lirik lagu saydo - the hopeless romantic [full song]
[the romantic’s upbringing]
[verse 1]
for as long as i can remember, my disposition resembled a hopeless romantic
the glamor of quantity negated by the shades of my sentiments, the ethics of my peers were left abandoned
even on a famine, upheld loyalty to my standards
late bloomer but i still managed
because my essence would befouled if i ever took any love for granted
i am no columbus, steered clear of the world’s temptrеsses
local taste plagued mе interested
sights set on a sail for a social sake
the ship of companions and stowed away
contentment in my heart that overtakes
with this prospect: from dawn to dusk
i long for the life long voyage in the soul of my soul mate
i enroll in no fate in which your role holds no weight
unpretentious existence, my only goal is yo’ sole embrace
for as long as i can remember, my disposition resembled a hopeless romantic
the contributions to the makeup of my character are all beyond my understandin’
although, i surmise, the root of my romanticism is embedded in patriarchy
the ones who gave me heartbeats
in me, complex dynamics they’ve planted
flowers, when left to their own devices, blossom with a beauty incomparable in nature
a delicate gift entrusted by gaia should only be cherished by a caretaker
but what happen when bees arrive for the nectar
from which they derive their pleasure
then leave and thrive in neglect of
the deprived, whose pollen has tried to rise and fly but gave up
seasoned spectator, i’ve sat front row to degradation of my maker
wilted with insecurity, brown spots of bitterness in place of her once sweet purity
fault of my other creator in wake of his salacious behavior
a voracious crusader of the ageless nature to conquer everything and everyone on every adjacent acre
for ideals of brawn who wreaks devastation upon the most tender beauty, he’s but a complacent conveyor
with manhood as the archaic enabler
the instincts of the heart you neglected in a fallacious waiver
is the same warmth of bein’ my yearnin’ embraces the chase of
because my faith is greater
then the ramblings of an ego who entices the idea of protection, not with bearin’ affection, not with a shared connection
but an impaired perception of what love is at its most basic layer
self~fulfillin’ prophecy, proclaimin’ love to shepherd the downfall of man is a stew in misogyny
and trailin’ short lived thrills is a huge hypocrisy
when they’re mere echoes of the same weaknesses you forsworn in your outworn philosophy
as your own progeny, i bear witness to the grandeur of masculinity in everything you embody
a human copy, i’ve seen my kin shadow in your missteps like a true prodigy
but a brute’s hollow feat power draws to be if happiness facades with me
so my inheritance, i renounced the stakes
their road, i refused to take
and traveled the opposite way in this moot dichotomy
[the romantic’s divergence]
[chorus 1]
my gaze posed at the occupation of my predecessor
and everything i never aspired to be peered back at my reflection
sober eyes, a vow i made in my adolescence
to traverse the terrain of life under no deception
and love was no exception
can not control erection
but if erection control yo’ direction
then you’ll never know affection
just because yo’ soul is settlin’
for that same old obsession
thinkin’ it bestows you pleasure
when it only numbs the emptiness you feel when your life has no objective
thrills feel good for a second
came fast ‘cause it don’t take no effort
left even faster ‘cause yo’ brain can’t go on a break forever
pain just can’t be escaped forever
and yo’ last will never reach the measure
of yo’ first, and everytime you try to reseek the treasure
it get a li’l worse and then it worsens
until you’re flirtin’ with the urges of takin’ actions that have no reverses
normally there’d be aversion
but your logic’s on excursion as you become a cursed version
of the hurt person you were before you purged purpose
and followed a hollow and cheap endeavor
[bridge]
love don’t, uhn uhn (and followed a hollow and cheap endeavor)
love don’t, uhn, uhn (cheap endeavor)
love don’t, uhn uhn
love don’t, uhn uhn
love don’t, uhn, uhn
love don’t, uhn uhn
love don’t, uhn, uhn
[post~chorus]
love don’t work like that
love ain’t s’posed to hurt like that
see it as an equal, love won’t leave you
it’s just for better or for worse like that
love don’t know confusion
‘cause if it’s love, you love to the fullest
no other way to get through it
‘cause love don’t regret
and if it do, you haven’t met real love yet
always there to heighten yo’ highs
and be a cushion to yo’ lows
fulfillment on your best days
and your worst days, you’ll never want to know
a life separate from it
‘cause that’ll be the death of yourself at your very best up on it
and your happiness will mourn it
you don’t choose to have to breathe, or bleed, or eat, or sleep, or think
or even fall in love
because that’s what your body does by instinct
love is the easiest thing you can do in the world because it’s not somethin’ you can just do
love is lookin’ at person for who they are and seein’ another extension of you
it is more than just a feelin’
so ask more than just “do this feel right?”
it is more than just a desire
so want more than just this person in your life
love is a state of bein’
it consumes your mind, your body, your soul, your existence
when you’re with them, ask “do i feel like me and is this the happiest i can be?”
yeah, is this the happiest i can be?
when i’m with them, do i really feel like me?
