PLAY PRETEND
Yearning Shadows: Navigating Love's Demons in 'Play Pretend'
Lyrics
These demons surround me
Feeling surrounded by personal struggles or challenges represented metaphorically as demons.
They wanted to taste me
Experiencing a desire or pressure from external influences, possibly negative ones.
I think it's a problem
Acknowledging a perceived issue or difficulty in the situation.
I know you'll replace me
Awareness of a potential replacement in a relationship.
I yearn for your voice now
Expressing a longing for someone's communication or presence.
I know that you're listening
Believing that the person being addressed is attentive and listening.
I hope that he treats you
Wishing for the addressed person to be treated well by someone else.
How you've been deserving
Desiring fair treatment for the addressed person based on their deserving nature.
From lovers to strangers
Reflecting on a transition in a relationship from being lovers to becoming strangers.
From strangers to friends again
Further transition from strangers back to friends in the relationship.
What are we saying
Raising a question about the communication or understanding in the relationship.
I might break your heart again
Acknowledging the possibility of causing emotional pain again.
Maybe we can play pretend
Suggesting the idea of engaging in make-believe or pretending as a coping mechanism.
Maybe we can play pretend
-Maybe we can play pretend
-Maybe we can play pretend
-These demons surround me
Reiteration of feeling surrounded by personal struggles or challenges.
I might entertain them
Considering the option of entertaining or engaging with the challenges.
I think it's a problem
Repeating the acknowledgment of a perceived issue or difficulty.
I cannot escape them
Expressing a sense of being unable to escape from the challenges.
I yearn for your voice now
Reiterating the desire for the person's communication or presence.
I know that you're listening
Reaffirming the belief that the person being addressed is attentive and listening.
I hope that he treats you
Reiterating the wish for the addressed person to be treated well by someone else.
How you've been deserving
Reiterating the desire for fair treatment based on deserving nature.
Maybe we can play pretend
Repetition of the suggestion to engage in make-believe or pretending.
Maybe we can play pretend
-Maybe we can play pretend
-Maybe we can play pretend
-Now my life's ashamed
Expressing a realization of personal shortcomings and the difficulty of hiding emotions.
I thought I could stay
-I realized I can't
-Put my heart away
-Hoping it won't break
-Save it for another day
-Save it for another day
-Aye
An exclamation, possibly indicating a realization or emphasis.
I yearn for your voice now
Repetition of the themes of longing for communication, belief in attentive listening, and the wish for fair treatment.
I know that you're listening
-I hope that he treats you
-How you've been deserving
-From lovers to strangers
-From strangers to friends again
-What are we saying
-I might break your heart again
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