Stronger Than Me
Strength in Fragility: Decoding Melissa Etheridge's Powerful Narrative
Lyrics
So you closed your eyes in the morning
Reflecting on someone closing their eyes in the morning.
You said you want to start smoking again
Acknowledging a desire to resume smoking.
You said you had that dream last night
Sharing a dream about a stranger in the room.
Of the stranger in your room
Describing a mysterious dream encounter.
You said you want to start making new friends
Expressing a wish to make new friends.
Well I'd found some peace
Personal revelation of finding peace.
You want release
Desire for release from inner turmoil.
You must be stronger than me
Recognition of the other's strength compared to the speaker.
I don't know how you can take it
Questioning the ability to endure emotional challenges.
Invest your heart and then you break it
Commenting on investing emotions and the subsequent heartbreak.
I don't know how you can set it free
Puzzlement at the ability to let go of emotions freely.
You must be stronger than me
Reiterating the acknowledgment of the other's strength.
Set it up but it's not perfect
Setting up situations that are not perfect.
Tear it down cause it's not worth it
Deciding to end something because it's not worthwhile.
If someone else can light your mystery
Recognizing that someone else can understand the mystery.
They must be stronger than me
Attributing strength to those who can comprehend the mystery.
So I closed my eyes at midnight
Narrating the speaker closing their eyes at midnight.
Cinderella must go home
Mentioning Cinderella needing to go home.
But the map was burned
Referring to a burned map and being lost.
And I've taken a wrong turn
Expressing a sense of being alone due to a wrong turn.
And I found myself alone
Feeling tired of conflict and not wanting to fight.
I'm tired of this war
Expressing weariness from internal struggles.
I don't want to fight no more
Desire to avoid further conflict and fighting.
You must be stronger than me
Reiterating the strength of the other person.
So it's too late then
Commenting on the realization being too late.
You could have told me when
Expressing a desire for earlier communication.
Living died and passion lied
Reflecting on the end of life and deception.
Now you're a refugee
Describing the aftermath of passion and truth.
Well if it's what you need
Considering the need to run away from the truth.
Run away from the truth you see
Encouraging escape from an unpleasant reality.
You must be stronger than me
Reaffirming the strength of the other person.
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