[the romantic’s overcompensation]
[verse 2]
the patriarchy passed down to its heirs, a doctrine
survival of the fittest, they taught ‘em
only the strongest survive in the process
based masculinity around this logic
shaped aggression into a weapon
imparted another word of caution
anything on the soft end, a toxin
environmental causes
dog eat dog world befall us
inside a man’s mind, he finds solace
but welcomin’ visitors produces problems
so concealin’ emotions is how you solve ‘em
power be thy only priority
pursuin’ happiness, not an option
always exert your full authority
in the presence of those more in need of what we seed because the weak are too appallin’
vulnerability is, indeed, an execution callin’
use this knowledge to your fullest prowess
and brute the flower
spit in the face of second place
for a runnin’ mate will lose you power
victory’s only granted to first place
so never not place yo’ needs first
i guarantee a worse fate for males who conclude in her sake
a riches of embarrassment
emasculation made a weary man
from imperilment, retain many women, your inheritance will preserve face
but when i diverged faith, the road was adverse paved
but with speed bumps come alert brakes
somewhere along my relations, overcompensation hitched a ride in my tries of accommodation
the more i saw its value go deformed or understated, the more it became my preoccupation
sober eyes became a quote of lies when i grew intoxicated
to the prospect of love and all the fantasies i’ve contemplated
but bein’ courteous with the ulterior motive to court will never turn reciprocation into an obligation
no matter how much you nominate it, love is not persuasion
so was my heart actually righteous
or was i just trying to stand out in the class of abominations
my first love taught me that it was a combination
discernment between fiction and reality, i found it complicated
so when my passion resembled in tropes
and those tropes resembled a persistence
i thought my insistence would bend your will to my wishes
how ironic a domination
self~fulfillin’ prophecy,everything i tried so hard not to be
was everything i resembled to a dying flame
who couldn’t ignite the same
but instead of settin’ it free, i tried to fight the change
the signs were always present
between the lines my frames of reference were blind to
for i was confined to the sublime of my preference
and when it came time for a severance
i declined a dose of better sense
delusion, my medicine
illusion, my residence
i dwelled in the mind of a lesser man
the real world honored my unwillingness to pay heed to the maybe’s
and they just switched the currency and made me pay with my pride
like a diary read, i glimpsed her thoughts unfiltered
and bewildered i was when her perspective dawned on what i considered
my most grateful of times
who once caught the gaze of my eyes
is a now pest that invades on my sight
with its wasted sp~ce of a life
and an ego of inflationin’ size
to think that i’d let it continue to grace by my side
after i proclaimed a goodbye
is a grown man desecratin’ his guise
by clutchin’ to a desperation of lies
everything i thought i knew about love came crumbling to pieces
as the fairytale i lived in ceases
when it sunk in that everything she stated was right
[chorus 2]
love don’t work like that
love won’t leave you
and if it does, it ain’t love
‘cause love is see through
the vibes are off
you feelin’ like the smiles are false
have to think twice at all
then let yo’ instincts lead you
you won’t have to guess
if it’s not yes, then let it go
ain’t no cracking codes
take all maybe’s as a no
no, no, no, no, no, no
oh, no, no, no, no, no
no, no, no, no, no, no
oh, no, no, no, no, no
[the romantic’s disposition]
[verse 3]
for as long as i can remember, my disposition resembled a hopeless romantic
and for the first time in my life, it was no longer an advantage
the good was transient
my beliefs disbanded
who could i turn to when my everything vanished
couldn’t even trust my f~ckin’ self no more ‘cause my own heart led me to damage
love is a gambit
they told me not to chance it
but i was so enthralled with findin’ a companion
that i gave my all to a sinking ship without thinking if we were just the titanic
and i was the last man standin’
everyone else made it to safety and here i was as the last man stranded
hopeless romantic, it’s against my nature to leave hope abandoned
but as the last man holdin’ to the past man
you look like a mad man tryna spit game to a maiden
who don’t feel the same about what ya sayin’
call it flirtin’ but it just comes off as harassment
not what you meant with your actions
but someone’s to blame for the uncomfortable reaction
and it’ll never be her fault if she don’t find an attraction
‘cause none she did was askin’ for that interaction
truly comprehendin’ the other side had foregone my inebriation
and remitted my yearnin’ back down to earth where my new ideology’s birth could be deviated
from the perils fantasies created
but a single issue persevered when my mind and reality made a reacquaintance
paralysis had struck my motivations and left my joy abbreviated
and there was no alternative route i could travel to have the agony i was under alleviated
every single fiber of my bein’ was still hopelessly
