Push Your Luck
Unraveling the Maze of Broken Love: Millington's 'Push Your Luck'
Lyrics
Don't push your luck
Advice against testing fate or pushing one's luck
'Cause I might find the reason
Suggests a potential discovery of why people are leaving
That everybody's leaving now
Observation that everyone is departing
Did I call your bluff?
Questioning if one challenged someone's false bravado
Did I break down the boundary
Wondering if boundaries were broken, exposing the truth
And leave you where you found me out?
Leaving someone exposed and vulnerable
Can you dig it?
Rhetorical question about understanding or accepting
Can't go back to where I'm from
Feeling unable to return to a previous state or place
So don't trust me 'cause I'm out of touch
Distrust due to feeling disconnected or out of sync
Fake smiles work well enough
Faking happiness as a temporary solution
When everything is broken-love
Dealing with broken love or relationships
I won't let you break me down
Determination not to be emotionally destroyed
Or watch them show you how to
Refusing to witness how to destroy a relationship
Burn us to the ground
Metaphorically burning down the relationship
Yeah we got some problems now
Acknowledging existing issues
And we could have talked this out
A possibility for discussion or resolution
But you wouldn't make a sound
Others' refusal to communicate or engage
(So let the strangers that you found)
Suggesting involvement of strangers in the situation
Call me "The let down"
Labeling oneself as a disappointment
Don't push your luck
Reiteration of advice not to test fate
'Cause some day you will see me
Implying a future encounter despite current circumstances
And someday I'll forget your name
Foreseeing forgetting the other person
Like a phantom pain
Comparison of pain to a phantom limb
When you dig these holes in my brain
Feeling affected by emotional wounds inflicted by another
And tell me I'm the one who changed
Blaming for a perceived change in oneself
Uh, Can you dig it?
Repetition of the query about understanding or acceptance
Cover up the scars I leave
Masking emotional scars
The more I make the more I need
Creating more needs by fulfilling existing ones
And that way the crowd won't see
Hiding internal struggles from public view
That anything is wrong with me
Pretending that everything is fine
I won't let you break me down
Resolve not to succumb emotionally
Or watch them show you how to
Refusal to witness the destruction of the relationship
Burn us to the ground
Reiteration of the metaphorical destruction
Yeah we got some problems now
Acknowledging existing issues
And we could have talked this out
Possibility for dialogue or resolution
But you wouldn't make a sound
Continued refusal of communication or engagement
(So let the strangers that you found)
Indication of involvement of strangers
Call me "The let down"
Self-labeling as a disappointment reiterated
What went wrong?
Questioning what caused the deterioration
Take a breath and move along
Encouragement to move forward despite difficulties
You say: "there's nothing left for me"
Quoting another's resignation or despair
What went wrong?
Reiteration of questioning the cause of the issue
Take a breath and move along
Encouragement to keep moving despite adversity
You say: "there's nothing left for me"
Quoting another's resignation or despair
(Ohh I can dig it)
Expression of agreement or understanding
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