You Can Do Better
Love's Struggle: Holly Macve's Tale of Heartbreak and Redemption
Lyrics
You gave me up for a little while,
You temporarily abandoned me
Like a habit, you wanted to break
Similar to breaking a habit, you intended to distance yourself
You saw yourself in my glassy eyes,
You recognized your reflection in my eyes
And it brought you back to your mistakes
This realization reminded you of your past errors
So you took a train to a different town,
You traveled to a new place to explore something different
to try something new
An attempt to experience novelty
But the night one young, because lost and old
The night felt long, possibly due to feeling lost and aged
Like the way things always do
A reflection on how things often unfold
Is it so wrong to love you?
Questioning the morality of loving you
Is it so wrong to care?
Questioning the appropriateness of caring
Is it so bad to want you,
Expressing a desire for something better
I can do better, baby I swear
Confident assertion that improvement is possible
You tied me up with your ribbons,
You constrained me with expectations like I belonged to someone else
Like I was meant for someone other than you
Efforts to make you happy were met with sadness
I tried to keep you smiling
Attempting to maintain your happiness
But you just kept making me sad and blue
Your actions consistently brought sorrow
So I took the train, two stops down
Choosing to move on and finding someone new nearby
And found myself somebody new
Discovering a new connection
I drank myself away
Engaging in self-destructive behavior, losing authenticity
Till I was hollow and I was untrue
Becoming empty and insincere
Is it so wrong to love you?
Repeating the moral dilemma of loving you
Is it so wrong to care?
Repeating the uncertainty about caring
Is it so bad to want you,
Reiterating the desire for something better
I can do better, baby I swear
Confidently stating the potential for improvement
You can do better, baby I swear
Encouraging you to strive for improvement
Is it so wrong to love you, is it so wrong to care?
Reiterating the moral dilemma of loving and caring
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