Your Turn to Cry
Emotional Unraveling: Your Turn to Cry by Miller Campbell
Lyrics
It's too late it's too late
Expressing a realization that it is too late for apologies or reconciliation.
For saying you're sorry
Acknowledging that apologies are ineffective at this point.
Been too many tears and long nights of lonely
Referencing past emotional pain with tears and lonely nights, suggesting a history of hardship.
I'm done ain't coming back
Declaring a decision to end the relationship definitively.
You're on your own
Indicating a separation, emphasizing that the other person is now alone.
Good luck with that
Wishing luck sarcastically, implying challenges ahead for the person left behind.
It's your turn to cry
Stating that it is now the other person's turn to experience emotional pain.
Your turn to cry
Reiterating the idea that it is the other person's time to cry.
Broken, broken you can't hold it together
Describing the other person as broken and unable to keep things together emotionally.
That ocean of teardrops rolls on forever
Using imagery of an ocean of teardrops to convey the enduring and vast nature of the emotional pain.
There's nights you swear that you'll drown
Describing nights filled with the fear of drowning in sorrow.
What's fair is fair
Asserting the fairness of the situation, possibly suggesting a sense of justice in the decision.
Baby right now
Addressing the other person as "baby" and emphasizing that now is their time to experience pain.
It's your turn to cry
Repeating the idea that it is the other person's turn to cry, emphasizing the emotional shift.
Your turn to cry
Reiterating the notion that the emotional burden has shifted to the other person.
You won't see me break down with this last goodbye
Expressing personal strength by stating that the speaker won't break down despite the final goodbye.
It's over and we both know why
Acknowledging the end of the relationship and mutual understanding of the reasons behind it.
It's your turn to cry
Repeating the idea that it is the other person's turn to experience emotional pain.
No, you won't see me break down with this last goodbye
Reiterating personal strength during the goodbye and the mutual understanding of the end.
It's over and we both know why
Repeating the acknowledgment of the end and the shared awareness of the reasons.
It's strange, so strange I'm feeling sorry for you
Expressing a strange feeling of sympathy for the other person despite the separation.
If you hurt half as much as the hurt I went through
Comparing the other person's potential hurt to the speaker's past pain, implying empathy.
It's hell, hell it takes time
Acknowledging the difficult nature of emotional healing and the passage of time required.
You go through yours, cause I sure did mine
Encouraging the other person to go through their own healing process, as the speaker did.
It's your turn to cry
Reiterating that it is now the other person's turn to experience emotional turmoil.
Your turn to cry
Repeating the idea that it is the other person's time to cry, emphasizing the finality of the decision.
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