Liar and the Lighter
Navigating Love's Maze: Unraveling Gabrielle Aplin's Liar and the Lighter
Lyrics
Oh have some heart and hold it to your chest
Expressing a desire for compassion and emotional connection, urging someone to be more compassionate.
We weren't in love, we were too young
Acknowledging that the relationship wasn't genuine love but rather youthful infatuation.
We throw our words around as if they were not gold
Describing the casual and careless way words are used in the relationship, emphasizing their value.
They are
Affirming the importance and value of the spoken words.
Oh maybe someday I will be something more
Expressing a hope for personal growth and becoming more authentic in the future.
Real with arms and legs so I can walk away
Imagining a desire to have a real, tangible existence to be able to leave a situation easily.
and stay away forever and some more
Expressing a wish to stay away permanently from a situation or person.
I'll stick around and watch this town fall down to it's knees
Committing to witnessing the downfall of a town or environment.
You can pray the day that you hope is coming round real soon
Highlighting a contrast in perspectives, suggesting a different hope for the future.
I will run and stay away in a place that I don't know well of
Expressing a willingness to run away and stay in an unfamiliar place.
You can chose a different song that you will soon love
Suggesting a choice to embrace a different experience or relationship.
The names will vary, the names they will change
Noting the variability and change in names within relationships.
But the game, the game it stays the
Stating that while names change, the underlying dynamics or "game" remains constant.
Oh here are the reasons that hurt me the most
Listing reasons that cause emotional pain or distress.
Call off the search I'm coming home
Deciding to end the search and return home.
People I want, but not on the hurt
Expressing a desire for people but not at the cost of being hurt.
Not without reason, not for a girlsame.
Rejecting the idea of pursuing relationships without valid reasons.
Oh love, we want the ones that we will grow to hate, to hate
Reflecting on the paradox of desiring those one will eventually come to hate.
It's just so
Expressing a feeling or realization that is difficult to articulate.
oh no, oh no...
Repeating a sense of disbelief or shock.
Maybe someday I'll deserve something more
Expressing a hope for deserving something more in the future.
A home in which I will turn to grow
Desiring a stable home environment for personal growth.
I plant the seeds so that we can become something more, something more
Metaphorically planting the seeds for personal and relational growth.
I'll stick around and watch this town fall down to it's knees
Reiterating the commitment to witness the downfall of a town or environment.
You can pray the day that you hope is coming round real soon
Highlighting a divergence in hopes for the future between individuals.
I will run and stay away in a place that I don't know well of
Reiterating the willingness to run away and stay in an unfamiliar place.
You can chose a different song that you will soon love
Encouraging the choice of a different experience or relationship.
Oh here are the reasons that hurt me the most
Reiterating the reasons causing emotional distress.
Call off the search she's coming home
Deciding to end the search for someone who is returning home.
People I want, but not on the hurt
Expressing a desire for people but not at the cost of being hurt.
Not without reason, not for a girl
Rejecting the idea of pursuing relationships without valid reasons.
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