Gasoline
Love's Inferno: Navigating the Toxic Flames of Desire
Lyrics
It's easy to see how bad we want it
Expressing how strongly the desire for something is evident.
It's easy to see how we're bad for it
Highlighting the awareness that the relationship is not healthy.
We should walk away if we're being honest
Suggesting honesty about the need to end the relationship.
But it's hard to burn a bridge when you're standing on it
Describing the difficulty of ending a relationship when it's the only support.
Maybe I,
Considering the possibility that being alone is better for both.
Maybe you,
-Maybe we,
-Are better off, better off lonely
-I can't stop loving you
Admitting difficulty in stopping love for the other person.
And you can't stop hurting me so Someone light a match a cover us in
Describing the pain caused by the other person.
Gasoline
Metaphorically using "gasoline" to represent a destructive force in the relationship.
Is it toxic or love
-If we can't stop it from
-Happening
-We're three degrees from insanity
Suggesting that the relationship is dangerously close to insanity.
We keep saying it's the last time
Acknowledging repeated mistakes in the relationship.
Like that cigarette you can't put out
-Can't help but feel like you're still mine We fed the flame too many times to count
-So maybe I,
Reiterating the consideration of being better off alone.
Maybe you,
-Maybe we,
-Are better off, better off lonely I can't stop loving you
-And you can't stop hurting me so Someone light a match and cover us in
Asking for intervention or a decisive action to end the relationship.
Gasoline
Raising the question of whether the relationship is toxic or based on love.
Is it toxic or love
-If we can't stop it from
-Happening
-We're three degrees from insanity
Reemphasizing the precarious state of the relationship.
Don't wanna let you go
Expressing conflicting desires for a real love but also wanting the person.
I don't want close that door
-I want a love that's real
-But I want you more
-Would you pull me in close
Pleading for closeness despite the awareness of the destructive nature of the relationship.
Cause it's the last
-Would you hold on tightly
-Till the heat has passed
-So maybe I,
Continuing the internal debate on whether being alone is the better option.
Maybe you,
-Maybe we,
-Are better off, better off lonely
-I can't stop loving you
Highlighting the struggle to stop loving the other person.
And you can't stop hurting me so Someone light a match and cover us in
Acknowledging the ongoing pain caused by the other person.
Gasoline
Persisting in questioning the nature of the relationship, whether toxic or based on love.
Is it toxic or love
-If we can't stop it from
-Happening
-We're three degrees from insanity
Reiterating the precarious state of the relationship in terms of mental stability.
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