You Should Know Where I'm Coming From Lyrics
What if I said I had problems that made me mean?
What if I knew I would just rip your mind apart,
Would you let me out?
Maybe you can see that I just may be too crazy to love.
If I told you solitude fits me like a glove,
would you let me out?
You oughta know where I'm comin' from
How I was alone when I burned my home,
and all of the pieces were torn and thrown.
You should know where I'm comin' from.
What if I said I was built on
bricks of callousness and crumbs?
What If I said I'd be gone
before I could come,
would you let me out?
Your soul outweighs
my all and my all and--
But you turned me away
from my low blows.
Boy, you should've known.
Beautiful song. She's been hurt before, badly, and her lover should understand that she can't be with him because of it. Maybe he comes from similar circumstances.
This is a song that really hits home with me. I've been extremely prone to depression all my life, and as a result relationships have been difficult. This song is a warning for a potential lover. Are you sure you want to love me?
My last relationship ended after 2 years, on extremely bad terms due to my depression. When you're depressed like I was, you can't keep up, and it's hard for others to understand what you're really going through. The line, "But you turn me away from my low blows, boy you should've known" really kills me. It's like, I gave you my warning, and you ignored it, you chose to love me, and now you're hurt that I'm not what you want me to be. I fucked you up, and you think it's my fault that we're here now.
This song just completely echos what I've gone through. It kind of hurts to listen to but I love it. Banks is brilliant.
This is such a beautiful song. I think she is talking to herself here to her soul the part of her that is broken and confused.The part she never shows as it is too crazy to do anything ordinary she thinks that part should be in ' solitude'.She sais ' if i told you solitude fits me like a glove'. She is wondering if one day shell let that part out or if it too damaged that it might harm everyone including herself. ' i was alone when i burned my home'.The question ' you should know where i am coming from?' is her asking herself when did i become like that when and how did this part of me exist and then she answers by "What if I said I was just too young?What if I said I was built on bricks of carelessness and crumbs?"then she is feeling guilty by letting this part out by saying "My own, my own But you turn me away from my low blows. Boy, you should've known"but she is still wondering if she should let that part out as it is what makes her herself .