A self-aware confession about pushing people away before they get too close.
A self-aware confession about pushing people away before they get too close.
The lyric leans into contradiction without trying to resolve it.
'I'm only telling you because I care' sits right beside 'I'll be kissing it away,' which feels honest about how self-awareness doesn't always lead to better behavior.
A self-aware confession about pushing people away before they get too close.
'Cause I'm hard to love, find it hard to trust
The lyric leans into contradiction without trying to resolve it. 'I'm only telling you because I care' sits right beside 'I'll be kissing it away,' which feels honest about how self-awareness doesn't always lead to better behavior.
The phrase 'I just fuck it up' carries a blunt, almost weary resignation. It's not anger or drama, just a flat admission that good things get ruined here. That pressure answers a kind of protective vanity, a warning issued more to save face than to actually change.
Linking those two conditions makes the flaw feel systemic, not just a mood. It's a short circuit where distrust of others and distrust of yourself feed the same problem.
The way 'hard to love' gets repeated, almost like a mantra or a label they've accepted, sticks with you.
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Ain't no magic tool to fix it
You should keep your distance
I'm only telling you because I care
'Cause I'm hard to love, find it hard to trust
When it feels too good, I just fuck it up
You want all of me, I can't give that much
So don't fall too hard 'cause I'm hard to love
(Yeah)
I'm hard to love
Yeah
(Hard to love)
Never meant to cause you a problem
Here I am yet once again with the same old story
You don't see the issues, I got 'em
Yeah, I do (yeah, I do)
Yeah, it's true (yeah, it's true)
I'll make it feel like heaven, but I swear I'm not a saint
And you won't see the truth 'causе I'll be kissing it away
Yeah, I'll be all you need until I'm driving you insanе
Baby, all I'm tryna do is save you the pain
'Cause I'm hard to love, find it hard to trust
When it feels too good, I just fuck it up
You want all of me, I can't give that much
So don't fall too hard 'cause I'm hard to love
(Yeah)
I'm hard to love
Yeah
(Hard to love)
Up till I'm down
I'm all in till I'm out
Got a lot to work out
Till it's all behind me
You know you don't
Play with fire in the dark
Protect your heart
Ain't no going back once you start
I'm tryna be nice
(Yeah)
I'm hard to love
Yeah
(Hard to love)
A self-aware confession about pushing people away before they get too close. The lyric leans into contradiction without trying to resolve it. 'I'm only telling you because I care' sits right beside 'I'll be kissing it away,' which feels honest about how self-awareness doesn't always lead to better behavior.
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