Love Again
Heartbreak's Echo: Kelly Rowland's 'Love Again' Unveils Painful Past
Lyrics
It was not your fault
Acceptance that a situation wasn't the listener's fault.
I had your love then lost
Acknowledgment of receiving love but losing it.
'Cause of what was done to me by another man
Referencing past trauma caused by someone else.
And yes I know what could've been
Awareness of potential outcomes in the relationship.
But I assumed if I let you in
Assumption that allowing someone in would lead to hurt.
You'd come along and only hurt me again
Expectation of being hurt again if the person gets close.
See I tried to love you, tried to love you but I can't
Attempts made to love but inability to do so.
I was wrong about you, wrong about you understand
Admission of misunderstanding the person.
How I need to love, need to love you but I can't
Desire to love but incapability to do so.
Try another love again
Reluctance to engage in another romantic relationship.
I don't wanna love again no
Strong aversion to starting a new romantic involvement.
All these walls I've built
Metaphorical walls created to keep someone away emotionally.
They were built to keep you out
Purposeful isolation due to self-imposed barriers.
And now I sit alone because I only box myself in
Feeling lonely due to self-imposed restrictions.
And now before I could dry my face
Reacting emotionally before healing.
Before the broken heart could mend
Before the heart could fully recover from a breakup.
I didn't wanna fall back down to hoping again
Aversion to getting hopeful about love again.
(See) see I tried to love you, tried to love you but I can't
Reiteration of the difficulty in loving despite attempts.
(See) I was wrong about you, wrong about you understand
Recognition of misjudging the person.
How I need to love you, need to love you but I can't
Expressing the need to love but inability to do so.
Try another love again
Reluctance to embark on another romantic endeavor.
I don't wanna love again no
Strong refusal to engage in a new romantic relationship.
Maybe, maybe baby (maybe)
Contemplation about a different possibility (maybe).
In another space, another time
Imagining a different scenario in time or space.
I would have loved you first 'cause this feel right
Desire to have loved the person differently in another situation.
Oh maybe, maybe baby (maybe)
Repetition of the contemplation about a different possibility.
In another season of my life
Considering a different phase in life for a better relationship.
Would have had my whole heart, my soul and my mind
Wishing to give wholeheartedly in a different context.
But I can't change the past
Acceptance of inability to change the past.
I can't look away
Acknowledgment of being unable to ignore the past pain.
Just blame it on all the pain he gave
Attributing current emotions to past hurt caused by someone else.
'Cause I know I tried, yes I know I tried
Acknowledging efforts made in the past.
See I tried (see I tried) to love you but I can't
Repeated attempt to love but inability to do so.
See I was wrong about you, wrong about you understand (understand)
Admission of misunderstanding the person (repeated).
How I need, I need to love you oh but I can't
Expressing the need to love but incapability to do so (repeated).
Try another love again, I don't wanna love again no
Strong refusal to engage in a new romantic relationship (repeated).
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