Heartbreaker
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Give me your love
Give me your love
Give me your love
Give me your love
Give me your love
Give me your love
Give me your love
Give me your love

You gotta bounce to it like this
You almost gotta walk to this
Uh huh
Escape

Boy your love's so good
I don't want to let go
And although I should
I can't leave you alone
'Cause you're so disarming
I'm caught up in the midst of you
And I can not resist, and oh

Boy if I do
The things you want me to
The way I used to do
Would you love me, baby
Hold me, feeling now
Go and break my heart

Heartbreaker, you got the best of me
But I just keep on coming back incessantly
Oh why, did you have to run your game on me
I should have known right from the start
You'd go and break my heart

Give me your love, give me your love
Give me your love, give me your love
Give me your love, give me your love
Give me your love, give me your love
Give me your love, give me your love
Give me your love, give me your love
Give me your love, give me your love
Give me your love, give me your love

It's a shame to be so euphoric and weak
When you smile at me
And you tell me the things that you know
Persuade me to relinquish my love to you
But I can not resist at all

Boy if I do
The things you want me to
The way I used to do
Would you love me, baby
Hold me, feeling now
Go and break my heart

Heartbreaker, you got the best of me
But I just keep on coming back incessantly
Oh why, did you have to run your game on me
I should have known right from the start
You'd go and break my heart

She want to shop with Jay, play box with Jay
She want to pillow fight in the middle of the night
She want to drive my Benz with five of her friends
She want to creep past the block spyin' again
She want to roll with Jay, chase the skeeos away
She want to fight with lame chicks, blow my day
She want to inspect the rest, kick me to the curb
If she find a strand of hair longer than hers
She want love in the jacuzzi, rub up in the movies
Access to the old crib, keys to the new crib
She want to answer the phone, tattoo her arm
That's when I gotta send her back to her moms
She call me "Heartbreaker"
When we apart, it makes her
Want to get a piece of paper, scribble "I hate ya"
But she know she love Jay because
She love everything Jay say, Jay does and uh

Heartbreaker, you got the best of me
But I just keep on coming back incessantly
Oh why, did you have to run your game on me
I should have known right from the start
You'd go and break my heart

Heartbreaker, you got the best of me
But I just keep on coming back incessantly
Oh why, did you have to run your game on me
I should have known right from the start
You'd go and break my heart

Heartbreaker, you got the best of me
But I just keep on coming back incessantly
Oh why, did you have to run your game on me
I should have known right from the start
You'd go and break my heart

Heartbreaker, you got the best of me
But I just keep on coming back incessantly
Oh why, did you have to run your game on me
I should have known right from the start
You'd go and break my heart





Give me your love, give me your love
Give me your love, give me your love

Overall Meaning

"Heartbreaker" is a song by Mariah Carey that talks about a woman who is in love with a manipulative man. She knows that he is bad for her, but she cannot resist his charm. The chorus features the title of the song, in which she admits that the man has broken her heart, but she keeps coming back to him. The lyrics also describe the specific things the man does to make her fall for him, such as persuading her to relinquish her love to him and making her feel euphoric and weak. The verses include a rap by Jay-Z, in which he describes his own relationship struggles.


The song is catchy and upbeat, despite the subject matter being about heartbreak. The repeated refrain of "give me your love" adds to the desperate tone of the lyrics. The use of electronica and dance beats also contributes to the overall feel of the song.


Line by Line Meaning

Give me your love
The singer is repeatedly asking for the love of the person she's singing to.


You gotta bounce to it like this
The beat of the song is such that it should be moved to in a bouncy manner.


Boy your love's so good
The person the song is directed at is praised for their love.


I don't want to let go
Despite potential issues, the singer doesn't want to give up on the relationship.


And although I should
Despite the fact that it may be better to end the relationship, the singer doesn't want to.


I can't leave you alone
The singer feels unable to end the relationship.


'Cause you're so disarming
The person the song is directed at has something that makes them hard to resist.


I'm caught up in the midst of you
The singer is fully immersed in their relationship with the person they're singing to.


And I can not resist, and oh
The singer is finding it hard to resist the person they're singing to.


Boy if I do
If the singer does what the person they're singing to asks of them.


The things you want me to
The person the song is directed at is asking the singer to do certain things.


The way I used to do
The person the song is directed at is asking the singer to act in a certain way once again.


Would you love me, baby
The singer is questioning if the person they're singing to would love them if they complied with their wishes.


Hold me, feeling now
The singer wants to be held by the person they're singing to while they express their feelings about the relationship.


Go and break my heart
The singer is questioning if the person they're singing to wants to hurt them.


Heartbreaker, you got the best of me
The person the song is directed at has hurt the singer repeatedly.


But I just keep on coming back incessantly
Despite the hurt, the singer keeps returning to the relationship.


Oh why, did you have to run your game on me
The singer is questioning why the person they're singing to played games with them in the relationship.


I should have known right from the start
The singer acknowledges they should have seen the warning signs in the beginning of the relationship.


You'd go and break my heart
The person the song is directed at has repeatedly broken the singer's heart.


She want to shop with Jay, play box with Jay
The singer references Jay Z and details the things their partner wants from them.


She want to pillow fight in the middle of the night
The singer's partner wants to engage in a playful activity in the dark of night.


She want to drive my Benz with five of her friends
The singer's partner wants to drive one of their cars with five of their friends.


She want to creep past the block spyin' again
The singer's partner wants to secretly go past their block and spy on someone.


She want to roll with Jay, chase the skeeos away
The singer references Jay Z again and details what their partner wants from them in another scenario.


She want to fight with lame chicks, blow my day
The singer's partner wants to fight with someone who isn't good enough for the singer and disrupt their day.


She want to inspect the rest, kick me to the curb
The singer's partner wants to investigate their actions and possibly leave them afterwards.


If she find a strand of hair longer than hers
If the singer's partner finds evidence that someone else may be involved in the relationship.


She want love in the jacuzzi, rub up in the movies
The singer's partner wants to be intimate with them in various places like a jacuzzi or during a movie.


Access to the old crib, keys to the new crib
The singer's partner wants access to their previous home and keys to their current home.


She want to answer the phone, tattoo her arm
The singer's partner wants to answer the singer's phone and get a tattoo of something related to the singer.


That's when I gotta send her back to her moms
The singer mentions a consequence for their partner's behavior.


Heartbreaker
The singer refers to their partner as a heartbreaker, someone who repeatedly causes them emotional pain.


When we apart, it makes her
The singer's absence from their partner's life causes them to react in a certain way.


Want to get a piece of paper, scribble "I hate ya"
When the singer is away, their partner wants to express their dislike for them.


But she know she love Jay because
Despite expressing negative emotions when the singer is away, their partner knows they love them.


She love everything Jay say, Jay does and uh
Their partner loves everything the singer does and says, possibly even more than they love them.




Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: SHIRLEY ELLISTON, LINCOLN CHASE, WARREN III GRIFFIN, SHAWN CARTER, MARIAH CAREY, JEFFREY E COHEN, MICHAEL WALDEN

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