Bad News
Embracing Broken Paths: Kiersten Kelly's 'Bad News' Tale
Lyrics
Never taught how to feel by my mother
Never learned emotional expression or sensitivity from my mother.
And I know it's cliché but I learned people leave from my father
Experienced people leaving, possibly forming a cynical view, influenced by my father.
Probably got all of my problems from them
Attributes personal issues to parental influence.
And baby I know you say you're gonna stay
Acknowledges the partner's promise to stay.
But I can't help but think
Despite reassurance, doubts linger.
That love just means you'll walk away
Skepticism that love entails eventual abandonment.
I'm too used
Accustomed to negative experiences.
To bad news
Prepared for receiving bad news.
Scared of the good when it shows up
Fears the positive, hesitant when good things happen.
No, I can't let it go
Unable to release negative thoughts.
I'm too used (too used)
Accustomed to negativity.
To bad news (bad news)
Prepared for receiving bad news (reiteration).
Scared of the good when it shows up
Apprehensive about positivity, avoiding disappointment.
So I don't get my hopes up
Avoiding optimism to prevent dashed hopes.
Too used
Familiar with negativity (reiteration).
Never got 'round to droppin' my baggage
Failed to address emotional baggage from the past.
But I'm fighting myself tryna let go of my bad habits
Struggling to overcome ingrained negative behaviors.
So I won't be ashamed of my damage
Accepting and not hiding personal emotional scars.
And baby I know you say you're gonna stay
Partner reassures commitment, but doubt persists.
But I can't help but think
Questioning the permanence of love.
That love just means you'll walk away
Belief that love leads to abandonment (reiteration).
I'm too used (too used)
Accustomed to negativity (reiteration).
To bad news (bad news)
Prepared for receiving bad news (reiteration).
Scared of the good when it shows up
Fearful of positivity, reluctant to embrace it.
No, I can't let it go
Difficulty in letting go of pessimistic thoughts.
I'm too used (too used)
Accustomed to negativity (reiteration).
To bad news (bad news)
Prepared for receiving bad news (reiteration).
Scared of the good when it shows up
Fearful of positivity, reluctant to embrace it (reiteration).
So I don't get my hopes up
Avoiding optimism to prevent dashed hopes (reiteration).
Too used (too used)
Accustomed to negativity (reiteration).
To bad news (bad news)
Prepared for receiving bad news (reiteration).
Scared of the good when it shows up
Fearful of positivity, reluctant to embrace it (reiteration).
No, I can't let it go
Difficulty in letting go of pessimistic thoughts (reiteration).
I'm too used (too used)
Accustomed to negativity (reiteration).
To bad news (bad news)
Prepared for receiving bad news (reiteration).
Scared of the good when it shows up
Fearful of positivity, reluctant to embrace it (reiteration).
So I don't get my hopes up
Avoiding optimism to prevent dashed hopes (reiteration).
I'm too used
Used to expecting negativity.
To bad news
Prepared for receiving bad news (reiteration).
I'm too used
Accustomed to expecting negativity (reiteration).
To bad news
Used to expecting negativity (reiteration).
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