Her self-titled debut album, Mathilde Santing, came out in 1982 and she gas released well over fifteen studio albums since, most of them sung in English, although she sometimes performs and records in her mother tongue as well. Known for her whispery and vulnerable vocal style, Santing is a prominent gay role model in The Netherlands. She sang at the opening and closing ceremonies of the 1998 Gay Games in Amsterdam.
Santing's biggest chart success came in 1999 with the lush ballad 'Wonderful Life', which hit #6 in the Dutch Top 40. The song was taken from the 1999 album To Others To One, which is her highest charting album in her native Netherlands to date, reaching #4 in the Dutch album charts.
Don't Try to Tell Me
Mathilde Santing Lyrics
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But before the night is gone our love may be revealed
Don't try to tell me what kind of love I need
If you don't love me, don't say anything
Just take a little bit more from me, anything you need
Show me your sorrow, show me your grief
'Cause it's okay with me
Now don't turn away from me, I see things in your eyes
And if you see the same in mine, why did you put your
love aside
Don't try to tell me what kind of love I need
If you don't love me, don't say anything
Just take a little bit more from me, anything you need
Show me your sorrow, show me your grief
'Cause it's okay with me
I've been trapped inside things that made me believe
you were there to show me how you could hold me
But I no longer can see inside this disease
But I know we've shared love so sweet
Don't try to tell me what kind of love I need
If you don't love me, don't say anything
Just take a little bit more from me, anything you need
Show me your sorrow, show me your grief
'Cause it's okay with me
Don't try to tell me what kind of love I need
If you don't love me, don't say anything
Just take a little bit more from me, anything you need
Show me your sorrow, show me your grief
'Cause it's okay with me
'Cause it's okay with me
It's okay with me
The song "Don't Try to Tell Me" by Mathilde Santing is about a woman who is in love with a man who she is unsure has the same feelings for her. The lyrics suggest that the woman is torn between the desire to stay with the man and the fear of being rejected. She pleads with the man not to try and tell her what kind of love she needs, but instead show her his sorrow and grief if he does not feel the same way. The chorus repeats the idea that it's okay with her if he does not love her, as long as he is honest about it and takes what he needs from her.
The opening lines of the song, "Don't make me stay too long, I might think you want me / But before the night is gone our love may be revealed," set the tone for the rest of the song. The woman is cautious about the man's intentions and fears that staying too long will lead to revealing their true feelings for each other. The line "I've been trapped inside things that made me believe / You were there to show me how you could hold me" suggests that the woman has been hurt in the past and is weary of being hurt again. The overall message in this song is that honesty is crucial in any relationship, and it is better to know the truth than to be led on.
Line by Line Meaning
Don't make me stay to long, I might think you want me
If I stay too long, I might get the wrong idea that you want me to stay
But before the night is gone our love may be revealed
Our hidden feelings for each other may get revealed before the night ends
Don't try to tell me what kind of love I need
You can't tell me what kind of love I should have
If you don't love me, don't say anything
If you don't love me, it's better to say nothing
Just take a little bit more from me, anything you need
Take what you want from me if that's what you need
Show me your sorrow, show me your grief
Let me see your sadness and pain
'Cause it's okay with me
I'm okay with seeing your pain and sorrow
Now don't turn away from me, I see things in your eyes
Don't look away, I can see something in your eyes
And if you see the same in mine, why did you put your love aside
If you feel the same way as I do, why did you ignore your feelings for me
I've been trapped inside things that made me believe
I have been stuck in situations that made me believe something that might not be true
you were there to show me how you could hold me
I thought you were there to hold me and show your love to me
But I no longer can see inside this disease
I can no longer see the truth in this situation
But I know we've shared love so sweet
I know that we have shared a beautiful love in the past
'Cause it's okay with me
I'm okay with those memories, even if things have changed now
'Cause it's okay with me
I'm okay with everything, even though it may not be ideal
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