Salvage
Crowd Pleaser's Journey: Embracing Imperfection
Lyrics
You are center stage, and I can't look away
You are the center of attention, and I am captivated by you.
How could someone like you ever notice me
Expressing disbelief that someone like the speaker could catch the attention of the person they admire.
The lights down low, my heart is sinking like a stone
In a dimly lit environment, the speaker feels a heavy, sinking feeling in their heart.
Behind the door, and all I need is the key
The solution or opportunity is behind a closed door, and the key is all that's needed.
Who do you need?
Asking who the person desires or needs in their life.
Do you think it could be me?
Wondering if the speaker is the one the person desires.
Don't make me get down on my knees to beg and plead
Expressing reluctance to beg and plead by getting down on knees.
Cause I'm a crowd pleaser
Self-identification as someone who pleases crowds.
It's nice to meet ya
Polite greeting to the person the speaker is addressing.
I'll give it all away
Willing to give up everything for the person's attention.
I'll be your disaster
Offering to be the person's disaster, perhaps implying excitement or intensity.
If that's what you're after
Being available for the person's desire for chaos or intensity.
Then maybe I could stay
Expressing a willingness to stay in the person's life.
Stay
Reiteration of the desire to stay.
The weeks turn into months, I just can't get enough
Expressing a continuous craving for the person over time.
I'll keep you at the center and I'll rotate
Commitment to keeping the person at the center of attention.
A smile, a laugh, a kiss, there's nothing quite like this
Describing the joy of shared moments like smiles, laughs, and kisses.
To keep it safe I'll shoulder all of the weight
Willingness to bear the burdens to keep the relationship safe.
Is this what you need?
Asking if the speaker is what the person needs in their life.
Cause I'm tearing at the seams
Feeling torn and unraveling while trying to stay close to the person.
Trying to keep you closer to me
Struggling to maintain proximity to the person.
Cause I'm a crowd pleaser
Reiteration of being a crowd pleaser.
It's nice to meet ya
Polite acknowledgment of meeting the person.
I'll give it all away
Willing to sacrifice everything for the person's attention.
I'll be your disaster
Offering to be a disaster if that's what the person desires.
If thats what you're after
Reiterating the willingness to be a disaster.
Then maybe I could
Leaving the possibility of staying open.
Even if it shouldn't be that way
Despite uncertainties, willing to trade everything and afraid of being rejected.
I'll trade it all because I'm so afraid
Fear of imperfection and the possibility of being abandoned.
You'll see that I'm not perfect
Acknowledging personal imperfections and low self-worth.
You'll find out that I'm worthless
Believing in one's worthlessness based on self-perception.
At least thats what I've told me all along
Reflection on the internalized negative beliefs.
But emerging from the ashes of a ship that always crashes
Rising from a metaphorical crash, tired of being the one who always needs to change.
I'm tired of being the one who needs to change
Tired of conforming to others' expectations.
I'm the wreckage of a man, who never fit your plan
Feeling like the wreckage of a person who never fit into the person's plan.
And I dont have to stay in the same place
Expressing the freedom to move away from a stagnant place.
So I'll be a crowd pleaser
Reiteration of being a crowd pleaser.
Who doesn't need her
Asserting independence from needing the person.
I'll let her run away
Allowing the person to run away without resistance.
I'm still a disaster
Still acknowledging personal struggles and chaos.
But it doesn't matter
Emphasizing personal growth and improvement over time.
I'm getting better everyday
Continued commitment to self-improvement.
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