I Used to Love Him
Unveiling Empowerment: Love's Evolution in 'I Used to Love Him'
Lyrics
Open cards but hearts as cold as ice
Being open and honest, but emotions are distant and unfeeling.
Can't fool me once but you can get it twice
Difficult to deceive again, but vulnerability can be exploited repeatedly.
It's my prerogative how I get off you life
Asserting the right to live life on one's terms.
Won't sacrifice it just to be your wife
Refusing to compromise personal integrity for the sake of a relationship.
Can't help your sealing is my thought
Acknowledging the partner's impact on thoughts and emotions.
Won't shrink myself so you can feel like more
Not willing to diminish oneself for the sake of the partner's ego.
Sick of fucking up my world for a feeling
Frustration with making mistakes for the sake of emotional fulfillment.
When some men are just made for leaving
Recognizing that some people are destined to leave.
I, I, I, I used to love him
Reflecting on past love, expressing a change in feelings.
I, I, I, I used to love him
-I, I, I, I used love him
-I, I, I, I used to , used to, used to
-Ain't all that deep, deep, deep, deep
Downplaying the depth of the relationship.
Matter of fact you can go head and keep, keep, keep, keep
Suggesting the partner can keep their idealized version of the speaker.
Your romantised version of me
Rejecting the romanticized image the partner holds.
Me and your prize will never be priority
Asserting that the partner and their desires are not the top priority.
I say your sealing is my thought
Reiterating the partner's influence on thoughts.
Keep picking battles, you won't win this war
Advising against picking unnecessary fights that can't be won.
You keep pretending I'm so fucking perfect
Not comfortable with the partner's perception of perfection.
But I don't need a man to know I'm worth it
Emphasizing self-worth independent of a romantic relationship.
I, I, I, I used to love him (Love him, love him)
Reiterating the past love and the shift in emotions.
I, I, I, I used to love him (Love)
-I, I, I, I used love him
-I, I, I, I used to , used to, used to
-So don't my skin for
Warning against mistreating the speaker.
No longer a ride or die for every occasion
No longer blindly devoted for every situation.
I, I, I, I used to love him (Love him, love him)
Expressing the change in feelings toward the past love.
I, I, I, I used to love him (Love)
-I, I, I, I used love him
-I, I, I, I used to , used to, used to
-I, I, I, I used to love him (Love him)
Affirming the transition from loving the partner to loving oneself.
I, I, I, I used to love him (Now I love me, yeah, now I love me, yeah)
-I, I, I, I used love him (Now I love me, yeah, now I love me, yeah)
-I, I, I, I used to , used to, used to (Now I love me, yeah)
-(Now I love me, yeah)
Final affirmation of self-love.
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