in love with someone who was no longer close to me
and when i say hopelessly
i mean totally
i mean uncontrollably
when i say hopelessly
i f~ckin’ mean irrevocably
in love with the way that person’s soul spoke to me
she was everything i could’ve ever dreamed of, so how do you expect me to go to sleep
the thought of her with another lover compelled my chest to enclose on me
and a future of mine where her life is not intertwined posed no boast to me
the plight of a romantic is that once i choose to indulge, i indulge thoroughly
i know not how to love with half my heart, i present to you the whole of me
for pretense, i’m in possession of ineptitude so cast not a doubt of credit to where i stand emotionally
for your eyes only, my heart is an open read
to withhold my endearment is to have me permit insanity to augment its hold on me
my functioning can not be trifled with toggles
only inactive or full throttle
‘til the end of the road for me
forever is the goal for me
they say thinkin’ like that is how you get obsessed, i say that’s the way it supposed to be
ask me if i’m still in love with that girl and i’ll tell you “woefully”
i’m a hopeless romantic, baby, that means there ain’t no hope for me
[the romantic’s depression]
[chorus 3]
i held you in high regards, a pedestal couldn’t yield you more fondness
and the sheer fact we were even in conjunction left me astonished
to ascertain that this sentiment was not commissioned in your end
heavied my conscience with a tauntin’ discontent
you seem to recollect the ways in which we bonded as undiluted nonsense
and me just as a common correspondence
although i was despondent
i had to be honest
and admit there were times where i didn’t even try to think of what she wanted
my thoughts held an infatuation
to the concept of love and, in turn, i burdened you with the responsibility of fulfillin’ all my wildest imaginations
in the grand scheme of things, our relations were of a brief duration
but what was forsaken in your departure was a lifetime’s worth of rearrangement
[verse 4]
i used to subscribe to the notion that winnin’ your affection would persist at the summit of the list of all my biggest achievements
‘cause my self~esteem was depleted
there were many a nights where i examined the abyss of my soul and located a brand new grievance
who i wanted to be and who i was were within a disagreement
with your presence, i was afforded the convenience
of neglectin’ concerns of my self~image and state of depression that left me at my weakest
but i couldn’t’ve been doing too bad since once upon a time, you said loved me and that wasn’t for no reason
i couldn’t love myself, so you doin’ it for me was everything i needed
and then you couldn’t do it no mo’
i couldn’t use you an excuse no mo’
the existential torture resumed, and i could not evade the music no mo’
i enjoy being a hopeless romantic and my childhood conveyed to me
that this frame of mind, i would prefer to not have it any other way for me
but appraisingly, i was not fond of all the other things it made me be
sensitivity was innate for me
and thinkin’ was my greatest feat
so when tragedy struck my real life, not even my own mind was a safe place for me
even the most mundane of affairs were particularly adept at phasin’ me
in addition, this inkling of isolation stayed with me, pervasively
it felt like i was travelin’ the pits of h~ll by myself the way there was no one around that could relate with me
a query that kept my state of peace at bay for weeks
was would i ever reach the light at the end of the tunnel or would the despair that’s always chasin’ me
someday have its way with me, fatally
for a long time, it appeared like that light was gettin’ further and further away from me
i put the less hope in hopeless romantic
because i thought there was no savin’ me
until one day, i realized the light in the distance that was getting’ away from me
was only my memories of you holding less sway to me
and to someone who’s been walkin’ blindly in the dark for so long, that was a grace to see
see, they say that absence makes the heart grow fonder
but time, time takes us further away from the places that harmed us
absence and time withers away the hold that old memories have upon us
until is it but a husk of its former glory that can lend its input no longer
all the li’l details started gettin’ hazy
you stopped crossin’ my thoughts on the daily
it was best thing in the world when my time with you was only somethin’ i could recall very vaguely
and with all that time i spent reflectin’ in solitude
i attained a new comprehension of my composition and put it in proper use
self~expression, i used my sorrow to
make art that were personal confessions and find acceptance with how i felt then because i’m not taboo
i fancied myself a hopeless romantic, because that’s what i thought was true
but i learned that you can’t truly love someone else
when you don’t love yourself
because they’ll always deserve more than what you can offer them when all of you is not even alot to you
[the romantic’s unlearning]
[chorus 4]
moving on proved the most strenuous labor because i had to act against my will to complete it
i waged war with reason
i used to subscribe to the notion that winnin’ your affection would persist at the summit of the list of all my biggest achievements
