Love Someone
Navigating Self-Love: Troy Ogletree's Reflections in 'Love Someone'
Lyrics
How in the hell can I love someone if I don't even love myself?
Expressing the difficulty of loving someone when lacking self-love.
I should just, I should just take my time
Contemplating the need to take time before causing harm to others.
Before I hurt someone else
Acknowledging the potential harm to others if action is not taken.
I always get this feeling
Describing a recurring feeling, possibly of unease or introspection.
It's like 3AM and I'm staring at the ceiling
Depicting a moment of contemplation at 3 AM, suggesting inner turmoil.
I can't put a finger on it
Expressing confusion or uncertainty about a particular feeling.
Will it go away by the morning?
Questioning whether the feeling will dissipate with time.
I second guess every decision
Indicating a tendency to doubt and rethink decisions.
Is it a chemical imbalance just blurring my vision?
Pondering if a chemical imbalance is affecting perception.
Does that explain all the slow days?
Suggesting a connection between slow days and a possible imbalance.
Or am I getting in my own way?
Questioning if personal obstacles hinder progress.
Maybe the way that I phase out of this dark misery
Hinting at a process of overcoming dark feelings.
Is finally admitting
Emphasizing the importance of acknowledging personal struggles.
How in the hell can I love someone if I don't even love myself?
Reiterating the difficulty of loving without self-love.
I should just, I should just take my time
Reemphasizing the need to take time before causing harm.
Before I hurt someone else
Highlighting the potential harm if actions are rushed.
When I'm afraid to be alone
Expressing fear of being alone, a common human concern.
I tell myself that's part of growing up
Attributing fear of loneliness to the process of growing up.
Cause how in the hell can I love someone?
Posing the question again about loving someone without self-love.
If I don't even, if I don't even love my
Highlighting the challenge of loving others without self-love.
I could either break down crying
Presenting a choice between breaking down and trying to overcome.
Or get myself up and start trying
Expressing the resolve to get up and make an effort.
I've always strayed away from the quiet
Avoiding solitude due to a preference for external voices.
Cause I'd rather listen to you than the voice in my head
Preferring external voices over the negative inner dialogue.
Saying everything I keep denying
Acknowledging denial of issues communicated by the inner voice.
It's building up and multiplying
Describing the accumulation and intensification of suppressed emotions.
I wanna say that I'm fine
Expressing a desire to appear fine despite internal struggles.
But I'm fighting the signs of an unstable mind
Acknowledging the signs of mental instability and the internal battle.
So maybe the way that I change is to tell myself I'm free
Suggesting a change in mindset by declaring oneself free.
And finally I get it
Indicating a moment of understanding and acceptance.
How in the hell can I love someone if I don't even love myself?
Repeating the challenge of loving without self-love.
I should just, I should just take my time
Reiterating the need to take time before causing harm.
Before I hurt someone else
Reemphasizing the potential harm if actions are rushed.
When I'm afraid to be alone
Recalling the fear of being alone and its connection to growth.
I tell myself that's part of growing up
Restating the idea that fear of loneliness is part of growing up.
Cause how in the hell can I love someone?
Presenting the ongoing challenge of loving without self-love.
If I don't even, if I don't even love my
Reiterating the central theme of the difficulty of self-love.
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