Broken Ones
Reckoning Hearts: Claiming Power in Love's Ruin
Lyrics
Verse 1:
Introduction to the verse structure
Just take a look at me
Expression of the singer's desire for attention or acknowledgment
For once please just take responsibility
Request for the other person to take responsibility for their actions
There’s nothing left of me
Emphasis on personal loss and emotional emptiness
You took it all away
Accusation of the other person taking away everything
The day you said with your fingers on my skin
Recollection of a moment when the other person claimed to love the singer
You really loved me oh to think what might have been
Reflecting on what could have been in the past
Chorus
Transition to the chorus
So now it’s time we play by my rules
Assertion of the singer's control and establishment of new rules
Well I guess it’s your turn to play the fool
Recognition of the other person's turn to be vulnerable or foolish
Feeling the tension rising slowly
Sensory description of tension building up
Cause when I’m done with you we’ll be the broken ones
Anticipation of both parties becoming 'broken ones' after the singer's actions
Verse 2
Transition to the second verse
Have I turned into a distant memory
Questioning if the singer has become a distant memory to the other person
You and your charm think you’ll get away with anything
Accusing the other person of relying on charm to escape consequences
Well I won’t let you win you silly little thing
Declaration of the singer's determination not to let the other person win
Bridge
Introduction to the bridge section
I know you think that you’ve seen every part of me
Addressing the other person's perception of knowing every part of the singer
Soon you’ll see that I’ve got something up my sleeve
Hinting at a hidden agenda or plan
I’m out for blood only yours will set me free
Expression of a vengeful desire for the other person's suffering
It’s time I take what’s mine don’t you agree
Declaration of the singer's right to claim what is deserved
Chorus
Return to the chorus
So now it’s time we play by my rules
Reiteration of the singer's control and rule-setting
Well I guess it’s your turn to play the fool
Acknowledgment of the other person's turn to face consequences
Feeling the tension rising slowly
Repetition of the building tension
Cause when I’m done with you we’ll be the broken ones
Confirmation of the impending state of being 'broken ones'
(Outro)
Transition to the outro
So now it’s time we play by my rules
Reiteration of the singer's control and rule-setting
Well I guess it’s your turn to play the fool
Reciprocal acknowledgment of the other person's vulnerability
Feeling the tension rising slowly
Repetition of the building tension
Cause when I’m done with you we’ll be the broken ones
Final confirmation of the state of being 'broken ones'
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