selfish lover
Unveiling the Emotion: Numbness in the Tale of a Selfish Lover
Lyrics
I don't feel no pain
I am not experiencing emotional pain.
I don't feel anything
I am emotionally numb, unable to feel anything.
Selfish lover, how you've made me numb
The speaker refers to a lover as selfish, suggesting that this person has caused emotional numbness.
I'm going away, maybe to a better place
The speaker is contemplating leaving, possibly seeking a better emotional or physical place.
But I will always be under your thumb
Despite leaving, the speaker feels that they will always be controlled or influenced by the selfish lover.
Don't you want to be somebody
The speaker questions whether the lover desires recognition or importance.
Don't you want to run away
There's a suggestion of escaping or avoiding the current situation.
Don't you want to take me somewhere
Asking if the lover wants to take the speaker to a different place, possibly for a fresh start.
Don't you want to feel something
Questioning if the lover desires to experience genuine emotions.
I was only joking when I said
The speaker clarifies that a previous statement was meant as a joke.
I was only kidding when I said
Reiterating that a previous statement was meant humorously.
Okay
An expression of agreement or compliance.
I don't feel no pain
Repeating the absence of emotional pain.
I don't feel anything
Reiterating emotional numbness.
Selfish lover, how you've made me numb
Repeating the idea that the lover's selfishness has caused emotional numbness.
I'm going away, maybe to a better place
Reiterating the contemplation of leaving for a potentially better place.
But I will always be under your thumb
Reaffirming the feeling of being under the control or influence of the selfish lover even after leaving.
Selfish lover, you don't love me no more
The lover is accused of not loving the speaker anymore.
Selfish lover, you don't love me no more
Repeating the accusation that the selfish lover no longer loves the speaker.
Selfish lover, you don't love me no more
Continuing to assert that the lover's love is absent.
Selfish lover, you don't love me no more
Reiterating the absence of love from the selfish lover.
Selfish lover, you don't love me no more
Continuing the accusation that the lover doesn't love the speaker.
Selfish lover, you don't love me
Final repetition of the claim that the selfish lover no longer loves the speaker.
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