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You always hurt the one you love
The one you shouldn't hurt at all
You always take the sweetest rose
And crush it till the petals fall
You always break the kindest heart
With a hasty word you can't recall
So If I broke your heart last night,
It's because I love you most of all




Overall Meaning

Kay Starr's "You Always Hurt the One You Love" is a hauntingly beautiful song that speaks about the paradoxical nature of love. In the song, the singer laments about the fact that we often hurt the people we love the most, despite our best intentions. The song is a perfect reflection of the complicated, and often painful, experience of falling in love.


The first stanza of the song speaks about how we hurt the one we love, even though we should never hurt them. The metaphor of taking the sweetest rose and crushing it till the petals fall is a powerful one, as it shows the fragility and beauty of love, which can be destroyed with a single misstep. In the second stanza, the song speaks about how we break the kindest heart with a hasty word that we can't recall. This demonstrates how love is full of contradictions, and even though we love someone deeply, we end up hurting them unintentionally.


The chorus of the song, "You always hurt the one you love," is a simple but powerful statement. It reminds us that love is often fraught with pain and that even our best intentions can lead to hurt feelings. The final line of the song, "So if I broke your heart last night, it's because I love you most of all," is a poignant reminder of the depth of love and how it can lead to both joy and heartbreak.


Overall, Kay Starr's "You Always Hurt the One You Love" is a timeless classic that speaks to the universal experience of love and heartbreak. The song's simple but profound lyrics, beautiful melody, and haunting vocals ensure that it remains a favorite among music lovers of all ages.


Line by Line Meaning

You always hurt the one you love
It seems that every time you love someone deeply, you end up hurting them.


The one you shouldn't hurt at all
You end up hurting that person who you should not be hurting at all.


You always take the sweetest rose
You always seem to take the most valuable and fragile things and end up breaking them.


And crush it till the petals fall
You go on crushing or destroying that precious thing, until you completely damage it.


You always break the kindest heart
You often break the kindest and most loving heart out there.


With a hasty word you can't recall
With just some hastily spoken words, which you might not even remember, you can shatter someone's heart.


So If I broke your heart last night,
So, if I broke your heart last night, it was not intentional, it's because I love you the most.


It's because I love you most of all
The reason why I broke your heart last night is that I love you more than anything or anyone else in the world.




Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Allan Roberts, Doris Fisher

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