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Burn Me Out

by Shébani

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‘Burn Me Out’ is a metaphor for a cycle that repeats itself. The emotional trauma, gaslighting and trust issues collected from one relationship and brought into the next. You know it’ll be different, but there’s still a tug of war taking place inside your mind; hoping for your new love to not see your pain as “crazy”, but in fact help you heal and understand that you’ve been hurt. Often, we are stuck in between healing / succumbing, but ‘Burn Me Out’ emphasizes we should always choose to heal.

lyrics

See my mind’s a bit screwed up
I keep thinking you will hurt me
At times it even f____ me up
I keep seeing you with her, it hurts me

And I know you’re a good guy
I know you wouldn’t hurt a fly
I know you wouldn’t lie
Though insecurities say otherwise

If I could just open up the door and invite you in
You’d see my logic and it’ll make more sense to you
If I could just open up my heart and invite you in
You’d see my reason and it’ll make more sense to you

You’d see that I’m not crazy
That I’ve just been hurt till I was burned out
Then they call me crazy
They hurt me and burn me out
If I could just ask for one thing baby
Don’t hurt me and burn me out
Please don’t call me crazy
Don’t hurt me and burn me out

Wish I was strong enough back in the day
Wish I could say
That I’m done with all the gaslighting
Don’t with hurting, the begging, the screaming, the hiding
Behind their lies
Done with the lies
Done with my cries
Done with these guys
That made me feel so f______ worthless
Made me feel so f______ helpless
Made me believe I was tripping with the paranoia
Made me go crazy
So, don’t do the same baby
Don’t be the same baby
Don’t hurt me like they did
Make doubt myself, then comfortably come back to bed

If I could just open up the door and invite you in
You’d see my logic and it’ll make more sense to you
If I could just open up my heart and invite you in
You’d see my reason and it’ll make more sense to you

You’d see that I’m not crazy
That I’ve just been hurt till I was burned out
Then they call me crazy
They hurt me and burn me out
If I could just ask for one thing baby
Don’t hurt me and burn me out
If I could just ask for one thing baby
Don’t hurt me and burn me out

I know you’re different
But something’s taking over me
You say you’re different
You say take my hand and trust in me
And I know you’re different
I just seen a lot before
Been hurt a lot before
But this is different

You’d see that I’m not crazy
That I’ve just been hurt till I was burned out
Then they call me crazy
They hurt me and burn me out
If I could just ask for one thing baby
Don’t hurt me and burn me out
Please don’t call me crazy, no
Don’t hurt me and burn me out

I’m not crazy, no
I was hurt till I was burned out
Nothing else
Please don’t call me crazy, no
Don’t hurt me and burn me out

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released February 4, 2022
Written by Shébani & James Chatburn
Performed by Shébani
Produced by James Chatburn
Mixed by James Chatburn
Mastered by Zino Mikorey

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