Lyrics
What could I have done to give you all you needed?
The speaker wonders what actions they could have taken to fulfill all the needs of the person they're addressing.
It wasn't enough, I wasn't enough for you was I?
They express self-doubt, feeling inadequate and realizing they weren't sufficient for the other person.
I wanted to be everything you needed
The speaker desired to encompass everything necessary for the other person.
'Cause you said three words
Reference to the other person saying three important words.
And it was all I needed
Those three words meant everything to the speaker.
But why would you say the words if you didn't mean it?
Questioning the sincerity behind the uttered words; doubting their authenticity.
And you knew well enough
The other person was aware that those three words were crucial for the speaker.
That it was all I needed
Reiteration that those three words were profoundly significant to the speaker.
I repeat it
Repeating the significance of the words, possibly due to intense emotions.
Cause I'm heated
The speaker feels intense emotions, likely anger or frustration.
And I'm bleeding
Expressing emotional pain and hurt for the other person.
For you
The speaker went through pain for the person they're addressing.
You'd never do the same now would you?
Doubting if the other person would reciprocate the same level of sacrifice and emotion.
Would you?
Reiteration of doubt about the other person's commitment.
See, I never begged you for love
The speaker never pleaded for love despite feeling a need for it.
Even when I thought I needed
Even when the speaker felt they required love, they didn't ask for it.
Still I never ever ever
Reiterating the refusal to beg for the other person's affection.
Begged you for your love
Emphasizing the rejection of begging for the other person's love.
Your love
Repeating the rejection of begging for love.
Your love
Further emphasizing the rejection of begging for love.
Tell me what I could have done
The speaker seeks to understand what actions would have sufficed to fulfill the other person's needs.
To give you all you needed
Similar to line 1, expressing the desire to meet the other person's needs.
It wasn't enough, I was never enough for you was I
Realization of being inadequate and not enough for the other person.
And I, and I
Continuation of feelings of inadequacy.
Just wanted to be everything you needed
Reiterating the wish to be everything the other person required.
'Cause you said three words
Reference to the importance of the three words spoken by the other person.
And it was all I needed
The significance of those three words in fulfilling the speaker's needs.
Just wanted to be everything you needed
Reiteration of the desire to fulfill the other person's needs entirely.
But you'd never do the same now would you?
Doubt about the other person reciprocating the speaker's sacrifices.
Would you?
Reiteration of doubt about the other person's commitment.
See I never begged you for love
Reiterating the reluctance to beg for love despite feeling the need.
Even when I thought needed it
Even when the speaker felt the necessity of love, they refrained from asking for it.
Still I never ever ever
Emphasizing the refusal to plead for the other person's affection.
Begged you for your love
Reiterating the rejection of begging for the other person's love.
No no no no no
Emphatic refusal to beg for love.
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