She was born in Ystad, Skåne; her mother, Kärsti Stiege, was a photographer, and her father, Johan Zachrisson, is a member of the Swedish punk-reggae band Dag Vag. Her younger brother, Zacharias Zachrisson, is also a musician. The family moved to Stockholm when Zachrisson was a toddler and when she was six moved to a mountaintop in Portugal where they lived for five years. The family also spent time in Lisbon and Morocco, and winters in Nepal and India. She moved to Brooklyn, New York City, for three months when she was 19. She returned when she was 21 to record her album.
Unrequited Love
Lykke Li Lyrics
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Oh this love is unrequited
Twice the pain, the suffering
Oh my love is unrequited
Oh my love is unrequited
That must mean I'll live again
Get back what I lost to them
Oh the shame, this crying game
Oh my love, I've been denied it
Oh my love is unrequited
And I know it so well
I could play it by ear
Looking back at myself
While the violin plays
And blue is my tune
Another stitch to my wound
Another inch in this dwell
I know it all too well
When once again it's happening
Oh our love has gone divided
Oh my love is unrequited
Oh my love is unrequited
Oh my love is unrequited
Oh my love is unrequited
The lyrics of Lykke Li's Unrequited Love reflect the pain and heartbreak of loving someone who does not reciprocate those feelings. She sings about the familiar anguish of unrequited love and the resulting sorrow and shame. The song has a melancholic melody, with Li's voice accompanied by a violin that adds to the somber mood of the song.
Li uses repetition in the lyrics to emphasize the repeated nature of the pain of unrequited love. She sings, "Once again it's happening" and "Twice the pain, the suffering," indicating that this is not a new experience for her. Li also expresses a desire to be loved in return, to "get back what I lost to them," which highlights the sense of loss and disappointment that comes with unrequited love.
Overall, the lyrics describe the emotionally devastating experience of loving someone who cannot or will not love you back. Li's evocative storytelling makes the listener feel the pain that she is going through, creating an empathetic connection with the audience.
Line by Line Meaning
Once again it's happening
I am experiencing unrequited love, and this is not the first time.
Oh this love is unrequited
I am in love with someone who does not feel the same way about me.
Twice the pain, the suffering
Loving someone who doesn't love me back is causing me a lot of emotional pain.
Oh my love is unrequited
I continue to feel unloved and rejected.
That must mean I'll live again
I believe that I will be able to move on from this unrequited love and find love again in the future.
And get back what I gave my men
I hope to find someone who will love me back as much as I have loved others in the past.
Get back what I lost to them
I want to regain the love that I have lost in my previous relationships.
Oh the shame, this crying game
I feel embarrassed and ashamed for crying over someone who doesn't love me back.
Oh my love, I've been denied it
My feelings of love have been rejected and denied by the person I am in love with.
And I know it so well
I am very familiar with the pain of unrequited love.
I could play it by ear
I could predict the outcome of my unrequited love experience as if playing music by ear.
Looking back at myself
I am reflecting on my experience of unrequited love.
While the violin plays
The music represents the emotional pain that I am feeling.
And blue is my tune
The melancholic music mirrors my feelings of sadness associated with unrequited love.
Another stitch to my wound
My heart is already wounded, and this experience of unrequited love is just adding to that pain.
Another inch in this swell
My emotional pain is building slowly with each new experience of unrequited love.
I know it all too well
I have experienced this pain of unrequited love before.
When once again it's happening
I am experiencing unrequited love again.
Oh our love has gone divided
My love is not reciprocated, and so there is a divide between the two of us.
Oh my love is unrequited
I continue to feel unloved and unwanted.
Oh my love is unrequited
My feelings of love are being rejected, and I am not receiving the love I desire.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: BJOERN YTTLING, LYKKE LI ZACHRISSON
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@antecajo9044
Once again it's happening
All this love is unrequited
Twice the pain, the suffering
All my love is unrequited
All my love is unrequited
That must mean I'll live again
And get back what I gave my men
Get back what I lost to them
All the shame, this crying game
All my love I've been denied
All my love is unrequited
And I know it so well
I could play it again
Looking back at myself
While the violin plays
This endure is my tomb
Another stitch to my wound
Another inch in this dwell
I know it all too well
When once again it's happening
All our love has gone divided
All my love is unrequited
All my love is unrequited
All my love is unrequited
All my love is unrequited
@user-hp4gk7zm3e
hello ! world is beuatiful
God loves the world so much that he has given me a son who has only one son, so that every man who trusts in me will not perish, but will live forever.
Trust in the Lord Jesus, and you and your house will be saved.
@antecajo9044
Once again it's happening
All this love is unrequited
Twice the pain, the suffering
All my love is unrequited
All my love is unrequited
That must mean I'll live again
And get back what I gave my men
Get back what I lost to them
All the shame, this crying game
All my love I've been denied
All my love is unrequited
And I know it so well
I could play it again
Looking back at myself
While the violin plays
This endure is my tomb
Another stitch to my wound
Another inch in this dwell
I know it all too well
When once again it's happening
All our love has gone divided
All my love is unrequited
All my love is unrequited
All my love is unrequited
All my love is unrequited
@lizadoesray
Thanks
@Lidushkaa
Sounds like the soundtrack to my (non-existent) love life. I keep falling in love with guys who are supposed to be just my friends and I'm too scared to act on it, torturing myself by being around them on a daily basis...Yay! But this song is just pure gold, always soothes me when I need it.
@reylobenreylove7603
I know the feeling. I just got hurt my a guy friend that I really felt had feelings for me. There were signs. A lot of them. The same I'm sure he saw with me (He kind of knew I liked him) He said he's flattered but he's seeing someone.
@reylobenreylove7603
I know the feeling. I just got hurt my a guy friend that I really felt had feelings for me. There were signs. A lot of them. The same I'm sure he saw with me (He kind of knew I liked him) He said he's flattered but he's seeing someone.
@akramm.8543
I hope your life is better now.
@isabell6181
Most of the time the simplest songs are the ones that tug on your heart strings the most. They leave you as softly as they came in and you are left with a deep longing for something that you've lost and you're not even quite sure sometimes what it is. Beautiful.
@kennethgutman3465
This song and the artist's performance of it is so great it seems as much a discovery as a creation.
@chococookies7292
Wonderful. She's so talented. Those backup singers are so talented!
@shibers8565
Em..to jest po prostu cudowna muzyka! Jestem fanką Lykke. *___*