Validate Me
Yearning Echoes: Shelby Natasha's Validate Me Unveils the Complex Dance of Love
Lyrics
There's something lonely in the space we make together
There's a sense of loneliness in the shared space between us.
just want to make you smile
Expressing a desire to bring joy to the other person.
Doubt drilled a hole in communication
Doubt has created a gap in our communication.
Our twin aversions to confrontation won't help here
Both of us avoiding confrontation is not beneficial in this situation.
But I need you to stay
Despite challenges, a plea for the other person to remain in the relationship.
There's something haunted in the love we make together
There's a haunting quality in the love we share.
Just want to keep you mine
Expressing a desire to maintain possession of the other person.
Why does affection feel like imitation
Questioning why expressions of affection seem artificial.
My hungry ghost needs validation
A personal struggle with a constant need for validation.
Could you just tell me that we're ok?
Pleading for assurance that the relationship is okay.
I wear my body like it's an apology
Describing a self-consciousness, feeling the need to apologize through one's body.
I don't know where I go
Uncertainty about one's direction in life.
Searching for heaven in the eyes of strangers
Searching for happiness in the gaze of strangers.
I pray to the alter of a broken hope
Religious imagery: praying to a broken hope, possibly an abandoned belief or dream.
Planting love in borrowed gardens
Investing love in places where it may not grow.
It's no wonder we never make it to shore
Difficulty reaching stability or resolution in the relationship.
Be gentle with me please
A plea for gentleness and understanding.
I adore you
An expression of love and admiration for the other person.
But I'm tired of waiting for the good days again
Fatigue from waiting for better times in the relationship.
Pickin off the petals till love me not rings true
Using a flower-picking metaphor to express uncertainty about the other person's feelings.
Finding comfort in saying I already knew
Finding solace in the realization that problems were anticipated.
It's a rigged game and we both lose
Acknowledging the relationship as a difficult and losing endeavor.
I wear my body like it's an apology
Reiteration of feeling apologetic through one's body.
I don't know where I go
Repeating the uncertainty about one's direction.
Searching for heaven in the eyes of strangers
Continuing the quest for fulfillment in the eyes of strangers.
I pray to the alter of a broken hope
Repeating the prayer to a broken hope, suggesting a recurring theme of shattered dreams.
Planting love in borrowed gardens
Reiterating the challenge of nurturing love in unproductive places.
It's no wonder we never make it to shore
Highlighting the ongoing difficulty in reaching a stable point in the relationship.
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