Lyrics
The one you love isn't me
The person the singer loves is not the speaker.
But I can't remember who I'm trying to be
The speaker is struggling to remember their true self.
A sea shell is a pretty little thing to hold
A sea shell is a beautiful but fragile object.
Until it cracks in your hand little flecks of gold
The fragility of the sea shell is likened to the vulnerability in relationships; it can break, revealing hidden beauty.
Well, if I'm to be the villain here
The speaker may be perceived as a villain, and others are warned to keep a distance.
Tell all the people not to come to close
Advice to people to stay away from the speaker.
Fragile then and a hazard now
The speaker was fragile before and is now a hazard to others.
Better run and hide when I come to town
A sense of danger and a need to hide when the speaker is around.
Cause I'm coming back to hallowed ground
The speaker is returning to a significant place.
To the place where I burned it down
Refers to a place where the speaker caused destruction in the past.
It was the only way that I knew how
Burning down a place was the only way the speaker knew how to deal with a situation.
And there is no turning back now
Acknowledging that there's no reversing the consequences of past actions.
The day has come to stand and draw my line
A pivotal moment to take a stand and define boundaries.
And if honest is to be my crime
If being honest is a crime, the speaker is willing to commit it.
Then beneath the mask of the role I played
The speaker wore a mask in a role, hiding the struggles of a woman dealing with time.
Is just another woman wrestling with time
The true identity beneath the role is that of a woman grappling with the passage of time.
I'm coming back to hallowed ground
Reiterating the return to a significant place with emotional weight.
To the place where I burned it down
Refers again to a place where the speaker caused destruction in the past.
It was the only way that I knew how
Burning down the place was the only method the speaker knew at the time.
And there is no turning back now
Emphasizing the irreversibility of past actions.
I'm coming back to hallowed ground
Repeating the theme of returning to a significant and emotionally charged place.
To the place where I burned it down
Refers to a place where the speaker caused destruction in the past.
It was the only way that I knew how
Burning down the place was the only method the speaker knew at the time.
And there is no turning back now
Stressing the finality of the speaker's past actions.
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