Unlove You
Unraveling Love's Dilemma
Lyrics
I could break down and cry
I am emotionally overwhelmed and might cry.
Laugh it off and deny
Trying to downplay the situation and pretend it's okay.
Draw lines in the sand
Establishing boundaries and taking a stand.
And count on both hands
Reflecting on numerous reasons for the current state.
All the reasons why
List of reasons reinforcing the decision.
This just won't work
Expressing doubt about the relationship's viability.
It'll be nothing but hurt
Anticipating pain and negative outcomes.
I can swear that I don't
Claiming not to have feelings for the person.
And maybe one day I won't
Hopeful that feelings will eventually fade.
But for how hard I've tried
Acknowledging significant effort in trying to move on.
I can't unlove you
Expressing the inability to stop loving the person.
My heart can't unbreak
Acknowledging the emotional pain that persists.
I can't unfeel how it felt
Unable to forget the emotional experience.
But feel so much myself
Feeling a strong sense of personal identity.
My whole body ached
Physical and emotional distress from the past.
And I can't unknow this
Expressing a desire to erase the knowledge of the situation.
Lord, I wish I knew how
Expressing a wish for understanding or closure.
But I can't unlove you
Reiterating the impossibility of stopping love.
So come love me for now
Inviting the person to love in the present moment.
If I were twenty-five
Imagining a different scenario in the past.
I know just what I'd do
Confident about the actions at a younger age.
I would have already kissed
Regret about not expressing affection enough.
Till I was drunk on your lips
Emphasizing a missed opportunity for love.
A thousand times too few
Expressing a sense of scarcity in the moments of love.
But we have other lives
Acknowledging other commitments and responsibilities.
And we know it ain't right
Recognizing the wrongness of the current situation.
This is going nowhere
Admitting the lack of progress in the relationship.
If I'm with you I don't care
Indicating a willingness to ignore consequences when together.
Take me nowhere tonight
Seeking escapism for the moment.
They call it fire
Referring to the intensity of emotions as "fire."
But it feels just like drowning
Describing emotional overwhelm as drowning.
Well, the weight of my burning desire
Highlighting the all-encompassing nature of desire.
Closing in all around me
Feeling surrounded by the consequences of desire.
I wasn't lost until you found me
Attributing a sense of being lost to the other person.
And I can't unlove you
Reiterating the inability to stop loving.
My heart can't unbreak
Persisting emotional pain and heartbreak.
I can't unfeel how it felt
Unable to forget the emotional experience.
But feel so much myself
Feeling a strong sense of personal identity.
My whole body ached
Physical and emotional distress from the past.
And I can't unknow this
Expressing a desire to erase the knowledge of the situation.
Lord, I wish I knew how
Expressing a wish for understanding or closure.
But I can't unlove you
Reiterating the impossibility of stopping love.
So come love me for now
Inviting the person to love in the present moment.
I can't unlove you
Repeating the inability to stop loving.
So come love me for now
Reiterating the invitation to love in the present.
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