Give It a Rest
Love's Dilemma: Yearning for Acceptance in 'Give It a Rest'
Lyrics
Am I sweet enough
Questioning if the sweetness in the relationship is sufficient.
Are you sick of me yet
Asking if the partner is tired or fed up with the speaker.
Under your skin when I sleep in your bed
Describing intimacy by being under the partner's skin while sleeping.
Am I wasting your time
Questioning if the speaker is wasting the partner's time.
Would you care if I did, or just get on with it?
Wondering if the partner would care if the speaker were to waste time or prefer to move on.
We're running out of things to do.
Expressing a sense of boredom or monotony in the relationship.
We get fucked up in the afternoon.
Indicating engaging in risky or harmful behavior in the afternoon.
We're talking about all the things we could lose.
Discussing potential losses and uncertainties in the relationship.
Do I hold my breath or wait on you?
Contemplating whether to be patient or take action in the relationship.
So tell me are we adding up or just divided?
Pondering if the relationship is progressing positively or experiencing conflicts.
Cause I need to be something you can't live without
Expressing the desire to be indispensable to the partner.
and I know I need something.
Acknowledging a personal need for something in the relationship.
Give me hope or say goodbye then.
Requesting either reassurance or an acknowledgment of the end of the relationship.
I'll leave. Easy. I know you hate to see me crying.
Stating a willingness to leave, acknowledging the partner's discomfort with tears.
Just shut your mouth.
Instructing the partner to be silent.
Can we please give this a rest.
Pleading for a break or cessation of the ongoing issues.
You think that we're more than friends
Denying the existence of a romantic relationship beyond friendship.
but it's all in your head and when I left you said.
Asserting that any perceived romantic connection is imagined by the partner.
It's true. I do. I wish that you would too.
Expressing a desire for the partner to reciprocate feelings.
Because I really want to see you clearly.
Expressing a desire for clarity in the relationship.
Faking love shouldn't be this easy.
Commenting on the ease with which fake love is maintained.
Call me when you want to talk
Requesting communication from the partner.
and let me know if I'm the one you want.
Seeking confirmation of being the chosen one in the relationship.
I know you know you feel the same
Acknowledging mutual feelings between the speaker and the partner.
What can I do to make you stay?
Asking for actions to retain the partner's presence.
Just let me in but you do all you can to make this go away.
Noting the partner's resistance to letting the speaker into their life.
I know you know you feel the same
Reiterating the awareness of mutual feelings and the desire for the partner to stay.
What can I do to make you stay?
Repeating the plea for the partner to stay and allow the speaker in.
Just let me in but you do all you can...
Highlighting the partner's efforts to avoid commitment or closeness.
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