Lyrics
Only you bring me down, but you bring me down low
Feeling brought down by a specific person, despite a low starting point
I swim around like a fish while I'm sinking like a ship
Using contradictory imagery to describe a sinking feeling while attempting to navigate
Nature, the great matchmaker
Nature as a force that pairs individuals, possibly setting them up for conflict
Set the prey up, set the prey up with the predator
Describing the dynamic of matching prey and predator in a relationship
Emotional criminal
Labeling someone as an emotional criminal, suggesting manipulative behavior
Ambush me and steal my sympathy
Being ambushed emotionally, with sympathy being taken away
Emotional criminal
Reiteration of the term "Emotional criminal" and a call to put hands in sight
Put your hands where I can see them
Instructing the person to show their hands slowly and deliberately
See them, see them nice and slow
-La la, you look sexy in your momma's house (nanana)
Playful and repeated expressions about looking sexy and good in a specific setting
La la, you look sexy in your momma's house (nanana)
-La la, you look good in your momma's house (nanana)
-La la, you look sexy in your momma's house (nanana)
Continuation of expressions about looking sexy in a specific setting
I gave you what you needed to breathe on your own (oh)
Giving support, but facing punishment for granting control
You punish me for leaving you in control
Punishment for leaving, indicating a complex relationship power dynamic
Paperback book manufactured love
Describing love as something manufactured in a paperback book
Needs a romance victim and conqueror
Love needing both a victim and conqueror, suggesting a toxic pattern
Emotional criminal
Reiteration of the term "Emotional criminal" and the experience of emotional ambush
Ambush me and steal my sympathy
Being ambushed emotionally again, with sympathy being stolen
Emotional criminal
Reiteration of the term "Emotional criminal" and a call to put hands in sight
Put your hands where I can see them
Instructing the person to show their hands slowly and deliberately
See them, see them nice and slow
-La la, you look sexy in your momma's house (nanana)
Repeated expressions about looking sexy and good in a specific setting
La la, you look sexy in your momma's house (nanana)
-La la, you look good in your momma's house (nanana)
-La la, you look sexy in your momma's house (nanana)
Continuation of expressions about looking sexy in a specific setting
Emotional criminal
Reiteration of the term "Emotional criminal" and the experience of emotional ambush
Ambush me and steal my sympathy
Being ambushed emotionally again, with sympathy being stolen
Emotional criminal
Reiteration of the term "Emotional criminal" and a call to put hands in sight
Put your hands where I can see them
Instructing the person to show their hands slowly and deliberately
See them, see them nice and slow
-La la, you look sexy in your momma's house (nanana)
Repeated expressions about looking sexy and good in a specific setting
La la, you look sexy in your momma's house (nanana)
-La la, you look good in your momma's house (nanana)
-La la,la la (nanana)
Continuation of playful expressions about looking good in a specific setting
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