Baseball
Love's Dugout Drama: A Melodic Tale of Heartbreak and Redemption
Lyrics
Breakin down on the diamond, trying to make it make sense
Feeling overwhelmed and confused in a challenging situation (diamond metaphor for life).
I’m losing all my patience and I can never win
Frustration and a sense of never succeeding or achieving what is desired.
Stuck behind a chain linked fence, she tied you down
Feeling restricted and confined, possibly by a relationship represented by a chain-linked fence.
Well at least that’s what you said to stop me freaking out
Suggests that the person has made promises to calm down another person.
Done playing catch up, behind in the count
No longer trying to catch up or meet expectations, feeling defeated.
Cause playing the victim is weighing me down
Choosing to no longer play the victim but recognizing the emotional burden.
It felt like yesterday you had to run away
Reflecting on a past event where someone had to leave suddenly.
Passion put to waste, I’m the aftertaste
Expressing a sense of wasted passion and being an undesirable memory.
Always end up right where we start tonight
Continuously ending up in the same situation as before.
Know you’ll lead me on, knock us out the park
Expecting to be led on and disappointed, like a baseball metaphor of being knocked out of the park.
Feels like yesterday, knew you’d run away
Repeating the experience of someone running away and passion going to waste.
Passion put to waste, I’m the aftertaste
Emphasizing the recurring pattern of passion being wasted and being an afterthought.
Knew we’d end up right where we are tonight
Anticipating the repetition of ending up in the same situation as before.
Knew you’d lead me on, knock us out the park
Expecting to be led on again, resulting in disappointment, similar to a baseball metaphor.
Is this what you came here for?
Questioning the purpose of the relationship or interaction.
Pitch a fight and slam the door
Describing a conflict and frustration, possibly leading to the end of the relationship.
Sick of being lovers in the dark
Tired of being in a relationship filled with uncertainty and secrets.
Yeah, you really knocked it out the park
Complimenting the person for effectively ending the relationship (knocking it out of the park).
All this time, yeah I was here and you were in your head
Expressing the speaker's commitment while the other person is lost in their thoughts.
It doesn’t make sense, no you don’t see it, now I’m
Highlighting the lack of understanding or realization on the part of the other person.
Standing here in the dugout, tryna dig myself out
Using a baseball metaphor to convey the feeling of trying to escape a difficult situation.
Of all of your excuses, here we go again
Frustration with repeated excuses in the relationship.
(Yeah you’re)
Referring to the other person who keeps returning.
Crawling back to home base everytime
Metaphorically describing the other person repeatedly returning to the starting point in the relationship.
(You swear)
Expressing doubt about the other person's promises to change.
That you’ll change, promise you’ll get it right
Requesting assurance of positive change and improvement.
(But I)
Expressing the speaker's desire to hear a definitive decision to end the relationship.
Wanna hear you say we’re better off, we should
Wishing to hear that it's better to part ways for the sake of avoiding further deterioration.
Strike out for the sake of falling apart
Expressing a willingness to accept a breakup or separation for the sake of preventing further problems.
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