Just Shy of Sure

Navigating Love's Uncertainty: The Beths' 'Just Shy of Sure' Reflections
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Lyrics

(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)

Repetitive vocalizations expressing emotion or uncertainty.

(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)

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Love in memory

Reflecting on love as a powerful force that overwhelmed the speaker.

Was a plague that consumed me

Describing love as a consuming plague.

Shifted all my priorities

Shift in priorities caused by the intensity of love.

Things I'd die to keep

Valuing things enough to die for them.

Swept through all that I hoped to reap

Love affecting the speaker's aspirations and goals.

God, I loved how it ruined me

Finding beauty in the destructive power of love.


(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)

Repetition of emotional expressions.

(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)

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(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)

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I have kept the hurt buried deep into winter dirt

Keeping emotional pain hidden, buried deep within.

I watch at night when the mound stirs

Observing the emotional turmoil resurfacing, likened to stirring dirt.

This is not the burn I've known

Distinguishing a new kind of pain from past experiences.

It's an ache in my every bone

Feeling a pervasive ache in the speaker's bones.

Maybe you want to be alone

Suggesting the desire for solitude.

Maybe I

Uncertain about the need for solitude.


Oh, My head is aching

Expressing a headache, possibly due to emotional strain.

But if I keep very still

Attempting stillness as a coping mechanism.

I might be able

Struggling to maintain composure until the weekend's end.

To make this work until

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The end of the weekend

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Weak, but I'll pretend

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That you still want me

Expressing uncertainty about being wanted and adored.

I'm the one you adore

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But I'm just shy of sure

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(Oh, oh)

Reiteration of uncertainty.

(I'm just shy of sure)

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When do things suffice?

Questioning the sufficiency of things in life.

Can you be happy all your life?

Pondering the possibility of sustained happiness.

Do you think it can happen twice?

Questioning the likelihood of love happening more than once.

Maybe that's a swing

Suggesting taking risks is necessary for success.

Hey, you can't win without entering

Encouraging entering into situations to have a chance at winning.

Are you cool to lose everything?

Weighing the willingness to lose everything for a potential gain.

Roll the dice

Metaphorically considering life as a gamble.


My head is aching

Repetition of the struggle to maintain composure.

But if I keep very still

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I might be able

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To make this work until

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The end of the weekend

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Weak, but I'll pretend

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That you still want me

Expressing the desire to be wanted but remaining uncertain.

I'm the one you adore

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But I'm just shy of sure

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Oh, oh, oh, oh (oh, oh, oh, oh)

Repetition of emotional expressions.

Oh, oh, oh, oh (oh, oh, oh, oh)

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Oh, oh, oh, oh (oh, oh, oh, oh)

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Oh, oh, oh, oh (oh, oh, oh, oh)

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Oh, My head is aching

Reiteration of the struggle to maintain composure until the weekend's end.

But if I keep very still

-

I might be able

-

To make this work until

-

The end of the weekend

-

Weak, but I'll pretend

-

That you still want me

Expressing the desire to be wanted but remaining uncertain.

I'm the one you adore

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But I'm just shy of sure

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(I'm just shy of sure)

Final repetition of uncertainty about being sure.

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