Sorry That I Loved You
Regretful Echoes: Unraveling the Emotion Behind 'Sorry That I Loved You'
Lyrics
I should have let you go go go
I regret not allowing you to leave.
I should have let you go go go
-Waste all my time on you
I wasted a significant amount of time on you.
So much damn time on you
I spent a considerable amount of time on you.
Spent my last dime on you
I used up my last resources for you.
What am I to you?
The singer questions their significance in the other person's life.
Don't care what you gotta say
The singer is indifferent to the other person's opinions.
Pull heart strings till they break
The other person emotionally manipulated the singer.
It's messed up, it's my mistake
The singer acknowledges a mistake, realizing the situation is messed up.
All I can say is
The singer can only express regret.
I wasted all my time
The singer spent all their time on the relationship.
Forgetting about you
The singer is actively trying to forget the other person.
Forgetting about you
Repetition emphasizes the difficulty of forgetting.
I should have let you go go go
Reiteration of regretting not letting the person go.
I should have let you go go go
-I wish I'd always known known known
The singer wishes they had always known the consequences.
I could of let you go
The singer reflects on the possibility of letting go earlier.
And I'd be sorry that I loved you
The singer expresses regret for loving the other person.
I'd be sorry that I ever loved you
The singer is sorry for ever having loved the person.
I'd be sorry that I loved
Reiteration of regret for loving the other person.
Gave up my life for you
The singer sacrificed their life for the other person.
Spent every night with you
The singer spent every night with the other person.
Ends in a fight with you
The relationship ends in conflict.
What am I to do
The singer questions their next steps.
Don't care what you gotta say
The singer is indifferent to the other person's words.
I'm not your hostage
The singer asserts independence, refusing to be a hostage or slave.
Not your slave
The singer declares freedom from the other person's control.
You lost control of me
The other person lost control over the singer.
All I can say is
The singer can only express regret.
I wasted all my time
The singer spent all their time on the relationship.
Forgetting about you
The singer is actively trying to forget the other person.
Forgetting about you
Repetition emphasizes the difficulty of forgetting.
I should have let you go go go
Reiteration of regretting not letting the person go.
I should have let you go go go
-I wish I'd always known known known
The singer wishes they had always known the consequences.
I could of let you go
The singer reflects on the possibility of letting go earlier.
And I'd be sorry that I loved you
The singer expresses regret for loving the other person.
I'd be sorry that I ever loved you
The singer is sorry for ever having loved the person.
I'd be sorry that I loved
Reiteration of regret for loving the other person.
I'd be sorry that I loved you
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