Tears in Vain
Love's Dilemma: Balancing Joy and Pain
Lyrics
I don't want to love you
Expressing reluctance or resistance towards loving someone.
But I do and I just can't help it
Despite the reluctance, the speaker loves the person and feels unable to control those feelings.
You bring me happiness and then pain
Describes a cycle where the person brings both happiness and pain into the speaker's life.
Are these nights I spend
Questioning the value of spending nights crying over the person.
Crying over you really worth it, really worth it?
Questioning the worthiness of the emotional investment in crying over the person.
Or am I shedding tears in vain
Wondering if the tears shed are futile or without purpose.
You know every girl has to have
Highlighting the universal need for someone reliable in every girl's life.
Someone she can depend on
Emphasizing the necessity of having a dependable person in life.
Someone to trust in and I depend on you day by day
Expressing reliance on the person being addressed, considering them trustworthy.
It's always been that way
Implying a consistent dependency on the addressed person.
When you kiss me tears of joy I shed
Describing tears shed out of joy when being kissed by the person.
Makes me wonder, makes me wonder
Reflecting on the conflicting emotions and doubts arising from the joy experienced.
Wonder am I shedding tears in vain
Questioning the validity of shedding tears, wondering if they are in vain or unnecessary.
Darling, I wonder
Reiterating the wonder or questioning if the tears are justified.
Are all these tears in vain
Continuing the inquiry about the purpose or futility of the tears shed.
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