Do What You Have to Do
Navigating Love's Turmoil: Embracing Fate and Desire
Lyrics
What ravages of spirit
Reflecting on the devastating effects on the inner self
Conjured this tempestuous rage
Wondering what caused this intense anger and turmoil
Created you a monster
Suggesting that circumstances turned you into a monstrous version of yourself
Broken by the rule of love
Feeling shattered or damaged due to the laws or expectations of love
And fate has led you through it
Implying that destiny guided you through these challenges
You do what you have to do
Accepting the necessity of doing what's required in such situations
And fate has led you through it
Reiterating the influence of fate and the obligation it imposes
You do what you have to do
Re-emphasizing the need to take action despite difficulties
And I have the sense to recognize that
Acknowledging the awareness of not knowing how to release someone
I don't know how to let you go
Expressing uncertainty about relinquishing someone
Every moment marked
Every instant is filled with visions or memories of your essence
With apparitions of your soul
Continuously moving swiftly, attempting to flee this longing
I'm ever swiftly moving
The desire to avoid this attraction or yearning
Trying to escape this desire
Doing what's necessary to cope with this yearning
The yearning to be near you
Expressing the persistent longing to be close to someone
I do what I have to do
Responding to this longing by taking required actions
The yearning to be near you
Repeating the acknowledgment of acting upon the longing
I do what I have to do
Continuing to take necessary steps to deal with the yearning
And I have the sense to recognize that
Recognizing the difficulty of releasing someone
I don't know how to let you go
Repeating the uncertainty of letting go
I don't know how to let you go
Reiterating the struggle or inability to release someone
A glowing ember
Metaphorically describing a persistent, smoldering feeling
Burning hot
Describing intense, passionate feelings
And burning slow
Feeling intensely but at a slow pace
Deep within I'm shaken by the violence
Being profoundly affected by the intensity of living solely for someone else
Of existing for only you
Acknowledging the impossibility of being together with that person
I know I can't be with you
Reiterating the acknowledgment of the inability to be together
I do what I have to do
Continuing to act in response to the impossibility
I know I can't be with you
Repeating the understanding of the necessity to act
I do what I have to do
Continuing to do what's needed despite the impossibility
And I have a sense to recognize but
Acknowledging the difficulty of recognizing a situation but being unable to release someone
I don't know how to let you go
Repeating the uncertainty of letting go despite understanding the situation
I don't know how to let you go
Reiterating the struggle or inability to release someone despite recognition
(I don't know how to let you go)
Repeating the uncertainty of how to let go as a closing refrain
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