Lyrics
I still believe that if you and I
The speaker still holds a belief about the potential of their relationship with the person addressed.
Could turn the clocks back, we'd realize
If they could reverse time, they believe they would recognize something important about their relationship.
That what we have has gone from worse to bad
The relationship has deteriorated significantly from bad to worse.
It's clear, things are not what they appear
There's a discrepancy between appearances and the reality of the situation.
Tell me what happened to butterflies
The speaker wonders what happened to the feeling of excitement and anticipation they used to experience.
I used to get them, when you'd walk by
Recalling a time when the person addressed used to evoke positive emotions in the speaker.
And I'd just have to touch you
Touching the addressed person was a confirmation of their relationship.
To know that you were mine, ain't it funny how time flies
Reflecting on how time has passed quickly, reminiscing about the past.
I hate to love you, but I get the feeling
The speaker has conflicting emotions, feeling a dislike for loving the addressed person.
When I'm thinking of you, it's crazy but true
Thinking about the addressed person feels irrational yet true to the speaker.
I hate to love you, but I keep believing
Despite disliking it, the speaker continues to have faith in their feelings for the addressed person.
It's the way to you, like I do
Believing that loving the addressed person is the only way for the speaker.
I keep on choosing to never learn
The speaker repeatedly makes choices without learning from past experiences.
Can't win for losing so I return
Despite repeated failures, the speaker returns to the same patterns.
To what I know, and even though
The speaker acknowledges their return to familiar but unsatisfactory circumstances.
I pray for change, same old story, same old game
Despite hoping for change, the same cycle repeats, indicating frustration.
There's no denying that we both tried
Both parties in the relationship attempted, but it wasn't sufficient.
But what good is trying, if every time
Questioning the value of trying if the outcome remains unchanged.
We breakup to makeup
Describing a pattern of breaking up and then reconciling in the relationship.
I'm tired of the trend, I feel it coming 'round again
Expressing weariness about the repeating cycle returning once more.
How many times will I say goodbye
Asking how many times the speaker will say goodbye in this cycle of separation.
How many tears so I have to cry
Expressing emotional pain through tears and questioning the extent of suffering.
How many wrongs will it take to make it right
Wondering how many mistakes must be made before things are corrected in the relationship.
Baby, I wonder why
Questioning the reason behind the ongoing difficulties in the relationship.
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