Twentythree
Twenty-Three: A Heartfelt Tale of Regret and Longing
Lyrics
I got to tell you that he waited all his life
The speaker conveys that someone waited their entire life for a person like the listener to come and rectify past mistakes.
For someone like you to come make the wrong things right
Despite not always having the answers, the person being addressed has admitted to telling lies at some point.
I know he didn't have the answers all the time
At almost twenty-three, there is lingering resentment in the relationship, with regrets about things said and a desire to retract them.
But you can't tell me that you've never told a lie
Expressing sadness at being portrayed as dead to the world by the listener, while secretly knowing there's a desire for reconciliation.
We're almost twenty-three and you're still mad at me
Describing the act of suffocating someone emotionally while holding them close.
So much that I said to you and I want to take it back now
The speaker regrets allowing the listener into their life and expresses a wish to never have any contact with them again.
Twenty-three and it's so sad to me
Reiterating the resentment at almost twenty-three, expressing a desire to undo past words and actions.
You tell the world I'm dead to you
Feeling emotionally dead to the listener, yet sensing an underlying desire from them to rekindle the relationship.
But I know you want me back now
The speaker questions if the listener found amusement in witnessing the emotional downfall of someone else.
Was it fun for you to watch him fall apart? (Watch me fall)
The speaker wishes that the person never allowed the listener into their life and hopes to never hear from them again.
And suffocate him while you held him in your arms (in your arms)
Reiteration of the resentment at almost twenty-three, with a desire to retract past words and actions.
I swear to God I wish he never let you in (let you in)
Expressing sadness at being perceived as dead by the listener while knowing there's a hidden desire for reconciliation.
And I just hope we never hear from you again
Reflecting on the emotional investment wasted on the listener.
We're almost twenty-three and you're still mad at me
The speaker acknowledges the passage of time and ongoing resentment, wanting to undo past words and actions.
So much that I said to you and I want to take it back now
Reiterating the emotional deadness portrayed to the world while acknowledging the hidden desire for reconciliation.
Twenty-three and it's so sad to me
Expressing the speaker's sadness at the situation at almost twenty-three and the desire to take back past actions.
You tell the world I'm dead to you
Feeling emotionally dead to the listener, yet sensing an underlying desire from them to rekindle the relationship.
But I know you want me back
Repetition of the emotional deadness portrayed to the world while acknowledging the hidden desire for reconciliation.
Wasted on you (wasted on you)
Repeating the emotional investment and time wasted on the listener.
Wasted on you (so much time I've)
Emphasizing the significant amount of time and emotions squandered on the listener.
Wasted on you (wasted on you)
Reiteration of the emotional investment and time wasted on the listener.
Wasted on you
Conveying the depth of emotional investment and time spent on the listener.
On you
Repetition emphasizing the emotional investment and time wasted on the listener.
On you
Continuation of emphasizing the emotional investment and time spent on the listener.
Twenty-three and you're still mad at me
Reiterating the ongoing resentment at almost twenty-three, with a desire to retract past words and actions.
So much that I said to you and I want to take it back now
Expressing the emotional deadness portrayed to the world while acknowledging the hidden desire for reconciliation.
Twenty-three and it's so sad to me
Reflecting on the sadness of the situation at almost twenty-three and the desire to take back past actions.
You tell the world I'm dead to you
Feeling emotionally dead to the listener, yet sensing an underlying desire from them to rekindle the relationship.
But I know you want me back now
Repetition of the emotional deadness portrayed to the world while acknowledging the hidden desire for reconciliation.
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