Selfish

Embracing Selfishness: Tilde's Reflection on Imperfections and Broken Promises
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Lyrics

Stayed up all night

Expressing having stayed awake throughout the night.

While we screamed our imperfections at the wall

Describing a moment of intense emotional expression, possibly arguing or venting frustrations.

She drew my life

Suggesting someone else had a significant impact on the singer's life, possibly through art or personal connection.

And I'm so high

Feeling emotionally elevated or intoxicated.

And I don't want this life

Expressing a dissatisfaction with the current state of life.


Give me a heart that can't heal

Expressing a desire for emotional vulnerability or a heart that doesn't easily recover from pain.

Give me a love with no life

Desiring a love that doesn't fade or lose its intensity over time.

And I don't want to die

Expressing a reluctance towards the idea of death or ending.


Can I be selfish now

Asking for permission or considering the idea of prioritizing oneself.


Can I be selfish now

Reiterating the desire or question about prioritizing oneself.

Keep all of those words

Asking to withhold or keep unspoken certain emotions or thoughts.

From coming out

Desiring to prevent the expression of certain emotions or thoughts.


Can I forgive you now

Contemplating the act of forgiving someone for past actions or lies.

And all those lies you said about

Referring to lies told about the singer, possibly by the person being addressed.

Me are coming out

Expressing that these lies are now surfacing or becoming known.


Can I be selfish now

Reiterating the query or desire to prioritize oneself.


Can I be selfish now

Repeating the question or consideration about self-prioritization.

Keep all of those words

Asking to keep certain words unexpressed or hidden.

From coming out

Reiterating the desire to prevent the expression of certain words or thoughts.


When you made that promise to me

Recalling a promise made by someone and the subsequent breaking of that promise in the singer's presence.

Then you broke it in front of me

Expressing a betrayal or breach of trust when the promise was broken.

Everything was fine until I found out

Suggesting a period of contentment followed by the discovery of a truth that disrupted it.

It wasn't the both of us

Highlighting a realization that the situation or relationship was not as inclusive as believed.

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