The song is about someone pursuing a person with (perhaps covert) low self-esteem and probably who falls under BPD/CPTSD umbrella.. oh the tortured artists and lovers! I make a lot of "guesses" but there is a lot of overlap with other songs by CT.\n\nWhen he said, \'You are full of love\' \nShe fell down into this dirty mess \nSome people see me laugh and tell us,\n\'It\'s wrong to make fun of me\'\n\nLine 1 is said privately between the two and is just him being open that he admires her as a person and wants to continue to know them., but "she" can\'t accept the compliment/attention healthily because EVERYTHING seems like a red flag due to past abuse, so now any kind of attention is highly suspicious and so she self-sabotages as a protective mechanism, likely doubting the presumably "platonic explorations" for some sort of "sexual seduction countdown plan"...\n\nLine 3-4 characterize the singer\'s lack of boundaries. Someone has witnessed the singer "passively" laughing along at a jab/joke made at their own expense and is reminding the singer to respect themselves. Maybe the joker was someone who has a lot of "influence" over the singer and subtly shames them in front of their crush?\n\nDue to past abuse, this person can\'t really function in a relationship healthily. It\'s the cliche of a person who thinks they have to "trick" the other person into a romantic relationship. At the end of the day the guy is crazy for "her" but the singer is just cycling through their old coping mechanisms that were great for surviving abusive jerks but highly confusing for this wonderful guy. Thus, the "but you don\'t want, want my hand".. conveniently ignoring all the attention they are receiving from them. It\'s an overly dramatic "will they or won\'t they" entirely due to low self-esteem. \n\nThe part about "proving" refers to how people with relationship trauma may need excessive levels of reassurance to even begin to "trust", often secretly testing their partner\'s "loyalty" by "acting out". \n\nOne song sung from the other person\'s perspective is Moody Blue as sung by Elvis Presley. Much more straightforrward than CT of course. \n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCNfVmbBXHQ
The song is about someone pursuing a person with (perhaps covert) low self-esteem and probably who falls under BPD/CPTSD umbrella.. oh the tortured artists and lovers! I make a lot of "guesses" but there is a lot of overlap with other songs by CT.\n\nWhen he said, \'You are full of love\' \nShe fell down into this dirty mess \nSome people see me laugh and tell us,\n\'It\'s wrong to make fun of me\'\n\nLine 1 is said privately between the two and is just him being open that he admires her as a person and wants to continue to know them., but "she" can\'t accept the compliment/attention healthily because EVERYTHING seems like a red flag due to past abuse, so now any kind of attention is highly suspicious and so she self-sabotages as a protective mechanism, likely doubting the presumably "platonic explorations" for some sort of "sexual seduction countdown plan"...\n\nLine 3-4 characterize the singer\'s lack of boundaries. Someone has witnessed the singer "passively" laughing along at a jab/joke made at their own expense and is reminding the singer to respect themselves. Maybe the joker was someone who has a lot of "influence" over the singer and subtly shames them in front of their crush?\n\nDue to past abuse, this person can\'t really function in a relationship healthily. It\'s the cliche of a person who thinks they have to "trick" the other person into a romantic relationship. At the end of the day the guy is crazy for "her" but the singer is just cycling through their old coping mechanisms that were great for surviving abusive jerks but highly confusing for this wonderful guy. Thus, the "but you don\'t want, want my hand".. conveniently ignoring all the attention they are receiving from them. It\'s an overly dramatic "will they or won\'t they" entirely due to low self-esteem. \n\nThe part about "proving" refers to how people with relationship trauma may need excessive levels of reassurance to even begin to "trust", often secretly testing their partner\'s "loyalty" by "acting out". \n\nOne song sung from the other person\'s perspective is Moody Blue as sung by Elvis Presley. Much more straightforrward than CT of course. \n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCNfVmbBXHQ