Lover
And You Lyrics

Love, love, love, love
Repeated usage of the word love to emphasize the strong feeling of affection.

My lover has no heart
The persona's lover lacks empathy and compassion.

Magic moving blood around that body
The persona's lover is alive and functioning because of the circulation of blood in his body.

He's cool to the touch
The persona's lover is distant and unresponsive in their physical interaction.

I don't see him much
The persona's lover is not often around or accessible to them.

But when I do, he does nothing for me
The persona's lover's presence does not bring any positive feeling or joy to them.

Persona-driven pleasure
The persona's lover is motivated solely by their own desires and satisfaction.

And that's how he gets around
The persona's lover relies on their own selfishness to navigate their relationship.

He placed me right before the fire
The persona's lover put them in a dangerous or risky situation.

But I didn't want to
The persona was not willing to accept the lover's risk.

I knew how quickly my skin would burn
The persona had prior knowledge of the potential harm that could result from the lover's action.

Fire on stone versus fire on flesh
An analogy to compare the hardness of stone to the vulnerability of flesh.

My lover wins the contest
The persona's lover defeats the persona in a competition between safety and danger.

Can you imagine trying to get
A rhetorical question to express the difficulty in gaining satisfaction from something unfeeling.

Some satisfaction out of a stone?
An analogy to represent the inability to connect emotionally with a person lacking feelings.

One would have to wait their whole life and
An expression of how long it would take to gain fulfillment from a non-feeling object.

I resent you for that
The persona feels bitterness towards the lover for not having genuine emotions.

A swing and a miss
A baseball reference used to illustrate the persona's failure in their relationship with the lover.

I weighed all the risks
The persona has contemplated the potential dangers of the lover's actions.

When I agreed to this charade in the night
The persona went along with the lover's scheme under the guise of darkness or secrecy.

My lover, the time has come
The persona is addressing the lover in preparation for a significant announcement.

I hate to break it to you in this way
The persona acknowledges the discomfort that will come from their confession.

Don't ask me
The persona does not want to answer any questions from the lover at this moment.

Stop snooping around
The persona is asking the lover to end their nosy behavior.

Spare me any talk of your future life
The persona does not want to hear or discuss the lover's future plans.

I don't know what I'll do without you
The persona is uncertain how they will manage their life without the lover's presence.

Take up worship at some mile's end?
The persona proposes a hyperbolic idea of reverting to worship to find solace.

But you said betrayal and pride
The persona refers to the lover's prior communication about betrayal and pride.

And then you took your time
The lover has a history of delaying their actions or responses.

And now I gotta spell it out for you
The persona is now tasked with making their point clear to the lover.

O, I'll only say this once
The persona is expressing the gravity of their message by emphasizing its one-time delivery.

V, I'm very sensitive
The persona is making it known that they are highly emotional.

E, everything's a mess
The persona's life and emotions are in complete disarray.

R, I'm repenting that L 'cause, 'cause it's over
The persona regrets their decision to love the lover and indicates that their relationship is now over.

My lover, it's over because
The singular reason for the end of their relationship is about to be revealed.

Early is early, late is late
The persona is attempting to state an objective fact that time cannot be rewound.

My lover, I got no faith
The persona no longer trusts the lover and is expressing their lack of belief or confidence.

I don't got time for that
The persona is expressing their unwillingness to wait for the lover to change.

A swing and a miss
The persona reiterates, using the same phrase as before, their failure in their relationship with the lover.

I tried for the hit
The persona attempted to achieve a successful relationship with the lover.

I got my thrill
The persona gained excitement or joy from their relationship, despite its eventual failure.

Now get me off of this ride
The persona is ready to end the relationship and move on, quite possibly feeling trapped in this relationship so far.