It Ain't Me
Defying Gravity: Breaking Free from Toxicity
Lyrics
Who do you think you are?
Questioning the identity or character of the other person.
And tell me who do you take me for
Asking the other person's perception of the speaker.
You're making rules up as we go
Accusing the other person of making up rules arbitrarily.
Last call, I'm outta here
Expressing the decision to leave, possibly due to frustration.
My magic trick, I disappear
Using a metaphor ("magic trick") to emphasize disappearing or leaving.
Just had enough of laying low
Fed up with staying in a passive or submissive position.
You can't bring me down
Asserting resilience and resistance to being brought down.
You can't take me out
Declaring an ability to withstand negative actions against them.
No matter what you do to me, I can take it
Confidently stating the ability to endure challenges.
You can get me hurt but you know I'll make it
Anticipating pain but emphasizing the ability to overcome it.
Breaking free, I will make you see
Expressing a desire for freedom and making the other person see it.
One of us will come crashing down and baby it ain't me
Suggesting a possibility of someone facing consequences, but not the speaker.
It ain't gonna be me
Reiterating that the speaker won't face negative consequences.
You're such a superstar
Cynically describing the other person as a self-absorbed celebrity.
You really are your biggest fan
Pointing out excessive self-admiration in the other person.
I'll crush the dream you're living in
Threatening to shatter the unrealistic dreams the other person is living.
Your game is over now
Declaring the end of the other person's manipulative actions.
Guess it's your life for you to lose
Suggesting that the other person is self-destructive.
You just can't stand to see me win
Pointing out jealousy in the other person when the speaker succeeds.
You can't bring me down
Repeating the theme of resilience and resistance to being brought down.
You can't take me out
Reiterating the ability to endure negative actions against them.
No matter what you do to me, I can take it
Confidently stating the capability to face challenges.
You can get me hurt but you know I'll make it
Anticipating pain but emphasizing the ability to overcome it.
Breaking free, I will make you see
Expressing a desire for freedom and making the other person see it.
One of us will come crashing down and baby it ain't me
Suggesting a possibility of someone facing consequences, but not the speaker.
It ain't gonna be me
Reiterating that the speaker won't face negative consequences.
It ain't gonna be me
Emphasizing that it won't be the speaker facing negative consequences.
It ain't gonna be me
Repeatedly stating that the speaker won't be the one to suffer.
You're the one I can do without
Expressing that the other person is expendable or unnecessary.
You say you're feeling bad
Not sympathizing with the other person's claimed feelings of regret.
But I never made you
Denying responsibility for the other person's emotional state.
Couldn't make you love so you made me hate you
Highlighting the inability to generate love in the relationship.
Breaking free, I will make you see
Repeating the desire for freedom and making the other person see it.
One of us will come crashing down and baby it ain't me
Suggesting a possibility of someone facing consequences, but not the speaker.
You can't bring me down
Repeating the theme of resilience and resistance to being brought down.
You can't take me out
Reiterating the ability to endure negative actions against them.
No matter what you do to me, I can take it
Confidently stating the capability to face challenges.
You can get me hurt but you know I'll make it
Anticipating pain but emphasizing the ability to overcome it.
Breaking free, I will make you see
Expressing a desire for freedom and making the other person see it.
One of us will come crashing down and baby it ain't me
Suggesting a possibility of someone facing consequences, but not the speaker.
It ain't me
Reiterating that the speaker won't face negative consequences.
It ain't gonna be me
Emphasizing that it won't be the speaker facing negative consequences.
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