vulnerable
Embracing Imperfections: Unraveling the Depths of Vulnerability in Simone Strauss' Melody
Lyrics
I'm vulnerable to affection
I am open to receiving affection.
Got an addiction for the wrong attention
I have a tendency to seek attention that may not be healthy for me.
Because my father never taught me what to do
My father didn't teach me how to handle situations when a boy is not right for me.
When a boy proves he ain't the one for you
Struggling with understanding when a relationship is not suitable.
Catch myself finding love in all the wrong places
Finding love in places that are not beneficial for my well-being.
I've been caught up on so many different faces
Getting involved with many different people without deep connections.
Who don't ever think twice about me
People I engage with don't give much thought to me.
So I've learnt I can never believe
Learned not to easily believe in others due to past experiences.
When you say these things
Expressing skepticism when someone makes positive statements.
When you say your mine
Questioning the sincerity when someone claims possession.
Are they all lies
Doubting the truthfulness of affectionate statements.
Am I wasting my time
Wondering if investing time in a relationship is a waste.
I just wish that I could love me
Desiring self-love and acceptance.
The way that I want you to
Wanting to love oneself in the way others expect.
Got a bad habit for losing myself
Tendency to lose one's identity in the process of loving someone else.
In the process of loving someone else (someone else)
Expressing the challenge of maintaining one's self in a relationship.
Because I've never felt that I am good enough
Struggling with feelings of inadequacy.
So I build a version that I think you'll want (you want)
Building a version of oneself to meet perceived expectations.
In denial that I keep lowering my standards
Denying the reality of lowering personal standards.
Dishing out way too many second chances
Giving too many chances to those who may not deserve them.
Constantly being taken advantage of
Frequently being taken advantage of in relationships.
On who's only motive is to keep my walls up (you build them up)
Building emotional walls to protect oneself.
Searching anywhere for that validation
Seeking validation from external sources.
Those intoxicating words of affirmation
Desiring words of affirmation that intoxicate with positivity.
Where for a minute I can really believe (I believe)
Longing for a moment of genuine belief in being wanted.
That you would actually want me
Hoping for sincerity when someone expresses affection.
When you say these things
Questioning the authenticity of positive statements.
When you say I'm yours
Seeking reassurance and confirmation of being claimed by someone.
What I've been waiting for
Anticipating fulfillment of long-awaited desires.
You make me vulnerable
Becoming emotionally exposed and sensitive.
I just wish that I could love me
Desiring self-love in the way others are expected to love.
The way that I want you to
Expressing the challenge of accepting oneself.
Accepting the love I deserve (I deserve)
Acknowledging the need to accept the love one deserves.
What I'm conditioned to believe I'm worth (What I'm worth)
Challenging the conditioned beliefs about one's self-worth.
I've never been the one to play no games (Play no games)
Claiming not to engage in manipulative relationship games.
I'm sick of constantly having to chase (To chase)
Tired of pursuing love and affirmation.
Always felt incapable of being loved
Feeling unworthy of being loved by others.
Like everybody wants someone else above
Perceiving a constant preference for others over oneself.
So I invest my time in nothing but a waste
Investing time in unfulfilling and wasteful relationships.
Habitually allowing wrong people into my space (space)
Allowing negative influences into one's personal space.
I just wish that I could love me
Expressing the desire to love oneself as others are expected to.
The way that I want me to
Desiring self-love in the way one envisions it.
But I don't know how to
Admitting uncertainty about how to achieve self-love.
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