I'll Believe It When I Feel It
Yearning Echoes: Unfulfilled Promises in Reba McEntire's Melody
Lyrics
Now when you left everybody told me
People advised and predicted when you left.
That I'd find another to take the place of you
Assurance that a new person would replace you.
And they all said someone else would hold me
Others claimed someone else would provide emotional support.
And I'd have a lover to love like I loved you
Expectation of finding a lover similar to the past love.
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[Chorus - Refrain]
I'll believe it when I feel it
Skepticism about believing promises until personally experienced.
When somebody makes me feel the way you did
Condition for belief is someone replicating the past feelings.
They say he's out there
Acknowledgment of the existence of a potential new love.
They tell me someday I'll forget
People assert that eventually, memories will fade.
I'll believe it when I feel it
Reiteration of skepticism until personally felt.
But I haven't felt it yet
Expressing that the anticipated feeling hasn't been experienced yet.
I've heard in time
Hope that time will bring healing.
Time is going to heal me
Belief that time is a remedy for emotional wounds.
It's been forever
Acknowledgment of the prolonged time without emotional recovery.
And I still need you now
Current need for the departed person despite the passage of time.
Maybe I will someday find that feeling
Optimism about finding the lost feeling in the future.
We had together
Nostalgia for the past shared emotions with the departed person.
Oh but I've got my doubts
Doubt about the likelihood of rediscovering the past emotions.
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[Chorus - Refrain]
I'll believe it when I felt
Reiteration of the condition for belief, emphasizing personal experience.
But I haven't felt it yet
Affirmation that the anticipated feeling hasn't been felt so far.
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