Wasn't Made For Love
Lyrics
Genetics 101
Introducing the concept of genetics, the study of heredity.
Some of us have synthetic luck
Suggesting that some people have artificial or manufactured good fortune.
Certain mutations cannot be undone
Highlighting the permanence of certain genetic mutations.
Prophetic fuck up
Describing a predicted and significant mistake or failure.
I'm not magic
Asserting a lack of magical abilities.
My future's just set in stone
Expressing a sense of destiny or preordained future.
Trust me I've tried and tried enough
Stating attempts to change or influence the predetermined future have been unsuccessful.
I wasn't made for love
Declaring the speaker's unsuitability or lack of compatibility for love.
Love
Reiterating the unsuitability for love.
Love
-I wasn't made for love
-Love
Emphasizing the speaker's perceived incapacity for love.
I'm damaged I think or I'm just not from this planet
Expressing a sense of being damaged or alien, questioning belonging to this world.
Why else can't I translate or connect at all?
Pondering the inability to communicate or establish connections.
Traumatic light years away
Describing a distant and distressing experience.
If you send me roses they'll fade
Explaining the transient nature of gestures like sending roses.
No innocence and no oxygen
Indicating a lack of purity or freshness and an absence of essential elements.
I wasn't made for
Reiterating the unsuitability for love.
Love
Stating the unavailability for love.
I wasn't made for love
-Love
Emphasizing the lack of compatibility with love.
Blast from the past
Referring to a sudden and intense reappearance of something from the past.
I can't relax at all
Expressing an inability to find relaxation or ease.
This human costume's really getting old
Commenting on the challenges of inhabiting a human identity that is aging.
One part my father, one part Seroquel
Describing the speaker's composition from different parental and external influences.
One part his father's favorite alcohol
-Setup for disaster from the start
Indicating a predestined tendency towards disaster from the beginning.
All the angels gathered for a laugh
Depicting a gathering of celestial beings finding amusement in the speaker's situation.
They blessed me with a bad star
Suggesting a negative cosmic influence or fate bestowed upon the speaker.
Genetics 101
Reiterating the theme of genetics and irreversible mutations.
Some of us have synthetic luck
-Certain mutations cannot be undone
-Prophetic fuck up
-I'm not magic
Denying any magical qualities.
My future's just set in stone
Reiterating the predetermined nature of the speaker's future.
Trust me I've tried and tried enough
Affirming the speaker's unsuccessful attempts to change their fate.
I wasn't made for love
Repeating the assertion that the speaker wasn't made for love.
Love
-Love
-I wasn't made for love
-Love
Concluding with a final declaration of unsuitability for love.
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