Lyrics
Give me a reason to love you
Seeking a justification or cause for loving someone
Tell me you won’t go away
Requesting assurance that the person won't leave
Need me like I’ll always need you
Expressing the need for mutual dependence in the relationship
Give me a reason to stay
Asking for a compelling reason to continue the relationship
You can be my voice
Granting permission for the other person to represent or speak for them
But I still have a choice
Acknowledging personal agency and the ability to make choices
I trust you with all my emotions
Conveying trust in the other person with one's emotional vulnerabilities
So make me a lie to believe
Desiring comforting falsehoods to believe in
To live and let live in delusion
Choosing to live in a shared illusion, emphasizing coexistence
Together with me
Inviting the other person to join in this delusional existence together
You can be my voice
Reiterating the permission for the other person to be a voice
But I still have a choice
Reaffirming the presence of personal choice despite external influence
Listen to the sound of my sorrow
Encouraging the listener to pay attention to the expression of sorrow
To the sound of my aching heart
Directing attention to the audible pain of the heart
My breaking heart
Emphasizing the heartbreak experienced
And try to understand the way I feel
Encouraging empathy and understanding of the emotions being felt
Listen to the sound of my sorrow
Repeating the call to listen to the expression of sorrow
To the sound of my aching heart
Reiterating attention to the audible pain of the heart
My breaking heart
Reaffirming the intensity of the heartbreak
And try to understand the way I feel
Repeating the plea for understanding of the emotional state
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