Heartthrob
Heartthrob Reflections: A Soulful Journey Through Love and Loss
Lyrics
Look, here's your gym music, here's your heartthrob
Introducing the song as the listener's gym music and a potential heartthrob.
Made my heart stop, take my soul with it
Expressing that the heartthrob has a profound impact, causing the speaker's heart to stop and taking their soul with it.
If I chart top, if I top ten
Pondering the possibility of achieving top chart positions and questioning if the heartthrob would care.
Would you cry then, would you cry then
Asking whether the heartthrob would cry if the speaker attains chart success.
Here's your gym music, here's your heartthrob
Reiterating the association of the song with the listener's gym routine and the idea of being a heartthrob.
Made my heart stop, take my soul with it
Repeating the impact of the heartthrob on the speaker's heart and soul.
If I chart top, if I top ten
Continuing to reflect on the potential success of the song and questioning the heartthrob's emotional response.
Would you cry then, would you cry then
Repeating the question about whether the heartthrob would cry in the event of chart success.
Everybody say they wanna see you make it out
Noting that people claim to support success but expressing skepticism until it actually happens.
Until you really make it out, I can't even make this up
Highlighting the difficulty of believing in the speaker's success until it is realized.
All she want is gym music, she don't want the real music
Describing a preference for music associated with the gym rather than more emotionally resonant music.
Something with a feel to it, something you can cry to
Expressing a desire for music with a certain emotional quality, suitable for crying.
Men just wanna cry too, what a surprise
Observing that men also have a need to express vulnerability and cry.
See the shock in your eyes, I'm traumatised
Describing the surprise in witnessing emotional vulnerability, potentially caused by trauma.
And you don't give a fuck, and you view it as a crutch
Noting the speaker's lack of concern and seeing vulnerability as a coping mechanism.
Blood in my eyes I wish that I could feel your love
Expressing a desire for love and connection, even if it involves pain.
It's like you believe that, it can really be something
Reflecting on the belief that something meaningful can be achieved in a relationship.
If you like, give it more time or give it a chance
Comparing perspectives on the time needed to build a connection in a relationship.
Whereas, I believe like, if you don't find that connection
Stating the speaker's belief that genuine connections cannot be forced.
It's there, like, you can't make one
Emphasizing the inability to manufacture a connection in a relationship.
Oh, what's the point in trying, what's the point in trying
Repeated questioning of the futility of trying and the lack of motivation to attempt healing.
What's the point in trying, what's the point in trying
-Oh, what's the point in trying, what's the point in trying
-What's the point in trying, what's the point in trying
-Say you need to heal, and that takes some time
Advising against attempting to heal, suggesting a pessimistic view on the value of trying.
Don't even try girl, what's the point in trying
Discouraging a girl from trying, echoing the sentiment of line 28.
Here's your gym music, here's your heartthrob
Repetition of the opening lines, underscoring the themes of the song.
Made my heart stop, take my soul with it
-If I chart top, if I top ten
-Would you cry then, would you cry then
-Here's your gym music, here's your heartthrob
-Made my heart stop, take my soul with it
-If I chart top, if I top ten
-Would you cry then, would you cry then
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