No Road Back
Unveiling Heartbreak: No Road Back by Leland King
Lyrics
Girl
Addressing the person as "Girl."
It isn't my plan to hurt you
Expressing a lack of intention to cause harm.
But you don't know what I have went through
Indicating undisclosed struggles and challenges.
My past is creepin up on
Past issues resurfacing and affecting the present.
My faith
Reference to faith, possibly emotional or spiritual.
Know my place
Acknowledging one's place or position in a situation.
Absurd
Describing the situation as absurd.
How I can't make you love me
Expressing inability to make the person love them.
Punish myself so you're happy
Self-punishment for the sake of the other's happiness.
But now I can't feel your heart beat
Loss of connection and inability to feel the other's heartbeat.
For me, hopelessly
Expressing a sense of hopelessness.
Time deformed my sense of love
Time distorting the understanding of love.
And you don't know how I sinned before
Referencing undisclosed past sins.
All these scars I carved inside my heart
Internal emotional wounds represented as scars.
Can you see them
Asking if the scars are visible to the other person.
Baby see
Reiterating the request to see the emotional scars.
Girl I don't know if I can hold back
Expressing uncertainty about restraining emotions.
All these throwbacks
Reflecting on past memories or experiences.
Need you to now that I was hurt
Conveying past emotional pain.
And this time you need to know for fact
Stating the impossibility of returning to the past.
That we can't go back
Emphasizing the irreversible nature of their situation.
There is no road back to the past
Declaring that there is no way back to the past.
You cried
Referring to the partner's emotional response.
When I told you I'm unsure bout these feelings
Expressing uncertainty about feelings.
And I am insecure don't think I'll be this
Acknowledging personal insecurities.
This man you thought you saw and you believed in
Doubting the image the partner had of them.
And now I'm leaving you
Announcing the decision to leave.
Time deformed my sense of love
Reiteration of time distorting the perception of love.
And you don't know how I sinned before
Reemphasizing undisclosed past sins.
All these scars I carved inside my heart
Repeating the metaphor of internal scars.
Can you see them
Asking if the emotional wounds are visible.
Baby see
Reiterating the plea to recognize the emotional pain.
Girl I don't know if I can hold back
Repeating uncertainty about emotional restraint.
All these throwbacks
Revisiting past memories or experiences.
Need you to now that I was hurt
Affirming past emotional hurt.
And this time you need to know for fact
Stressing the certainty of the situation.
That we can't go back
Reiterating the impossibility of returning to the past.
There is no road back to the past
Emphasizing the absence of a way back to the past.
So I ran away to ease your pain
Describing running away to alleviate the partner's pain.
Now this life will never feel the same
Acknowledging the irreversible change in life.
Cause these lives I have behind me
Referring to a troubled past and self-destructive tendencies.
And this self destructive fighting
Highlighting a prolonged struggle and inner conflict.
Been so long I don't remember my name
Expressing a sense of identity loss over time.
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