Shipwreck
Love's Storm: Beware the Consequences of Shipwrecked Hearts
Lyrics
Have I been treating you right pretty baby?
Questioning if the speaker has been treating their partner well.
I'd be better if I wasn't so stoned
Expressing that the speaker would be in a better state if not under the influence of drugs.
But now you're leaving me all on my own I swear I'll be a better man
Promising to be a better person if the partner doesn't leave.
If you keep drinking that wine little darling
Warning about the consequences of excessive wine consumption.
you'll be drunk before you know
Cautioning the partner about getting drunk quickly.
When that other boy won't show any signs of a gentleman
Referring to another person who lacks gentlemanly qualities.
Be afraid
Encouraging fear, suggesting the speaker can be destructive.
Darling I'm a hurricane
Describing oneself as a hurricane, indicating a forceful and potentially destructive nature.
If you shipwreck your love
Expressing that the speaker will take the blame if the partner's love falls apart.
I will be all the blame
Continuing the theme of taking responsibility for the relationship's failure.
I dreamt last night I broke in your apartment
Narrating a dream where the speaker invades the partner's personal space.
and I tried on all of your clothes
Trying on the partner's clothes in the dream.
But I just can't get your shoes on my toes
Expressing difficulty in fitting into the partner's shoes, possibly symbolizing inadequacy.
(can't get your shoes on my toes)
Reiterating the struggle to fit into the partner's shoes.
So I'm dancing to your stereo
Dancing to the partner's stereo, possibly trying to connect with them.
Well if that boy don't dance with you darling
Warning the partner about a boy who doesn't dance, suggesting a lack of romance.
there will be no romance ever starting
Emphasizing that romance won't start if the mentioned boy doesn't dance.
You'll be sitting all alone wishing I was all over you
Imagining the partner alone and regretting not being with the speaker.
Be afraid
Repeating the encouragement to feel fear due to the speaker's destructive nature.
Darling I'm a hurricane
Reiterating the description of oneself as a hurricane.
If you shipwreck your love
Repeating the idea that the speaker will take the blame if the partner's love falls apart.
I will be all the blame
Continuing the theme of taking responsibility for the relationship's failure.
Say my name
Requesting the partner to say the speaker's name.
No just light it up in flames
Suggesting that if the partner doesn't love the speaker, they should end it dramatically by setting it on fire.
If you're not in love then I don't want to play your games
Expressing disinterest in playing emotional games if the partner is not in love.
No I don't want to play
Reiterating the lack of desire to play emotional games.
Come on come on what are you messing with (Come on)
Encouraging the partner to stop messing around.
Come on come on what are you messing with (Come on)
Repeating the encouragement to stop messing around.
Come on come on
-Be afraid
Repeating the encouragement to feel fear due to the speaker's destructive nature.
Darling I'm a hurricane
Reiterating the description of oneself as a hurricane.
If you shipwreck your love
Repeating the idea that the speaker will take the blame if the partner's love falls apart.
I will be all the blame Say my name
Continuing the theme of taking responsibility for the relationship's failure.
No just light it up in flames
Repeating the request for the partner to say the speaker's name.
If you're not in love then I don't want to play your games
Reiterating the suggestion to end things dramatically if there's no love.
No I don't want to play your games
Declining to participate in emotional games if the partner is not in love.
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