when you departed, i was defeated
the stories we digest in our most favorite works of fiction are often inconsistent
with what the real world has to offer our existence
and to believe otherwise is superstition
we don’t always possess the fortune to have our own narratives
conclude in satisfaction, so any highs of the journey, i advise you to cherish it
but when it comes time for it’s inevitable end
halt to observe your surroundings and recognize how the world continues its perpetual spin
life goes on when you’re sufferin’
it’s okay if you’re strugglin’
‘cause right now ain’t forever and life goes on when you’re recoverin’
time heals all wounds, if you allow it to
came a long from where you were and i’m so proud of you
time heals all wounds, you bid the past adieu
and made the need to better yourself empower you
[the romantic’s acceptance]
[verse 5 pt.1]
i reside in a realm in which free will is presented
to every mortal who seeks the acquisition of their heart’s contentment
therein lies the exquisite vision that free will exhibits
in our ambitions, reality is only but a byproduct of our intentions
that means however much autonomy i reserve over the pliable existence i live in
is directly equivalent to the jurisdiction i fail to commision over someone else’s condition
in other words, i possess not a jurisdiction upon another human being’s sentience
i’m in no position for a provision of imposition on the foreign disposition
by my own admission, fruition bears indifference to insistence
for intuition can not petition love to imprison itself into a spittin’ resemblance
of the smitten feelin’s you have for another’s composition
that decision must driven by their own volition
and you should covet not for it to be any different
for love of genuine can not be a legitimate descendant of indecision
love of authentic is when both contingents are on par with their counterpart’s intenseness
a relationship not reciprocated is a just heart being manipulated
and inevitable failure awaits it
should the scales tilt, the high will be uplifted to the sky
and above the clouds that now cast a shroud
of obliviousness to the lows that the lows will undergo
so much so that you’ll never know that
upon their shoulders, they bolster the burden of a boulder
and still have will to soldier their torment with composure
just ‘cause of the magnitude of their love for you, could never lower
to the depths of mediocre
that yours is for them is in comparison
now ask yourself “is that fair to them?”
it’s not enough to say you “care for them”
do you cherish them
enough to desire, on your own, to always be there for them
in my eyes, love is the most sacred fundamental of life
and functions not as an addendum to my existence but the premise for my drive
so at the present moment, i can’t place disrespect up on it
by pursuin’ stints of fun when fulfillment is what truly i wanted
for my affection, i can only be exclusive about my selection
because other people’s impression are in question to vary at any second
and i hold no sway in the direction
even if the manners i expressed it were to the best of my objective
i pose no exception to your fickle of connections
when unwavering remains my perception in its profession
at some point, i have to prioritize my own protection
and it would be unjust of me to encumber someone with the extent of commitment i possess
one’s entirety must desire me and only then can we derive success
‘cause my love’s eternal, baby
it burn like inferno’s, baby
from my view, there’s not a soul with a more attractive external, baby
[the romantic’s growth]
[verse 5 pt.2]
i could admire your features for a thousand years
and have your mannerisms carved in my thoughts for a thousand more
my heart’s tune, your voice sings so loud and clear
a contest for your laughs, i’ll do my d~mndest to win that award
your personality, i’ll spend a lifetime plungin’ in it
uncoverin’ all the hidden treasures that n0body’s ever came upon within it
it’s the minute details that accumulates to the grand picture that i keep of you in my mind
no one can compare, i won’t even allow myself to go there and cross that line
i ain’t suicidal, henever you sustain some pain, i feel it all the same like it’s mine
we two of a kind
when you get low, i get low too
just to know what you go through
no such thing as so what, i may not know much but i know you
and all yo’ flaws
don’t give me no filter ‘cause i’ma love you raw
tell me yo’ all fears
lean on my shoulder and use my shirt to dry your tears
tell me all yo’ desires
if you wanna go high, i’ll build the plane and fly you even higher
everything you require, i’ll forever be the supplier
i could never give up on love, but i know better than to force my hand
know how it feels to have your heartbroken and i don’t wanna feel that way again
[chorus 5]
so love me the same way that i love you
and trust me the same way that i trust you
meet me halfway and if it’s a clear pathway
i’ma run but motherf~cker you better run too
so love me the same way that i love you
and trust me the same way that i trust you
meet me halfway and if it’s a clear pathway
i’ma run but motherf~cker you better run too
you better run too
you better run to me
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