Talking to You
Exploring Love's Turmoil: How to Dress Well's Emotional Journey
Lyrics
Don't know what I want, Don't know what I need
Expressing uncertainty and confusion about personal desires and needs.
Don't know who I am, Don't know who I'll be
Continuing the theme of uncertainty, not knowing one's identity or future self.
A simple shame indeed and in my sound track
Acknowledging a simple shame in the soundtrack of life, suggesting a sense of regret or guilt.
But it's a shame that gives my days the shame of having pride
Reflecting on the paradoxical nature of shame that brings both shame and pride to one's days.
Cast a pall all over my days since you passed away
Describing a pervasive gloom since the passing of someone, likely affecting the speaker's mood.
Choose to say you left me in a state I can't escape
Attributing a state of inescapability to the departure of a person, possibly a romantic partner.
'Til you're back I know I'll never, ever, be the same
Expressing the belief that life will never be the same until the person returns.
Choose to say I love you and no I'll never ever be the same
Affirming the transformative power of love, asserting that expressing love changes the speaker forever.
I'm gonna have my way babe I (I think that I need you)
Claiming agency and determination to have things the way the speaker desires.
You get enough of my way and the way that (I need you)
Highlighting the importance of the speaker's needs and desires in the relationship.
I can't wait for you while I live my lifetime
Implying impatience with the waiting period, desiring the return of the person during the speaker's lifetime.
Picture it as the same place as do without my boo
Imagining life without the person and emphasizing the emotional impact of their absence.
(Life goes on and I'll forget all the things said about you)
Acknowledging the inevitability of moving on with life and forgetting negative things said about the absent person.
You hate me (and I need you)
Recognizing a sense of hatred from the absent person, juxtaposed with the speaker's need for them.
You breathe deep (and I'll be true)
Acknowledging a deep connection, despite the lies and acknowledging the speaker's commitment.
You lie to me (That's just what you do)
Accepting deception in the relationship as part of the other person's nature.
Who said that I deserve that... I turn your mouth away
Questioning the deserving of negative actions, possibly a response to mistreatment.
Always in my way (I was in your way boy)
Reflecting on being in the way, possibly expressing a realization of one's own faults.
Mmm the saint of the day? (I wasn't your saint)
Denying being the saint or ideal partner for the other person.
Who will have my way now? (I can't go on with ya, oh)
Expressing an inability to continue with the person, suggesting a need for separation.
World I need you, Won't be without you
Declaring a dependence on the world and a plea not to be without it.
(You will say it'll never happen even after you tried to)
Suggesting skepticism about a predicted future event that won't happen despite efforts.
Ain't nobodies different, You know just what you're missing
Asserting that nobody is different, emphasizing a shared sense of loss or longing.
(I don't know what you do to me) that's not the same as having my way again
Highlighting the difference between the impact of what the other person does and having the speaker's way.
World I need you, Won't be without you
Reiterating the need for the world and the impossibility of being without it.
(You will say it'll never happen even after you tried to)
Repeating skepticism about a predicted future event not happening.
Ain't nobodies different, You know just what you're missing.
Reiterating that nobody is different and emphasizing the awareness of what is missed.
I don't know what you do to me (that's not the same as having my way again
Reiterating the impact of the other person's actions compared to having the speaker's way.
World I need you
Reiterating the essential need for the world in the speaker's life.
Did you love him
Pondering the depth and uniqueness of the other person's love, questioning if it was unparalleled.
Did you love him
-Did you love him
-like no other did boy?
-Did you love him
-Did you love him
-Did you love him
-Like no other did boy?
-Will you love me like no other did boy.
Asking for a commitment to love the speaker in a way that surpasses all others.
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