Lyrics
You're perfect photographs on the wall
You, represented as perfect photographs, are prominently displayed on the wall.
And if I know you you're ok
Assuming I know you well, you are okay.
I don't wanna dance anymore
The speaker expresses a desire to stop dancing.
I don't wanna sing anymore
The speaker expresses a desire to stop singing.
I don't wanna dance anymore we used to sing
A lament about not wanting to dance anymore, contrasting with a past when "we" used to sing.
I thought I'd be ok till I hit that floor
Despite expectations, the speaker is not okay until they hit the floor (perhaps a dance floor).
I thought I'd be fine till I needed more
Initial confidence fades as the speaker finds they need more than anticipated.
I thought I'd be okay till I hit that floor
Similar to line 7, reiterating the struggle to be okay without hitting the floor.
Oh, I need more I need more I need more
An explicit declaration of the speaker's need for more.
I thought my life would get easier
The speaker anticipated life becoming easier but, instead, it becomes harder.
Instead its getting harder, instead it's getting harder
Life's challenges intensify rather than ease.
I thought my life would get easier,
Repetition of the anticipation that life would get easier, emphasizing the contrast of it getting darker.
Instead it's darker, instead it's getting colder
Life is becoming colder instead of warmer without a specific person ("you").
Without you
Expressing the difficulty of life without the mentioned person.
My life's a book of short stories,
Metaphorically, the speaker's life is likened to a book of short stories.
And we wrote a new one everyday
Emphasizing the constant creation of new experiences in life, suggesting a dynamic narrative.
I don't understand anymore
Expressing confusion or a lack of understanding about a situation.
You don't love me anymore
An assertion that the person no longer loves the speaker.
I don't understand anymore and I can't think
Continued confusion and an inability to think due to the perceived lack of love.
Why can't I let you go?
A rhetorical question expressing difficulty in letting go of the person.
Why can't I let you go?
Repetition of the struggle to let go, possibly indicating internal conflict.
Hate you I wanted to hate you
An abrupt expression of hatred towards the person, contrasting with the earlier desire to let go.
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