I Fall to Pieces Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Ericawithac 

Cover art for I Fall to Pieces lyrics by Patsy Cline

This song is obviously about unrequited love.

I fall to pieces Each time I see you again I fall to pieces How can I be just your friend

She's heartbroken everytime she sees him so her wound opens up. He probably told her "Let's be friends, we're not good as lovers". Hinting that maybe they gave it a try and it didn't work out for him.

You want me to act like we've never kissed You want me to forget, pretend we've never met And I've tried and I've tried but I haven't yet You walk by, and I fall to pieces

Again hinting at the fact that they had a "romance" once probably not a relationship but assuming she thought it was going to be one.

You tell me to find someone else to love Someone who'll love me, too, the way you used to do But each time I go out with someone new You walk by and I fall to pieces

He wants her to occupy her thoughts elsewhere and on someone else. He may have just told her he loved her because that's what she wanted to hear.

Like I said unrequited love.

@Ericawithac Unrequited love? mmm-kay But it is obviously MORE than that.

This is additionally FORBIDDEN LOVE.
The protagonist... most would say Patsy Cline is the protagonist... but she did not write it.
Sings that the antagonist... the person she falls to pieces over... doesn't want anyone to know that they have ever kissed... but what is the harm in knowing they have kissed unless it is FORBIDDEN LOVE.
If they had just hooked up 1 time or a couple times or if they had courted/dated etc... then WHY should the antagonist care that people know they had kissed?

So JUST...