Lyrics
I've got baggage
The repetition of "I've got baggage" suggests a heavy emotional burden or unresolved issues carried by the speaker.
I've got baggage
-I've got baggage
-I know it
The speaker acknowledges their personal baggage.
I won't treat you how you deserve
The speaker recognizes their inability to treat someone well, indicating self-awareness of their shortcomings in a relationship.
I've got baggage
Reiteration of the speaker's awareness that they cannot provide the deserved treatment in a relationship due to their baggage.
I know it
-I can't treat you how you deserve
-You deserve
Emphasis on the partner deserving better treatment despite the speaker's acknowledged limitations.
You deserve
-Cause
Introduction to the reasons for the speaker's inability to meet the partner's desires.
I'm not the man that you desire
The speaker admits not being the ideal man desired by the partner.
I'm not the one that lights the fires
Expresses that the speaker cannot ignite the passion or excitement in the partner's soul.
Of your soul
Describes the inability to evoke deep emotions or inspiration in the partner's soul.
Of your soul
-If you love me
Questions the partner about their feelings and needs in the relationship, expressing uncertainty about meeting those needs due to the speaker's emotional baggage.
What do you see in me
-If you want me
-What do you need from me
-How to love without a piece of me
Acknowledges that the speaker's emotional baggage is a hindrance to fully giving oneself in love.
That's my baggage
Reiteration of the speaker's acknowledgment and ownership of their emotional baggage.
That's my baggage
-I've got baggage
-I know it
Reaffirms the speaker's self-awareness of their inability to treat the partner as deserved due to their emotional baggage.
I can't treat how you deserve
-I've got baggage
-I know it
-I can't treat how you deserve
-You deserve
Emphasizes the partner's deserving nature despite the speaker's limitations.
You deserve
-And
Transition to expressing hope for the partner's future happiness.
I hope
The speaker expresses hope for the partner to find another person who can provide the desired love and treatment.
I hope
-You find another
Continued expression of hope for the partner to find love with someone else, indicating a selfless desire for the partner's happiness.
And
-I hope
-I hope
-You love another lover lover
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