Lyrics
And I hate to say I love you
Expressing reluctance or difficulty in admitting love
When it's so hard for me
Describing the challenging nature of expressing love
And I hate to say I want you
Reluctance to admit a desire for the person
When you make it so clear
Pointing out the person's clear lack of interest
You don't want me
Highlighting the unreciprocated love
I'd never ask you cause deep down
Explaining hesitancy due to anticipating a specific response
I'm certain I know what you'd say
Confident in predicting the expected response
You'd say I'm sorry believe me
Anticipating a response expressing love but with limitations
I love you but not in that way
Quoting the expected response of love, yet not in a committed way
And I hate to say I need you
Reluctantly acknowledging the need for the person
I'm so reliant
Emphasizing a strong dependence on the person
I'm so dependent
Describing a deep reliance on the person
I'm such a fool
Acknowledging vulnerability and foolishness in the situation
When you're not there
Expressing a sense of longing when the person is absent
I find myself singing the blues
Noting the emotional state through the metaphor of singing the blues
Can't bear
Unable to endure the pain of reality
Can't face the truth
Avoiding confronting the truth about the person's feelings
You will never know that feeling
Stressing the impossibility of understanding a particular emotion
You will never see through these eyes
Highlighting the inscrutability of one's perspective
I'd never ask you
Reiterating the hesitancy to ask for fear of a specific response
Cause deep down I'm certain I know what you'd say
Confidently anticipating a specific response from the person
You'd say I'm sorry
Expecting an apology and affirmation of love with limitations
Believe me
Repeating the expression of love with conditions
I love you
Asserting love but with clear boundaries or restrictions
But not in that way
Reiterating love with the acknowledgment of its limitations
You'd say I'm sorry
Repeating the expected response of love with limitations
Believe me
Anticipating an apology and a declaration of love with restrictions
I love you
Reiterating love with clear boundaries or constraints
But not in that way
Affirming love but specifying it's not in a particular way
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