Sleepless Nights
Instrumental Jazz Music Ambient Lyrics
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I put you first and you adored it
Set fires to my forest
And you let it burn
Sang off-key in my chorus
'Cause it wasn't yours
I saw the signs and I ignored it
Set fire to my purpose
And I let it burn
You got off on the hurtin'
When it wasn't yours, yeah
We'd always go into it blindly
I needed to lose you to find me
This dancing was killing me softly
I needed to hate you to love me, yeah
To love, love, yeah
To love, love, yeah
To love, yeah
I needed to lose you to love me, yeah
To love, love, yeah
To love, love, yeah
To love, yeah
I needed to lose you to love me
I gave my all and they all know it
You turned me down and now it's showing
In two months, you replaced us
Like it was easy
Made me think I deserved it
In the thick of healing, yeah
We'd always go into it blindly
I needed to lose you to find me
This dancing was killing me softly
I needed to hate you to love me, yeah
To love, love, yeah
To love, love, yeah
To love, yeah
I needed to lose you to love me, yeah
To love, love, yeah
To love, love, yeah
To love, yeah
I needed to lose you to love me
You promised the world and I fell for it
I put you first and you adored it
Set fires to my forest
And you let it burn
Sang off-key in my chorus
To love, love, yeah
To love, love, yeah
To love, yeah
I needed to hate you to love me, yeah
To love, love, yeah
To love, love, yeah
To love, yeah
I needed to lose you to love me
To love, love, yeah
To love, love, yeah
To love, yeah
And now the chapter is closed and done
To love, love, yeah
To love, love, yeah
To love, yeah
And now it's goodbye, it's goodbye for us
The lyrics of "Sleepless Nights" by Instrumental Jazz Music Ambient tell the story of a relationship that was built on false promises and ended up burning down, leaving the singer alone and hurting. The first verse talks about how the singer fell for the promises made by their partner and how they adored putting them first. However, their partner ended up setting fires in their "forest" (life) and let it burn, singing off-key in their "chorus" (life again) as if it was theirs. The second verse talks about the signs that were ignored and how the singer's purpose was set on fire and burned down while their partner enjoyed seeing them hurt.
The chorus talks about how they both went blindly into this relationship, and the singer needed to lose their partner to find themselves. This dance of the relationship was killing them softly, and they had to hate their partner to love themselves. The bridge talks about how their partner turned them down after they gave all of themselves, which was then followed by them being replaced quickly. All of this made the singer think they deserved what happened. The last chorus talks about how the singer had to hate their partner to love themselves and that with the closing of that chapter, it's time to say goodbye.
Line by Line Meaning
You promised the world and I fell for it
You made extravagant promises and I foolishly believed them
I put you first and you adored it
I prioritized you above everything else, and you loved the attention
Set fires to my forest
And you let it burn
You caused destruction in my life, and you didn't care about the consequences
Sang off-key in my chorus
'Cause it wasn't yours
You tried to take the lead in my life even though it wasn't yours to take
I saw the signs and I ignored it
I noticed the warning signals, but I chose to overlook them
Rose-colored glasses all distorted
My positive attitude towards you was misplaced, and I was blinded to your faults
Set fire to my purpose
And I let it burn
You destroyed my sense of direction and ambition, and I allowed it to happen
You got off on the hurtin'
When it wasn't yours, yeah
You enjoyed causing me pain, even though you had no right to inflict it
We'd always go into it blindly
We entered into our relationship without fully understanding the consequences
I needed to lose you to find me
I had to end our relationship to rediscover my true identity
This dancing was killing me softly
Our relationship was slowly wearing away at me, causing me pain
I needed to hate you to love me, yeah
I had to come to terms with my negative feelings towards you in order to move on and love myself again
I gave my all and they all know it
I put all my effort into our relationship, and everyone knew it
You turned me down and now it's showing
You rejected me and now the consequences of your actions are becoming clear
In two months, you replaced us
Like it was easy
You quickly found someone else to fill the void in your life, as if our relationship meant nothing
Made me think I deserved it
In the thick of healing, yeah
You convinced me that I deserved to be treated poorly, even as I was trying to recover from our relationship
And now the chapter is closed and done
To love, love, yeah
To love, love, yeah
To love, yeah
And now it's goodbye, it's goodbye for us
Our relationship is over, and it's time to move on to something better
Contributed by Levi C. Suggest a correction in the comments below.