Lyrics
Break, break, break, break,
Repetition of "Break" indicates a strong desire or need for separation.
Break, break, break, break,
-Break, break, break,
-I'm breaking away from you.
The speaker is expressing a decisive act of distancing from someone.
Open your hands and show me what your holding.
Asking the person to reveal what they possess and questioning their nature.
Is it an emerald, or is it a pearl?
-What other information are you beholding?
-You're such a funny girl.
-Where is your mother, where did she came from?
Curiosity about the person's family background and history.
Was your father a sailor or a thief?
-Who was your brothers, where did they came from?
-I'd wish you'd tell me about them at least.
-But you're so silent, you're so gentle.
Observations about the person's demeanor and environment, expressing a need to leave.
I think my brain will go.
-This town's your town, yeah, this room's your temple.
-And now you know what I have to go.
-That's what it takes to love you.
Describing the requirements or challenges involved in loving or hating the person.
That's what it takes to love you too.
-That's what it takes to hate you too.
-So I'll just wanna go.
Expressing a desire to leave or move on.
Break, break, break, break,
Repetition of "Break" emphasizes the urge to break away.
Break, break, break, break,
-Break, break, break,
-I'm breaking away from you.
Reiterating the act of breaking away from the person.
Don't give me words whit no meanings.
Rejecting empty words and unsolvable problems from the person's side.
Don't give me problems that you can't solve.
-Ha! Don't tell me now you're revealing.
-Things we spoke of long ago.
-I know you're ways, I know you're silence.
Understanding the person's ways and silence, citing it as a reason for departure.
This could go on all day.
-This is the way this is the violence.
-And now you know why I can't stay.
-That's what it takes to love you.
Restating the conditions for loving or hating the person.
That's what it takes to love you too.
-That's what it takes to hate you too.
-Break, break, break, break,
Final repetition of "Break," reinforcing the decision to break away.
Break, break, break, break,
-Break, break, break,
-I'm breaking away from you.
Affirming the final act of breaking away from the person.
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