If You Were Me

Seeking Redemption: A Journey Beyond Pain in Ill Niño's 'If You Were Me'
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Lyrics

A better way to live

A desire for an improved way of living

Another way to live

Exploring alternative paths in life

Another day

Emphasizing the challenges of each new day

I want a better way to live

Expressing the need for a better life


I ran away to kill the pain

Escaping from difficulties to numb emotional pain

So far from home, I feel the shame

Feeling shame and distance from home

Now take the pills, I'm high alone

Using pills to cope, experiencing isolation

And I can't believe

Surprise at the self-inflicted pain under external control

My hands would bleed so much in your control

Hands bleeding metaphorically from external influence

But who's to blame?

Raising the question of responsibility

I'll sign my name just to throw, just to throw it all away

Willing to sign away and discard everything

This is my life

Claiming ownership of one's own life


This love will suffer from the pain

Love facing hardship and enduring pain

Life will never be the same

Life permanently changed by suffering

I wanted something more than this

Desire for something beyond the current state

I want a better way to live

Reiteration of the longing for a better life

In love, we suffer all alone

Suffering in love and isolation

This life is like a broken home

Life compared to a broken home

Is this who I am?

Questioning one's identity

Can there be a better way for us to live?

Seeking a better collective way of living


I used to think this world was cold an empty

Initial perception of the world as cold and empty

I was told

Being told about the harsh reality

Another day, another promise

Continuation of facing promises in life

I kept holding on

Persevering despite challenges

We live in pain

Living in pain and giving without result

We gave it all, it did nothing at all

Collective suffering with no impact

If you were me

Inviting empathy by imagining the listener in the situation

You'd call my name when I burn

Connecting with the listener in a moment of burning pain

When I burn it all away

Burning away everything in a symbolic act

This is my life

Reiteration of ownership of one's life


This love will suffer from the pain

Love enduring pain and facing changes

Life will never be the same

Continued impact on life

I wanted something more than this

Desire for something more significant

I want a better way to live

Repetition of the yearning for a better life

In love, we suffer all alone

Emphasizing the solitude in love and suffering

This life is like a broken home

Comparison of life to a dysfunctional home

Is this who I am?

Reflecting on personal identity

Can there be a better way for us to live?

Persistently seeking a better collective existence


Life will never be the same

Reiteration of the permanent change in life

I can't live on without you

Expressing dependence on someone

So far away from home

Feeling distant from home and the need for connection

I can't be free without you

Unable to be free without a significant other

We're angry and alone, I can't be gone forever

Anger and loneliness, contemplating permanence

Would you want to be the only one that screams alone

Questioning the desire to be the only one suffering


This love will suffer from the pain

Reiteration of love enduring pain

Life will never be the same

Continued impact on life's trajectory

I wanted something more than this

Yearning for something beyond the current state

I want a better way to live

Repetition of the desire for a better life

In love, we suffer all alone

Emphasizing the individual experience of suffering in love

This life is like a broken home

Comparing life to a dysfunctional home once again

I wanted something more than this

Reiteration of the desire for something more significant

I want a better way to live

Repetition of the yearning for a better life

A better way for us to live

Expressing the collective desire for improvement

A better way for us to live

Repetition of the collective yearning for improvement

A better way for us to live

Continued expression of the collective desire for improvement

Is this who I am?

Reflecting on personal identity once again

Can there be a better way for us to live?

Persistently seeking a better collective existence

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