Understand
Embracing Redemption in a Sick World
Lyrics
Is it a crime to want to be happy
Questioning whether desiring happiness is a crime
In a sick, sick world
Expressing discontent with the state of the world
If it's the fool who believes in forgiveness,
Reflecting on being considered foolish for believing in forgiveness
I'm a sick, sick girl
Acknowledging a personal struggle with inner turmoil
I long to cry on someone's shoulder
Expressing a longing for emotional support
To receive a friend's absolution
Desiring forgiveness and understanding from a friend
And I think I know that look I've seen it before
Recognizing a familiar, possibly sympathetic look
I think you're pitying me
Suspecting that someone is pitying the speaker
And if you need an emotional score
Suggesting a willingness to provide emotional support
Then I will be your emotional whore
Offering to be emotionally available for the other person
And when I spit you out at last
Anticipating a moment of clarity or realization
You'll understand, try to understand
Emphasizing the importance of understanding
When is the time to give into mercy
Questioning the right time to show mercy and move on
And walk from the pain
Considering the need to escape from pain
Where is the will to yearn for out freedom
Expressing a desire for freedom and breaking from constraints
And break the chains
Desiring a connection with someone on a deeper level
I long to fall into your slumber
Recognizing mutual feelings and intentions
You long to slowly pull me under
Acknowledging a deep understanding of the speaker
And I think you know me well, far too well
Expressing a self-awareness of being understood too well
Too well for my own good
Feeling understood to a degree that might not be beneficial
And if you need an emotional score
Reiterating the willingness to provide emotional support
Then I will be your emotional whore
Restating the offer to be emotionally available
And when I spit you out at last
Anticipating the moment when the truth will be revealed
You'll understand, try to understand
Emphasizing the importance of understanding once revealed
Is it a crime to want to be happy in a sick, sick world
Repeating the question about the legitimacy of wanting happiness
I'm a sick, sick girl
Reiterating the personal struggle with inner turmoil
And if you need an emotional score
Offering continued emotional support
Then I will be your emotional whore
Reaffirming the willingness to be emotionally available
And when I spit you out at last
Anticipating the moment of understanding after expressing oneself
You'll understand, try to understand
Emphasizing the importance of trying to understand
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