Battle
Pokémon Red & Blue Lyrics

Well I love no one and I don't care who knows
I am a broken and empty person who doesn't love anyone, and I don't care who knows about it. I am emotionally unavailable.

Don't care if you're far away
Distance doesn't matter to me because I don't feel anything towards anyone.

Don't give a damn if you're close
Even if someone is near me, I'm still emotionally detached and indifferent.

I'm the vacant distraction of a broken old man
I provide a meaningless distraction from reality, and I am broken and empty.

I lack shape or color
I am a shapeless and colorless person, devoid of any personality or emotions.

Not even gray or even tan
I am not even dull, I am completely devoid of any emotion or character.

I'd hate all I see but it makes me too tired
I don't enjoy anything, but I am too tired or numb to even care about hating things around me.

I'm much more at home when left uninspired
I am most comfortable when nothing inspires or challenges me, as I don't have the emotional energy to handle it.

So damn me to hell and resist if you must
I am aware that people may not like how I am, but they can condemn me if they want.

But lower your eyes once and I'll emerge from the dust
However, if someone shows me even the slightest emotional reaction, I might respond because I am lonely.

For I am nothing
I am a complete emotional void of a person.

Yes I am nothing
I am emphasizing my lack of personality and my emptiness.

And I love no one
I cannot love anyone due to the emptiness I feel inside.

Well I love everyone I am filled with delight
On the other hand, I can love everyone, and it fills me with joy and happiness.

I understand all your feelings I don't see from wrong or right
I can empathize with everyone's emotions, and I don't believe in making moral judgments.

I'm the look in your eyes when you're telling the truth
I am that deep understanding that people yearn for, and I can see the truth in people's eyes.

I'm the wisdom of age and the beauty of youth
I represent both the wisdom of experience and the beauty of youthfulness.

I am shape substance color darkest black palest white
I am everything and anything, encompassing all colors, shapes, and forms.

Speckled gold ringing mirror sharp soft and bright
I am speckled gold, reflecting the sharpness and softness of people's personalities and clothes, and I am bright like the sun.

I'm rage passion laughter and the need to know why
I am every human emotion, including rage and passion, and I am also the desire to understand and find meaning in life.

Come sample all my riches I'm pure stimuli
I beckon you to explore and experience everything I represent, as I am pure stimulus for your senses and emotions.

For I am everything
I am the complete opposite of nothingness; I am everything.

Yes I am everything
I am emphasizing my all-encompassing nature.

And I love everyone
Because of my vast and inclusive nature, I am capable of loving everyone.

Well I can only love someone I am just a person
Contrary to my all-embracing nature, I am still only human, and I can only love one person at a time.

My father loved my mother and I am her son
I am just a product of my parents' love, and I understand the beauty and limitations of love from that.

The preceding verses are the halves of my soul
All the previous verses of this song represent the halves of my complete self, highlighting my capacity to love everything as well as nothing.

I'm just the battlefield and that is my role
My purpose in life is just to be a battleground for opposing emotions and feelings, as I struggle to find meaning and love.

There's a tug of war between what I can and can't feel
I am in a constant struggle between my emotions and my emotional emptiness, never quite deciding which side to.

The inevitable compromise determines the real
At some point, I will have to compromise my emotional emptiness with my desire to feel love, which will define who I truly am.

The equation the reason for my being here
My life's purpose is to solve the equation of balancing my emotional emptiness and my desire to feel love, which gives me direction and meaning.

The struggle resulting in my invention of the tear
My struggle between emotional emptiness and love led to the creation of tears, a physical manifestation of human emotions.

For I'm only something
I am not as vast and all-encompassing as I once thought; I am just something.

Yes I'm only something
I stress that I am not 'everything,' but only a small fragment of the universe.

Yes I'm only something
I emphasize again that I am only a small part of reality, not its entirety.

And I can only love someone
Despite my desire to love everyone, I can only realistically love one person at a time.

And it's the best I can do
Loving one person at a time is the most I can realistically do in my quest for love and meaning.

It's the very best I can do
And I truly believe that this is the best I can do in terms of loving and finding meaning in life.

You're probably someone too
Undoubtedly, there is someone else like me, struggling between emotional emptiness and love.

So perhaps I love you
Maybe, just maybe, I can love that someone, whoever they may be, who understands what I am going through.

Perhaps you'll love me too
Maybe that person can love me back, and we can help each other fill the emotional void within us.

Perhaps you'll love me too
I repeat the line for emphasis, as the possibility of finding love after struggling with emotional emptiness is a powerful idea.