Look What I Did to Us
Heartbreaking Reflections: Torn Love & Regret
Lyrics
Hello, baby, put your mama on the line
Initiating a call, asking to speak to the listener's mother.
Hi, it's me again, this won't take much of your time
Caller reintroduces himself, promises a brief conversation.
I know you told me to get some help
Acknowledging advice to seek help.
I guess I should, 'cause I don't forgive myself
Expressing guilt and a realization of the need for self-forgiveness.
Look what I did to me
Reflecting on personal harm caused.
Look what I did to you
Reflecting on harm inflicted on the listener.
I took the love of a lifetime
Admitting to destroying a once-in-a-lifetime love.
And I tore it all in two
Expressing the irreversible damage of tearing the love apart.
I broke their little hearts
Acknowledging breaking hearts, possibly children's.
And if that wasn't enough
Indicating additional harm beyond heartbreak.
Look what I did to you
Reiterating the harm caused to the listener.
Look what I did to me
Repeating the self-inflicted damage.
Look what I did to us
Highlighting the collective damage done to 'us.'
Who won the ballgame?
Shift to a different topic, asking about a ballgame.
Tell him not to cry
Advising someone not to cry, possibly a child.
Win some; you lose some
Philosophizing about life's ups and downs.
Tell him that's just life
Encouraging resilience in the face of challenges.
I know how he feels sometimes
Expressing empathy for another's feelings, drawing a parallel.
When I think of all I left behind
Reflecting on personal regrets and losses.
Look what I did to me
Reiteration of personal harm caused.
Look what I did to you
Reiteration of harm inflicted on the listener.
I took the love of a lifetime
Reiterating the destruction of a once-in-a-lifetime love.
And I tore it all in two
Reiterating the irreparable tearing apart of the love.
I broke their little hearts
Reiterating the acknowledgment of breaking hearts.
And if that wasn't enough
Reiterating the additional harm beyond heartbreak.
Look what I did to you
Reiterating the harm caused to the listener.
Look what I did to me
Reiterating the self-inflicted damage.
Look what I did to us
Reiterating the collective damage done to 'us.'
Well, I just needed to hear your voice instead
Expressing a need to hear the listener's voice for comfort.
Of the one that echoes in my head
Contrasting the desire for the listener's voice over haunting thoughts.
Look what I did to me
Repetition of personal harm caused.
Look what I did to you
Repetition of harm inflicted on the listener.
I took the love of a lifetime
Repetition of the destruction of a once-in-a-lifetime love.
And I tore it all in two
Repetition of the irreparable tearing apart of the love.
I broke their little hearts
Repetition of the acknowledgment of breaking hearts.
And if that wasn't enough
Repetition of the additional harm beyond heartbreak.
Look what I did to you
Repetition of the harm caused to the listener.
Look what I did to me
Repetition of the self-inflicted damage.
Look what I did to us
Repetition of the collective damage done to 'us.'
Look what I did to you
Further acknowledgment of harm caused to the listener.
Look what I did to me
Further acknowledgment of self-inflicted damage.
Look what I did to us
Final acknowledgment of the collective damage done to 'us.'
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