Handle With Care
Handle With Care: Navigating Love's Trials with ResilienceLyrics
Been beat up and battered 'round
Expressing experiences of hardship and mistreatment.
Been sent up, and I've been shot down
Describing instances of being rejected and facing failure.
You're the best thing that I've ever found
Acknowledging the importance of the person addressed as the best thing in the speaker's life.
Handle me with care
Requesting the person to handle the speaker with care, indicating vulnerability.
Reputations changeable
Highlighting the changeable nature of reputations.
Situations tolerable
Indicating that situations are manageable.
Baby, you're adorable
Expressing affection towards the person, calling them adorable.
Handle me with care
Reiterating the request to handle the speaker with care.
I'm so tired of being lonely
Expressing fatigue from loneliness.
I still have some love to give
Affirming the presence of love that the speaker wants to share.
Won't you show me that you really care
Requesting a demonstration of genuine care from the person.
Everybody's got somebody to lean on
Observing that everyone has someone for support.
Put your body next to mine, and dream on
Inviting the person to be physically close and dream together.
I've been fobbed off, and I've been fooled
Listing experiences of being deceived and mistreated.
I've been robbed and ridiculed
Expressing being taken advantage of and mocked.
In day care centers and night schools
Mentioning challenges in both day care centers and night schools.
Handle me with care
Repeating the request to handle the speaker with care.
Been stuck in airports, terrorized
Describing distressing experiences in airports and meetings.
Sent to meetings, hypnotized
Referring to being sent to meetings and possibly feeling controlled.
Overexposed, commercialized
Pointing out overexposure and commercialization.
Hand me with care
Reiterating the need to handle the speaker with care.
I'm so tired of being lonely
Expressing continued loneliness despite having love to give.
I still have some love to give
Reiterating the availability of love and seeking genuine care.
Won't you show me that you really care
Requesting a demonstration of sincere care from the person.
Everybody's got somebody to lean on
Observing that everyone has someone for support (repeated).
Put your body next to mine, and dream on
Repeating the invitation to be physically close and dream together.
I've been uptight and made a mess
Admitting to being uptight and making mistakes.
But I'll clean it up myself, I guess
Committing to fixing the mess independently.
Oh, the sweet smell of success
Expressing satisfaction with success, possibly sarcastically.
Handle me with care
Reiterating the request to handle the speaker with care.
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