Melt Your Heart
Unveiling the Bittersweet Truth of Love in Jenny Lewis' 'Melt Your Heart'
Lyrics
Nothing is ever as good as it was
Reflecting on the tendency to romanticize the past, suggesting that memories may be idealized.
And what's good for your soul will be bad on your nerves if you reverse it
What brings spiritual fulfillment might cause stress if approached in reverse, emphasizing balance.
It's bound to melt your heart
Positive experiences have the potential to deeply affect one emotionally, possibly in a transformative way.
One way or another
Regardless of the path taken, certain experiences are inevitable and will impact emotions.
It's bound to melt your heart
Reiteration of the potential emotional impact of experiences, emphasizing inevitability.
For good for bad
Whether the impact is positive or negative, it is permanent and significant.
It's like a valentine from your mother
Comparing the emotional impact to a mother's valentine, suggesting a deep and enduring connection.
It's bound to melt your heart
Reiteration of the inevitable emotional effect, emphasizing its certainty.
and we've lost the people we could've loved in you
Reflecting on lost opportunities for love, expressing regret over missed connections.
What you know you have or what you think you want, it's never perfect
Nothing is perfect, whether it's what one already possesses or desires.
It's bound to melt your heart
Reiterating that experiences, whether positive or negative, will deeply affect one emotionally.
One way or another
Expressing the inevitability of emotional melting, suggesting it will happen one way or another.
It's bound to melt your heart
Reiteration of the emotional impact, emphasizing its certainty.
For good for bad
Regardless of the nature of the impact, it is enduring and significant.
It's like a valentine from your mother
Comparing the emotional impact to a mother's valentine, reinforcing the idea of a profound connection.
It's bound to melt your heart
Reiteration of the inevitable emotional effect, emphasizing its certainty.
are we killing time?
Pondering whether time is being wasted and questioning if there is harm in interpersonal relationships.
Are we killing each other?
Asking if relationships are causing harm or destruction.
when you're kissing someone who's too much like you
Describing the strange feeling when romantically involved with someone very similar.
It's like kissing on the mirror
Comparing the experience to kissing oneself in the mirror, highlighting the peculiar nature of such relationships.
When you're sleeping with someone who doesn't get you
Expressing potential regret when in a relationship with someone who doesn't understand, suggesting emotional discomfort.
You're going to hate yourself in the morning
Anticipating self-disapproval or regret the morning after being with someone incompatible emotionally.
It's bound to melt your heart
Reiterating the inevitable emotional impact, suggesting it will happen one way or another.
One way or another
Expressing the certainty of emotional melting, emphasizing its inevitability.
It's bound to melt your heart
Reiteration of the emotional impact, emphasizing its certainty.
For good for bad
Regardless of the nature of the impact, it is enduring and significant.
It's like a valentine from your mother
Comparing the emotional impact to a mother's valentine, reinforcing the idea of a profound connection.
It's bound to melt your heart
Reiteration of the inevitable emotional effect, emphasizing its certainty.
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