Hush
Embracing Love's Struggles: Hushed Battles & Bittersweet Endings
Lyrics
I'm scared to admit
The speaker is hesitant or afraid to confess something.
There's nothing left for me but you, but you
They feel like they have nothing left except the person they're addressing the song to.
'Cause one day we'll turn to silver gray
Refers to the future where they will age ('turn to silver gray'), but they'll be together.
But I'm with you, with you
Reinforces the commitment to being with the person.
I've got my battle of wits
The speaker faces mental or intellectual challenges.
No one's safe when it hits
When these challenges arise, it affects everyone.
I guess it's time to go back
Suggests returning to a familiar place or situation.
To a place that you know that
A call to revisit a shared memory or experience.
Hush
An urging to keep quiet or calm down.
Love
An expression of affection or endearment.
Believe in us
Encouragement to have faith in the relationship.
Give it up
Suggests surrendering or letting go of something.
We could be happy
There's potential for happiness in their relationship, but other priorities come first.
But we've got better things to do, to do
They have more important things/tasks to attend to.
And we've found new ways
They've discovered new methods of facing mortality, saying goodbye.
Of getting to our graves, adieu, adieu
Bidding farewell, possibly indicating a darker or unconventional approach to death.
I've got my battle of wits
Reiteration of facing mental challenges, where everyone is vulnerable.
No one's safe when it hits
The impact of these challenges on everyone's safety.
I guess it's time to call quits
Considering ending something because of not knowing enough about the situation.
'Cause how could you know this?
Questioning the other person's understanding or awareness.
Hush
Repetition of the urging to keep quiet or calm down.
Love
Reiteration of affection or endearment.
Believe in us
Encouraging belief in the relationship's potential.
Give it up
Suggesting giving up what one possesses or holds onto.
Give what you got when you know that it's time to be suffering, suffering
Repetition emphasizing enduring suffering when it's time to face it due to what one possesses.
Cause you know what you got has a lot to be cause for your suffering, suffering
-Give what you got when you know that it's time to be suffering, suffering
-Cause you know what you got has a lot to be cause for your suffering, suffering
-Give what you got when you know that it's time to be suffering, suffering
-Cause you know what you got has a lot to be cause for your suffering, suffering
-Give what you got when you know that it's time to be suffering, suffering
-Cause you know what you got has a lot to be cause for your suffering
-Let's set you free
An invitation or suggestion to free the listener from suffering.
Oh, suffering
A concluding reference to suffering, possibly reiterating its omnipresence.
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