I Think You Know
Navigating Love's Turbulent Depths
Lyrics
Do you look both ways before you cross my mind?
Questioning if the person is cautious about their impact on the speaker's thoughts.
Thinking up ways to waste my time?
Wondering if the person intentionally wastes the speaker's time.
But it was always a shame that you just couldn't behave like I could
Expressing disappointment in the person's behavior compared to the speaker's.
Everything at once just shuts me up
Feeling overwhelmed and silenced by the intensity of emotions.
Thinking up ways to be enough
Pondering ways to be satisfactory or meet expectations.
But it was never the same
Reflecting on a past when things were different or better.
I love you too much to hate when I should
Expressing conflicting emotions of love and frustration.
Cause I don't know how I should feel about you
Uncertain about how to emotionally respond to the person.
I get stuck when I'm thinking it through
Feeling stuck when contemplating emotions about the person.
You never noticed
Noticing a lack of awareness or acknowledgment from the person.
But that's nothing new
Highlighting the person's consistent behavior of not noticing.
You take a look deep into my eyes
Inviting the person to understand the speaker's emotions through eye contact.
And you tell me just do better next time
Receiving advice to improve in the future.
I can't help but think about it all night
Being preoccupied with thoughts about the person throughout the night.
I'm the reason you're on my mind
Feeling responsible for the person's presence in the speaker's thoughts.
You're getting good at whipping up lies
Noting the person's skill in fabricating untruths.
I know you know but you act surprised
Awareness that the person knows the truth but pretends to be surprised.
I just feel like I'm falling behind
Sense of lagging or not keeping up with expectations.
Every time
Repetition of the feeling of falling behind.
Do you wish that I would leave you alone?
Questioning if the person desires solitude.
It's not that easy but I suppose
Acknowledging the difficulty of leaving the person alone.
I shouldn't step out of line cause that just isn't my style
Recognizing a personal reluctance to deviate from expected behavior.
It's getting hard to decide but now
Struggling to make a decision about the relationship.
I think you know how I feel about you
Expressing uncertainty about feelings toward the person.
I get thinking that you never thought it through
Suspecting that the person hasn't thoroughly considered their actions.
I never noticed
Admitting unawareness of a particular aspect, questioning if it bothers the person.
Does that bother you?
Asking if the lack of awareness is a source of disturbance for the person.
You take a look deep into my eyes
Encouraging the person to understand emotions through eye contact, again.
And you tell me just do better next time
Receiving repeated advice to do better in the future.
I can't help but think about it all night
Nightly preoccupation with thoughts about the person.
I'm the reason you're on my mind
Feeling responsible for the person's persistent presence in the speaker's mind.
You're getting good at whipping up lies
Noting the person's growing proficiency in creating falsehoods.
I know you know but you act surprised
Awareness that the person is aware of the truth but continues to act surprised.
I just feel like I'm falling behind
Reiterating the feeling of falling behind, emphasizing recurrence.
Every time
Repetition of the sense of lagging or not keeping up.
Do you wish that I would leave you alone?
Repeating the question about the person's desire for solitude.
It's not that easy but I suppose
Restating the difficulty of leaving the person alone.
I shouldn't step out of line cause that just isn't my style
Reiterating the reluctance to deviate from expected behavior.
It's getting hard to decide but now
Expressing an increasing difficulty in making a decision about the relationship.
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