Ain't It Funny Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Analiser 

Cover art for Ain't It Funny lyrics by Jennifer Lopez

This is about forbidden love: The obstacle (which, by the way, is a condition for falling in love!) is too big: 'there are facts in our lives we can never change' 'we find ourselves in a less than perfect circumstance and so it seems like we'll never have the chance'

Thus, the feelings are forbidden:

'feeling things you shouldn't feel' 'you don't want to face what's wrong or right' 'Emotions I felt' (falling in love;'Enamorada') 'held me back from what my life should be' (she should have a life without him)

And the perfectness of her feelings is ironic:

'It's so ironic you're what I had pictured you to be'

She despairs about love in her life:

'a true love can never be' 'I just believe that somehow it wasn't meant for me' 'Life can be cruel' 'I don't think that I could face it all again' (any future love)

She lives this love only in her head: She has romantic fantasies 'This perfect romance that I've created in my mind' 'I'd live a thousand lives' (in her mind, that is) 'I wish this could be real'

The love isn't spoken out, yet:

'Just tell me that you understand' (that the obstacle is too big) 'and feel the same'

She's stuck to him, though she knows better: 'you can't move on even though you try' 'fate can play a part in the story of your heart' 'I pushed you far away and yet you stayed with me' (in her heart)

Beautiful song!

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