Like a Tattoo

Ink of Experience: Sade's Poetic Journey through Love and Loss
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Lyrics

He told me sweet lies of sweet loves

Deceived by false expressions of love

Heavy with the burden of the truth

Weighed down by the heaviness of the truth

And he spoke of his dreams

He shared his aspirations

Broken by the burden

Dreams shattered by the weight of life's challenges

Broken by the burden of his youth

Overwhelmed by the burdens of his past


"Fourteen years," he said

Referring to a significant time period

"I couldn't look into the sun

Unable to face reality or truth directly

She saw him laying at the end of my gun"

A person witnessing a tragic event involving a gun

Hungry for life

Desiring a fulfilling life

And thirsty for the distant river

Longing for something distant and unattainable


I remember his hands

Recollection of physical touch and connection

And the way the mountains looked

Reflecting on the beauty of nature

The light shot diamonds from his eyes

Expressing the captivating gaze and sincerity

Hungry for life

Intensifying the desire for a meaningful life

And thirsty for the distant river

Continued thirst for something distant


Like the scar of age

Comparing emotional scars to the marks of age

Written all over my face

Signs of personal struggles evident on the face

The war is still raging inside of me

Internal conflicts persisting like a war

I still feel the chill

Feeling a lingering coldness from past experiences

As I reveal my shame to you

Revealing one's vulnerabilities and mistakes


I wear it like a tattoo

Symbolic comparison of emotional scars to a tattoo

I wear it like a tattoo

Reiterating the enduring nature of emotional marks

I wear it like a tattoo

Embracing and displaying emotional scars proudly

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