Surprise Me
Unveiling Vulnerability: Sylvia Blair's 'Surprise Me' Lyrics Decoded
Lyrics
I think you're softer than you want me to believe
I believe you are more emotionally vulnerable than you portray
But what do you show me?
What are you revealing about yourself?
I'll believe what you show me
I will trust and believe in what you choose to show me
I see you're softer than I saw initially
Upon closer inspection, I notice your vulnerability
But you don't want to show me
You are hesitant to expose your softer side to me
And I'm not in the mood to wait for you to open up
I am not willing to be patient for you to reveal your true self
And I don't have time for you
I don't have the time to invest in you
Or your breakthrough
Nor do I have time for your personal development or revelations
You were a porcelain doll and I like shiny things
You were delicate and attractive, but I prefer things with substance
With some fragility
You had fragility, but not in terms of masculinity
But not in masculinity
I constructed barriers to overlook certain characteristics
So I built you boxes to overlook some traits
Hoping that you would surprise me by revealing hidden qualities
So then you could surprise me
Fantasizing about you opening up emotionally
But that's just fantasizing about you opening up
And I don't have time for you
I don't have the time to invest in you
Or your breakthrough
Nor do I have time for your personal development or revelations
To start to treat people nice
If you start treating people well, it's not my concern
You'll never take my advice
You won't take my advice, although you never asked for it
You never asked for it
You didn't seek my advice; I gave it for my own benefit
It's for my benefit
Otherwise, I might see a reserved, possibly shy, genuinely good person
Or else I'd see a good good guy, who's just reserved maybe shy
Someone suitable for the charts, sparking interest
One that's for the charts, the one that starts the sparks
But if I don't hold back, you might hurt me
But if I don't hold back you're gonna break my heart
If I don't hold back, you're going to break my heart
If i don't hold back you're gonna break my heart
-I'm afraid I'm softer than I want you to believe
I fear I am more emotionally vulnerable than I wish to portray
I don't know what to show you
I am unsure about how to reveal myself to you
I don't know how to show you
I lack the knowledge or ability to show you who I truly am
I'm afraid that girl isn't who you want to see
I fear the girl you desire is not the one you see in me
So maybe you don't deserve me
Maybe you don't deserve to witness my true self
Maybe you shouldn't get to see the way I open up
Perhaps you should not see how I open up emotionally
And I don't have time for you
I don't have the time to invest in you
Or your breakthrough
Nor do I have time for your personal development or revelations
Cause if you're treating me nice
If you are kind to me, that will have to be enough for now
For now that has to suffice
I'll settle for friendship and conserve my energy
And I'll deal as friends
Less effort expended on a mediocre person, possibly shallow and shy
Less energy to spend
I get involved cautiously, with less emotional investment
On a mediocre guy, who's probably shallow and shy
With someone who pulls me in, making me start over
But you pull me in, I begin again
Returning to the beginning, where you ignited the sparks
To go back to the start, where you lit all the sparks
If I don't hold back, you will break my heart
And I don't hold back and you break my heart
-And I don't hold back you break my heart
If I don't hold back, you're going to break my heart
If i don't hold back, you're gonna break my heart
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