inevitability.
And I'm going alone
Emphasizes the speaker's decision to go alone, suggesting independence and determination.
I'm going alone
-Your self-help bookshelf is full now
Describes the completion or saturation of self-help resources, possibly implying a lack of effectiveness.
Your pictures are about to be pulled down
Suggests the imminent removal of personal pictures, possibly indicating the end of a relationship.
Without regard for a broken heart
References a lack of concern for emotional pain, especially related to a broken heart.
It's another year
Notices the passage of time, marking the beginning of another year.
Ringing in my head
Repeats the ringing in the head, emphasizing the persistent impact of the person's words.
All the things you've said
Reiterates the impact of the person's words and actions on the speaker's thoughts and emotions.
All the things you've done
-I wish I could compromise
Expresses a desire for compromise in dealing with the situation.
But there's only one way to go
Reiterates the limited options, emphasizing the inevitability of a specific course of action.
Wanna be with you tonight
Expresses conflicting feelings about being with the person tonight, acknowledging the impropriety of the desire.
Wanna be with you tonight
-No, I know it isn't right
-Wanna be with you tonight
-'Cause I love the way that you shock-shock-shock me
Describes the intense impact of the person on the speaker, using vivid imagery and references to city life.
Follow me to my house and then you rock-rock-rock me
-Wanna see your eyes wide not so shut
-The queen bee cool, don't stop keep up
-Living in the city, 'cause you're dying if you don't
-Got a grip, take a sip from my Molotov mug
-Wanna keep you from keepin' you down
Expresses a desire to help the person rise above difficulties and challenges.
Pick yourself up off the ground
-Wanna keep you from keepin' you down
Reiterates the desire to prevent the person from being emotionally weighed down.
Come on girl, ringing in my head
Repeats the impact of persistent thoughts about the person.
All the things you've said
Reiterates the impact of the person's words and actions on the speaker's thoughts and emotions.
All the things you've done
-I wish I could compromise
Expresses a wish for a resolution or a way to make things right but acknowledges the limited options.
I wish I could close my eyes
-And somehow make it all alright
-But I know there's only one way to go
-Miss the way that you shock-shock-shock me
Repeats the intense impact of the person on the speaker, using vivid imagery and references to city life.
Follow me to my house and then you rock-rock-rock me
-Wanna see your eyes wide not so shut
-The queen bee cool, don't stop keep up
-Living in the city, 'cause you're dying if you don't
-Got a grip, take a sip from my Molotov mug
-Wanna keep you from keepin' you down
Expresses a desire to help the person rise above difficulties and challenges.
Pick yourself up off the ground
-Pick yourself up off the ground
Repeats the desire to lift the person emotionally, encouraging them to pick themselves up.
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