Lyrics
I think I finally understand
I have gained understanding of a situation or emotion.
How you could love someone and leave them
Exploring the difficulty of loving someone and then leaving them.
It must be hard to be a man
Expressing empathy for the challenges faced by a man in handling emotions.
Holding back so many feelings
Describing the struggle of holding back various emotions.
I saw you slip away
Observing the gradual departure of someone emotionally.
Long before you gave reasons
Noticing emotional distancing before explicit reasons are given.
Couldn't hold you down if you wanted to go
Acknowledging the inability to restrain someone who wants to leave.
Each time I try
Expressing repeated attempts to cope with the situation.
My tears land straight on my pillow
Tears falling on the pillow symbolize emotional pain and the difficulty of letting go.
Each time I try
-My tears land straight on my pillow
-Each time I try
-My tears land straight on my pillow
-Cause there's no other way for me to let go
-I didn't wanna even care
Initial resistance to caring or missing someone.
I didn't wanna even miss you
Reluctance to acknowledge missing the person.
Cause you told me you'd be there
Contrast between promises of presence and current absence.
Now should I even try to reach you?
Questioning the worthiness of attempting to reconnect.
I look in the mirror
Seeing the person's influence in oneself and recognizing the need for their presence.
I see your face in mine
-And it's much clearer now
-I need you in my life
-But, each time I try
Continued struggle with tears on the pillow as a metaphor for emotional release.
My tears land straight on that pillow
-Each time I try
-My tears land straight on that pillow
-Each time I try
-My tears land straight on that pillow
-Cause there's no other way for me to let go
-I see it in your eyes
Perceiving changes in the person's eyes, laughter, and voice, and expressing sadness.
Your laugh is a disguise
-It used to be magic to me
-You're giving me no choice
-I hear it in your voice
-And it's so sad to me
-But I think forgiveness is the season
Contemplating forgiveness despite the pain and the difficulty of letting go.
Wish you could stay I have my reasons
-I'm still trying to hold on
-To something that's gone
-Can't make you stay here with me
-Oh but each time I try
Repeated attempts to let go, experiencing a sense of futility and emotional pain.
It's like I'm crying in vain
-Each time I try
-My tears land straight on that pillow
-Each time I try
-My tears land straight on that pillow
-Cause there's no other way for me to let go
-Each time I try
Continued struggle with letting go and the inevitability of tears on the pillow.
My tears land straight on that pillow
-Each time I try
-My tears land straight on that pillow
-Each time I try
-My tears land straight on that pillow
-Cause there's no other way for me to let go
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