This is a song about loving yourself. The lyrics are pretty straight-forward. With that said, I can't vibe with it. It sounds... off. And this is not a 'massive' attack on the lyrics, as they don't sound terrible, but I'm struggling to find them comforting even though that's what they should be. I don't know if it's because of my prefrences, me being a grumpy young lad, or if I associate darker things with love, not having experienced the unconditional type of love and finding myself to have been emotionally manipulated to love my caregiver despite them not really caring for me emotionally other than saying empty love you's, with that being the sole tip of the iceberg.
Whatever it is, it's leading me to interpret many lines of the song negatively. For example, I'm not really sure if I want to listen to my soul. Why should I listen to 'My life has no real purpose. I don't recognize myself. I was never truly loved. The world is a rather dark place.' Same goes for other lines, such as 'lovingly rearrange the things that make you blue.' I love the pain. I don't understand why, but I love when I'm in emotional pain. So it shouldn't surprise you when I say that I don't want to listen to myself and rely on myself. Because it's not me, or rather what I want the 'me' to be. But there really is not another option. I don't just get to fall asleep and wake up in a different body with a different brain.
This is a song about loving yourself. The lyrics are pretty straight-forward. With that said, I can't vibe with it. It sounds... off. And this is not a 'massive' attack on the lyrics, as they don't sound terrible, but I'm struggling to find them comforting even though that's what they should be. I don't know if it's because of my prefrences, me being a grumpy young lad, or if I associate darker things with love, not having experienced the unconditional type of love and finding myself to have been emotionally manipulated to love my caregiver despite them not really caring for me emotionally other than saying empty love you's, with that being the sole tip of the iceberg.
Whatever it is, it's leading me to interpret many lines of the song negatively. For example, I'm not really sure if I want to listen to my soul. Why should I listen to 'My life has no real purpose. I don't recognize myself. I was never truly loved. The world is a rather dark place.' Same goes for other lines, such as 'lovingly rearrange the things that make you blue.' I love the pain. I don't understand why, but I love when I'm in emotional pain. So it shouldn't surprise you when I say that I don't want to listen to myself and rely on myself. Because it's not me, or rather what I want the 'me' to be. But there really is not another option. I don't just get to fall asleep and wake up in a different body with a different brain.
This is not the song for me.