You Don't Have to Say You Love Me
Unspoken Love: Navigating Emotions in Vikki Carr's Melody
Lyrics
When I said I needed you
Expressing a need for the person
You said you would always stay
The person promised to always be present
It wasn't me who changed but you and now you've gone away
Highlighting the change in the other person, who has left
Don't you see that now you've gone
Emphasizing the departure of the person
And I'm left here on my own
Expressing the sense of being abandoned
That I have to follow you and beg you to come home
Feeling compelled to chase and plead for their return
You don't have to say you love me just be close at hand
Stating that declarations of love aren't necessary, just proximity is desired
You don't have to stay forever I will understand
Accepting the person's need to leave
Believe me, believe me I can't help but love you
Admitting an inability to stop loving the person
But believe me I'll never tie you down
Assuring freedom and not wanting to confine or control
Left alone with just a memory
Being left with memories after the person's departure
Life seems dead and quite unreal
Describing the emptiness and unreality of life without them
All that's left is loneliness there's nothing left to feel
Expressing the overwhelming loneliness and lack of emotions
You don't have to say you love me just be close at hand
Reiterating that verbal expressions of love aren't required, just closeness matters
You don't have to stay forever
Reaffirming acceptance of the person's departure
I will understand believe me, believe me
Repeating understanding and acceptance of their decision
You don't have to say you love me just be close at hand
Emphasizing the preference for closeness over verbal affirmation
You don't have to stay forever
Reiterating acceptance of the person's departure
I will understand, believe me, believe me
Reaffirming understanding and acceptance of their decision
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