Please - Lyrics

Please — Lyrics — Joshua Worts
Lyrics

Please

Release Autumn Leaves (Bedroom Session) · 2021
Written by Joshua Worts
Genre Folk · Acoustic Pop
Duration 2:37
A Note on This Song

Please is a breakup ballad about a hateful split up. The message of the song is that giving oneself the blame for a failed relationship is not the way to get over the breakup. The narrative is underlined by the dialogue which is noticeable when listening closely and reading the lyrics at the same time. She is begging for the Lyrical I to reconsider their choices. The Lyrical I saw love as a mission rather which he failed. This militarises and dehumanizes the concept of love.

She is shown to be complicated: In one line She yells “I fucking hate you” at the Lyrical I while one line later She begs the Lyrical I to reconsider. It is also implied that She is struggling and in pain and that she herself has thought about breaking up herself. The outro is a direct dialogue between Lyrical I and She as the latter begs the Lyrical I to not throw her out while the Lyrical I replies by wishing death upon her shown using the Word “bleed” and at the same time asking her to “leave, please” which shows that the Lyrical I is not sure what will happen if she does not give in.

— Joshua
Lyrics
Verse 1
Please, please explain to me why my knees are shaking “Please… Please!” she said to me. “Don’t leave me.”
Chorus
My mission is love and I am giving up We are breaking up cos I feel stuck My mission is love I am giving up We are breaking up cos I feel stuff
Verse 2
“Please … Please! Don’t do this to me I fucking hate you!” She yelled “Please … Please don’t throw this away! You couldn’t have foreseen this This was my pain”
Chorus
My mission is love and I am giving up We are breaking up cos I feel stuck My mission is love I am giving up We are breaking up cos I feel stuff
Outro
“Please” … Bleed “Please” … Leave, please