I Don't Know Why I Love You
Brand New Heavies Featuring N'dea Davenport Lyrics

Eh hey (Yeah yeah)
Opening ad-lib. No particular meaning.

Eh hey (Yeah yeah yeah)
Repeating the opening ad-lib. No particular meaning.

I don't know why I love you
Expressing confusion as to why the singer loves the person in question.

I don't know why I love you
Repeating the expression of confusion as to why the singer loves the person in question.

I don't know why I love you
Repeating the expression of confusion as to why the singer loves the person in question.

But I love ya'.
Acknowledging that despite the confusion, the singer still loves the person in question.

Always treat me like a fool
Accusing the person in question of constantly treating the singer as a fool.

Kick me when I'm down that's your rule
Accusing the person in question of having a rule to kick the singer when they are already down.

I don't know why I love you
Repeating the expression of confusion as to why the singer loves the person in question.

But I love you
Reiterating that despite the negative treatment, the singer still loves the person in question.

yeah yeah yeah yeah
Repeating a chant. No particular meaning.

Oh you never never stop your
Accusing the person in question of continually engaging in cheating behavior.

Cheatin' ways with that other girl
Specifically stating that the cheating behavior involves another woman.

You laugh in my face
Accusing the person in question of openly disrespecting and ridiculing the singer.

Now how long must I be disgraced?
Expressing a desire to end the humiliation and negative treatment from the person in question.

Cause I love ya'
Despite all of the negative treatment, emphasizing that the singer still loves the person in question.

baby baby, baby, baby
Repeating a term of affection. No particular meaning.

You throw my heart down in the dirt
Using a metaphor to describe the emotional pain and hurt inflicted by the person in question.

You made me cry on this cold black earth, Baby,
Stating that the person in question has caused the singer to suffer immensely and intensely.

I never knew how much love could hurt
Reflecting on the unexpected extent of pain that can come from loving someone.

Until I loved you.
Attributing the source of the suffering to the person in question.

Can't stop
Expressing an inability to stop crying and feeling hurt.

I can't stop crying can't you see
Reiterating the inability to stop crying and seeking validation from the person in question.

Here I'm pleadin' on my knees
Describing a desperate and vulnerable state, begging for help and mercy.

I'm on my knees
Repeating the physical position of being on one's knees, emphasizing the desperation.

Wont you help me, help me baby please
Pleading for help and compassion from the person in question.

Cause I love you, I love you I love you
Reiterating that despite the pain, the singer still loves the person in question.

Baby.
Using a term of affection. No particular meaning.

Baby baby please stop,
Appealing to the person in question to stop causing pain and suffering.

Baby baby please stop
Repeating the appeal for the person in question to stop causing pain and suffering.

Can't you see I'm on my knees?
Reiterating the desperate state of being on one's knees, begging for help and mercy.

Why won't you just help me please?
Expressing confusion and frustration as to why the person in question won't show any mercy or help.

Baby just believe
Asking the person in question to believe in the sincerity of the singer's love.

baby just stop
Asking the person in question to stop causing pain and suffering.

ah huh ah huh oh oh oh oh
Repeating a chant. No particular meaning.

oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Repeating a chant. No particular meaning.

oh oh oh
Repeating a chant. No particular meaning.

baby make believe
Asking the person in question to pretend or believe that everything is fine and that the love is still strong.

I love you love you love you love you love you love you love you love you baby
Reiterating the depth and intensity of the singer's love for the person in question.

(These days why ya' breaking?)
A rhetorical question or an expression of confusion as to why the person in question is causing so much pain and suffering.

(These days why ya' breaking my heart?)
Reiterating the confusion and pain caused by the person in question.

(Why ya' gonna' break my heart?)
Expressing a sense of betrayal and confusion as to why the person in question would break the singer's heart.

Oh oh I can't take it no more baby make me wanna' scream
Expressing extreme distress and frustration, to the point of wanting to scream.

(Why ya' gonna' break my heart)
Reiterating the sense of betrayal and confusion as to why the person in question would break the singer's heart.