By Myself
Navigating Love's Labyrinth: Sinéad Harnett's Reflection in 'By Myself'
Lyrics
Don't make it easy, easy, easy
Don't make it easy for the speaker to leave.
For me to go, mmm
The difficulty in leaving is acknowledged by the speaker.
You made it easy, easy, easy
Someone has made it easy for the speaker to fall in love.
For me to fall, yeah, eh
It has been easy for the speaker to fall for someone.
Don't even say it, I already know
The speaker knows something without it being explicitly said.
When did we become so predictable?
Reflection on when the relationship became predictable.
Playing our roles
The reference to playing roles suggests a scripted nature in the relationship.
We stay in our role
The repetition of roles in the relationship is highlighted.
Every step that we keep on repeating
Repetition of steps in the relationship.
Baby, you see where it's leading
Addressing the partner, acknowledging the predictable path.
Similar roads
Reference to both partners being on similar, well-trodden paths.
Familiar roads
Emphasis on the familiarity of the paths they are on.
And if I dared you, would you pretend?
Contemplating whether the partner would pretend if dared by the speaker.
Are we too scared to say that we should be friends?
Expressing a potential fear of admitting they should just be friends.
I don't wanna be, wanna be by myself
Declaring the unwillingness to be alone.
I don't wanna be myself, eh
Rejecting the idea of being oneself in solitude.
I don't wanna be, wanna be by myself
Reiteration of not wanting to be alone.
I just wanna be somewhere else
Expressing a desire to be somewhere else, away from solitude.
Don't make it easy, easy, easy
Reiterating the difficulty for the speaker to lose.
For me to lose, mmm
The challenge of losing is acknowledged again.
You made it easy, easy, easy
Someone has made it easy for the speaker to choose them.
For me to choose you
The ease of choosing the partner is emphasized.
And if I dared you, would you pretend?
Contemplating whether the partner would pretend if dared by the speaker (repeated).
Are we too scared to stay that we should be friends?
Repeating the potential fear of admitting they should just be friends (repeated).
I don't wanna be, wanna be by myself
Reiteration of the unwillingness to be alone.
I don't wanna be myself, eh
Rejection of being oneself in solitude (repeated).
I don't wanna be, wanna be by myself
Reiteration of not wanting to be alone (repeated).
I just wanna be somewhere else
Expression of a desire to be somewhere else, away from solitude (repeated).
With you, with you, with you
Expressing a desire to be with the partner.
Ooh, ah, ah
(No specific content in this line)
With you, with you, with you
Reiterating the desire to be with the partner.
Ooh, ah, ah
(No specific content in this line)
You
Addressing the partner (repeated).
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