Slow Syrup
Syrup of Longing: Embracing Rejection for Love's Sake
Lyrics
When you made a chorus of your painful things
Reflecting on someone expressing their painful experiences through a musical chorus.
Didn't know it was a song you hated to sing
Realizing that the person dislikes singing the song despite turning their pain into music.
I'm a glutton for "can we make this work"
Admitting a tendency to desire efforts in making the relationship function.
We can argue and leave room for dessert
Acknowledging the potential for arguments in the relationship but leaving room for reconciliation.
Can you pour syrup all over my face
Metaphorically requesting emotional sweetness, comparing it to pouring syrup on one's face.
The truth is much too hard today
Expressing that facing the truth is currently too difficult.
Rejection is shaping me again
Highlighting how rejection is influencing and defining the speaker's identity once again.
I want a lover, I don't want a friend
Expressing a preference for a romantic partner over a platonic friend.
I longed for the rapture between your knees
Desiring a profound connection with the person, symbolized by the word 'rapture' and physical intimacy.
You need the calm, I need the world to end inside of me
Acknowledging a difference in needs within the relationship, with the speaker seeking intensity.
Pour syrup all over my hands
Symbolically asking for emotional sweetness on the speaker's hands.
The truth is much too hard to stand
Reiterating that facing the truth is challenging.
Rejection is shaping me again
Stating that rejection is once again shaping the speaker's identity.
I want a lover, I don't want a friend
Reiterating the preference for a romantic connection rather than a friendship.
Can you pretend to love chaos?
Asking if the person can pretend to embrace chaos, possibly to bring excitement to the relationship.
'Cause your body might save us
Suggesting that the person's body or presence might offer salvation or resolution.
Rejection is shaping me again
Repeating that rejection is influencing the speaker's self-perception.
I want a lover, I don't want a friend
Reiterating the preference for a romantic connection over friendship.
You said you liked it when it's hot here
Recalling that the person enjoys warmth, possibly in a metaphorical sense.
I don't understand why you're not here
Expressing confusion about the person's absence despite their enjoyment of warmth.
Rejection is shaping me
Emphasizing that rejection is a constant force shaping the speaker's identity.
Making me the man I don't wanna be
Conveying that rejection is transforming the speaker into a version of themselves they do not wish to become.
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