Love Me the Way I Am
Embracing Individuality: "Love Me the Way I Am" by Louise Distras
Lyrics
Walk in shadows alone
Walking in shadows alone, suggests a sense of isolation and darkness.
Carefully walking on cold dark broken stones
Walking carefully on cold, dark, broken stones implies navigating through difficulties and challenges.
Stripped down and alone
Being stripped down and alone indicates vulnerability and exposure.
Something screams inside bitter truth denied
Something inside screams, pointing to an internal struggle and denial of a harsh truth.
Black heart grows cold
A black heart growing cold suggests emotional numbness or detachment.
Crimes of hate bleed sacred scars
Crimes of hate create sacred scars, highlighting the lasting impact of prejudice and discrimination.
Freedom and justice for race, gender and class
Advocating for freedom and justice for race, gender, and class, emphasizing equality.
And pride in who I am
Expressing pride in one's identity.
Pride in who I am
Reiterating pride in one's authentic self.
Open your eyes what can you see?
Encouraging others to open their eyes to reality.
Closing your heart won't set you free
Closing one's heart is not the path to true freedom.
Love me the way I am
Asking to be loved for who they are, despite struggles.
Open your eyes what can you see?
Repeating the idea of opening one's eyes to truth.
Closing your heart won't set you free
Emphasizing that closing one's heart won't lead to freedom.
Love me the way I am
Reiterating the plea to be loved for oneself.
Equal rights aren't special rights
Stressing that equal rights are not special rights.
When you let go of who you are you become who you will be
Encouraging authenticity by holding onto one's identity.
Open your eyes what can you see?
Repeating the call to open one's eyes to the reality of the situation.
Closing your heart won't set you free
Reiterating that closing one's heart is not the path to freedom.
Love me the way I am
Requesting love and acceptance for who they are.
Open my eyes now I can see
Personally realizing and acknowledging the need for open-mindedness.
Open arms mean more to me
Expressing that open arms, acceptance, mean a lot.
Love me the way I am
Reiterating the plea to be loved for oneself.
Broken black hearts won't set you free
Broken black hearts won't lead to freedom; salvation and liberty are mentioned.
Salvation liberty
Highlighting the need for salvation and liberty.
Love me the way I am
Repeating the plea to be loved for oneself.
Love me the way I am
Reiterating the plea for unconditional love.
Walk in shadows
Repeating the idea of walking in shadows alone, reinforcing a sense of isolation.
Walk in shadows
Emphasizing the repetition of walking in shadows, reinforcing the theme of solitude.
Walk in shadows alone
Reiterating the concept of walking in shadows alone, underscoring the feeling of isolation.
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