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Do You Really Want To Hurt Me
Sitti Lyrics
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to realize my crime
Let me love and steal
I have danced
inside your eyes
How can I be real
Do you really want to hurt me
Do you really want to make me cry
Lovers never ask you why
In my heart
the fires burning
Choose my colour
find a star
Precious people always tell me
That's a step
a step too far
Do you really want to hurt me
Do you really want to make me cry
Do you really want to hurt me
Do you really want to make me cry
Words are few
I have spoken
I could waste a thousand years
Wrapped in sorrow
words are token
Come inside and catch my tears
You've been talking but believe me
If it's true
you do not know
This boy loves without a reason
I'm prepared to let you go
If it's love you want from me
Then take it away
Everything is not what you see
It's over today
The song "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" by Sitti explores the complexity of love and the consequences of one's actions. The song opens up with the plea to give the singer time to realize their mistake and let them love and make amends. The singer has danced inside the person's eyes they are singing this song to and expresses their confusion about their own feelings towards their love interest. The line "How can I be real" adds to this confusion that the singer is experiencing. The chorus "Do you really want to hurt me, do you really want to make me cry" reveals the fear the singer has towards their love interest. They are afraid that their love interest would hurt them and make them cry. The line "Lovers never ask you why" highlights the mystery that tends to surround the act of love.
In the second verse, the singer talks about the burning fire in their heart and asks their love interest to choose their color and find a star. The line "precious people always tell me, that's a step too far" shows the singer's frustration towards others' opinions about their relationship. They feel like everyone is involved and has something to say about their love life. In the next part of the chorus, the singer repeats the question of whether their love interest wants to hurt them or make them cry. The final verse starts with the line "words are few I have spoken", and continues on to express how the singer could "waste a thousand years wrapped in sorrow", and how the words they speak are only "tokens". The singer then invites their love interest to come inside and see their tears, as a plea to understand what they're going through.
The song "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" as performed by Sitti is a cover of Culture Club's hit 1982 song of the same name.
Line by Line Meaning
Give me time
Please give me time to think and understand my mistake
to realize my crime
I need time to understand that I have done something wrong
Let me love and steal
Allow me to love and to take risk in love
I have danced inside your eyes
I have found joy and excitement in your company
How can I be real
I can't believe that what is happening is real
Do you really want to hurt me
Are you intentionally trying to cause me pain?
Do you really want to make me cry
Are you intending to make me shed tears?
Precious kisses words that burn me
Your expressions of affection can be both beautiful and hurtful simultaneously
Lovers never ask you why
When we are in love we don't need to ask for justification
In my heart the fires burning
I feel a deep passion in my heart
Choose my colour find a star
Help me choose my direction and be my guiding light
Precious people always tell me
Important people in my life constantly remind me
That's a step a step too far
You are asking too much of me
Words are few I have spoken
I don't have much to say
I could waste a thousand years
I could spend a lot of time trying to sort out my feelings
Wrapped in sorrow words are token
When I am sad, words lose their meaning
Come inside and catch my tears
Be there for me when I cry
You've been talking but believe me
I hear what you are saying, but you don't understand me
If it's true you do not know
You are not aware of the depth of my feelings
This boy loves without a reason
I love you even though I can't explain why
I'm prepared to let you go
I am willing to move on from this relationship
If it's love you want from me
If love is what you are looking for from me
Then take it away
Then I am willing to give it to you
Everything is not what you see
Things are not always as they appear
It's over today
This relationship has come to an end
Contributed by Sophia K. Suggest a correction in the comments below.