Lyrics
Watch as you think I would forget the tragedy
Observing the expectation that I would forget a tragic event
Your lips as they bring what is constant fatality
Describing your lips as a source of constant harm or death
Not far from falling
Expressing proximity to a fall or failure
So now I'm calling
Initiating a call after experiencing a downfall
To put you down
Expressing the intention to criticize or lower someone
Put you down
Reiterating the desire to bring someone down
Just like you did
Comparing actions to those previously done by the other person
You knock me out like we weren't just both kids
Pointing out a knockout or emotional blow despite both being young
Keep dreaming
Encouraging unrealistic aspirations with false optimism
With false hope
Encouraging false hope
And then
Transitioning to a statement about the impossibility of a romantic relationship
Sweetheart we can never be
Acknowledging the impossibility of returning to the age of sixteen
Sixteen again
Considering oneself too severe in judgment
Maybe I'm too harsh
Admitting a potential difficulty in maintaining composure
I can forget to be calm
Recalling resistance and a tendency to compare to a parent
But you would fight back
Attributing lost sleep to dishonesty in the relationship
Saying I sound just like my mom
Contemplating the decision to let go of the relationship
You made me lose sleep because
Expressing determination to criticize or lower someone despite difficulties
You were lying to me
Reaffirming the decision to bring someone down emotionally
So I should let go
Deciding to criticize or lower the other person despite the challenges
But I'll put you down
Reiterating the intention to bring someone down
I'll put you down
Repeating the desire to lower or criticize
Just like you did
Comparing actions to those previously done by the other person
You knock me out like were weren't just both kids
Pointing out a knockout or emotional blow despite both being young
Keep dreaming
Encouraging unrealistic aspirations with false optimism
With false hope
Encouraging false hope
And then
Transitioning to a statement about the impossibility of a romantic relationship
Sweetheart we can never be
Acknowledging the impossibility of returning to the age of sixteen
Sixteen again
Advising to hold one's breath and count to ten, suggesting a need for composure
Hold your breathe and count to ten
Encouraging to experience the world and find love again
See the world and love again
Repeating the advice to hold one's breath and count to ten
Hold your breathe and count to ten
Reiterating the encouragement to experience the world and find love again
See the world and love again
Repeating the advice to hold one's breath and count to ten
Hold your breathe and count to ten
Declaring the intention to bring someone down emotionally
I'll put you down
Explaining the action of lowering or criticizing because the other person did the same
cuz you put me down
Expressing reciprocity in emotional harm
You knock me out like were weren't just both kids
Pointing out a knockout or emotional blow despite both being young
Keep dreaming
Encouraging unrealistic aspirations with false optimism
With false hope
Encouraging false hope
And then
Transitioning to a statement about the impossibility of a romantic relationship
Sweetheart we can never be
Acknowledging the impossibility of returning to the age of sixteen
Sixteen again
Concluding the theme of impossibility regarding returning to the age of sixteen
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