I Need Me to Be for Me
Discovering Self in Love's Reflection
Lyrics
Hey jess, I heard you talkin' on the telephone
Addressing Jess, heard her talking on the phone
And I wish that you could say it to my face
Expressing a desire for direct communication
I know you think I've changed and I don't love you
Recognizing a perception of change and lack of love
But I've only reached another time and space.
Explaining personal growth and change in perspective
I guess we've been avoiding total honesty
Acknowledging avoidance of complete honesty
But we can't leave confrontation on the shelf
Stressing the importance of addressing issues
Though I know that love brought us together
Acknowledging that love brought them together
In finding one another I almost lost myself.
Highlighting the risk of losing oneself in a relationship
Chorus:
Introducing the chorus theme
I need me to be for me, to be free and to discover
Expressing the need for personal freedom and self-discovery
I need me to be for me, and then we still can be for each other.
Affirming that personal growth enhances the relationship
Who am I deprived of my identity
Questioning one's identity when deprived
If I am not myself when we're apart
Highlighting the importance of being oneself when apart
What is love that mirrors back no sense of me
Raising the question of love without self-recognition
What can I give to you now if it isn't my own heart?
Pledging to give one's own heart in the relationship
(chorus x2)
Reiteration of the chorus theme
And then we still can be for each other.
Reaffirming the possibility of being for each other after self-discovery
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