Until They Don't Love You
Love's Revelation: Rediscovering Hearts When They Drift Away
Lyrics
Ain't one the loneliest number
A single person can feel very lonely.
It takes two to make it right
Relationships require effort and participation from both parties to make them work.
Just three little words I shoulda told ya
Regrets about not expressing affection earlier.
Before you left last night
Realization of missed opportunities to communicate feelings before the departure.
Sometimes you don't love somebody until they don't love you
Sometimes one realizes their love for someone only after that person stops loving them.
Sometimes you don't love somebody until they don't love you
-Oh you're lookin' so good with your bags packed
Describing the scene of the person leaving, looking good while leaving with their belongings.
On the front steps waitin' on a yellow cab
The person is waiting for transportation, likely a taxi, to leave.
And my heart keeps screaming 'come back, come back, come back
The narrator's heart is desperately urging the departing person to return.
Well I was a-okay taking you for granted
Admitting to taking the other person for granted.
Shoulda make a beeline for your door
Regretting not taking action to prevent the departure.
If you could see all the broken pieces
If the departing person could see the emotional damage caused, they might reconsider.
You would redeem my heart for sure
Believing the departing person could mend the narrator's broken heart if they returned.
Sometimes you don't love somebody until they don't love you
The narrator's heart is desperately urging the departing person to return.
Sometimes you don't love somebody until they don't love you
-Oh you're lookin' so good with your bags packed
-On the front steps waitin' on a yellow cab
-And my heart keeps screaming 'come back, come back, come back
-Don't pay attention to your heart until it's bleeding
Ignoring one's emotions until they become overwhelming and painful.
Don't know what you have until you can't keep it
Realizing the value of something only when it's no longer accessible.
Don't know what you want till you need it
Not fully understanding desires until they become urgent needs.
Don't know that it's love until it's leavin'
Recognizing love only as it's slipping away.
Oh, when you left I shoulda come runnin'
Regretting not reacting promptly when the departing person left.
You were right about everything
Acknowledging the departed person was correct in their observations.
I was up to no good and you knew it
Admitting wrongdoing, acknowledging the departed person's intuition about it.
And now I'm down here on my knees
Expressing humility and a plea for forgiveness.
Sometimes you don't love somebody until they don't love you
The narrator's heart is desperately urging the departing person to return.
Sometimes you don't love somebody until they don't love you
-Oh you're lookin' so good with your bags packed
-On the front steps waitin' on a yellow cab
-And my heart keeps screaming 'come back, come back, come back
-It's a little too late baby I know
Realization that it's too late to rectify past mistakes.
That I treated your heart like a yoyo
Comparing the treatment of the departed person's heart to the erratic movement of a yo-yo.
Give me one more chance baby don't go, don't go, don't go
A desperate plea for another chance, not wanting the departing person to leave.
No
A final plea, indicating the desperation of the narrator.
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