Issues
Love and Toxicity: The Rumblist's Struggle in 'Issues'
Lyrics
Let me get a glass with you
Expressing a desire to share a drink.
But I don't wanna - girl I don't wanna
Reluctance to be associated with the girl.
Don't wanna be seen with you
Reiterating the unwillingness to be seen together.
Girl I don't wanna - girl I don't know
Emphasizing the lack of familiarity with the girl.
Why you're stuck to me
Questioning the girl's attachment or clinginess.
Just wanna get a, just wanna get a
Expressing a desire for a joint or shared experience.
Wanna get a spliff with you - come and take this X with you
Inviting the girl to share substances like X (Ecstasy) and expressing affection under the influence.
Love you on these drugs its true
Admitting love or affection while being under the influence of drugs.
Oh I don't wanna, oh I don't wanna
Declaring a desire to avoid emotional attachment.
Don't wanna get attached to you
Anticipating breaking the girl's heart intentionally.
I know I'm gonna, I know I'm gonna
Acknowledging the intention to cause emotional pain.
Gonna break your heart in two
Expressing a reluctance to know the girl more intimately.
Oh I don't wanna, oh I don't wanna
Repeating the desire to avoid getting attached emotionally.
Wanna get to know you boo
Expressing a desire to know the girl despite reservations.
Your friends say I'm toxic too
Acknowledging that the girl's friends view the speaker as toxic.
Think you laced it up
Suspecting the girl of adding something harmful to their relationship.
Cocaine on our nose
Referencing drug use (cocaine) and its impact on their connection.
You be trying your best to hold on me no
Noticing the girl's attempt to hold onto the relationship.
Girl we've broken up, I can't see you now
Declaring the end of the relationship and an inability to see the girl.
Look so different in pictures I see of you
Observing changes in the girl's appearance through pictures.
Turned to skin and bone, screaming at your walls
Describing the girl's deteriorating physical and emotional state.
Turn a leaf? Bullshit boo I see through it all
Expressing skepticism about the girl's attempts to change or improve.
I don't want your love
Rejecting the girl's love and setting boundaries.
Do not enter girl
Explicitly stating not to enter, emphasizing rejection.
Never had me - I can't fucking stand you now
Expressing strong negative feelings towards the girl.
Show me a sign you want me gone girl, show me a sign you want me gone girl
Requesting a clear sign that the girl wants to end the relationship.
Cause I don't need you, cause I don't need you, cause I don't need you
Declaring independence and asserting that the speaker doesn't need the girl.
Let me get a glass with you
Repeating the desire to share a drink, possibly as a form of reconciliation.
But I don't wanna - girl I don't wanna
Reiterating the reluctance to be seen with the girl.
Don't wanna be seen with you
Continuing the theme of avoiding public association with the girl.
Girl I don't wanna - girl I don't know
Reaffirming the lack of familiarity and connection with the girl.
Why you're stuck to me
Questioning the girl's attachment or clinginess once again.
Just wanna get a, just wanna get a
Expressing a desire for a joint or shared experience, similar to line 6.
Wanna get a spliff with you - come and take this X with you
Inviting the girl to share substances and expressing affection under the influence, similar to line 7.
Love you on these drugs its true
Reiterating love or affection while being under the influence of drugs, similar to line 8.
Oh I don't wanna, oh I don't wanna
Repeating the desire to avoid emotional attachment, similar to line 9.
Don't wanna get attached to you
Anticipating breaking the girl's heart intentionally, similar to line 10.
I know I'm gonna, I know I'm gonna
Acknowledging the intention to cause emotional pain, similar to line 11.
Gonna break your heart in two
Expressing a reluctance to know the girl more intimately, similar to line 12.
Oh I don't wanna, oh I don't wanna
Repeating the desire to avoid getting attached emotionally, similar to line 13.
Wanna get to know you boo
Expressing a desire to know the girl despite reservations, similar to line 14.
Your friends say I'm toxic too
Acknowledging that the girl's friends view the speaker as toxic, similar to line 15.
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