More songs by Olivia Dean
Description
Sometimes tenderness becomes suffocating - like a blanket that can no longer fit two people. It all seemed to start with warmth: a soft evening, quiet laughter, familiar security. And then, suddenly, it becomes impossible to breathe in this cosiness. And now every ‘keep it simple’ sounds not like concern, but like an attempt to diminish.
Here, love is not a cry or a drama, but a realisation: the embrace that used to save you now holds you too tightly. And letting go is the only way to breathe again. It hurts, but it's honest. Like a break that was necessary to remain whole.
Lyrics and translation
Original
Thought I was done with this feeling
Really thought you could be him
Thought I was safe, hmm
You were the warmth that I needed
Like a breeze in the evening
And then you changed
You're all the same, yeah
It's too much to mend
You're the hug that had to end
Though I've tried to hold on
And if you knew me at all
You wouldn't try to keep me small
Who would do that to a friend
Let alone the one you love?
And any choice you had worth making
I'd push you to take it
No questions asked, no doubt in mind
But when they're mine, yeah
You react like I'm crossing a line
I'm too much to handle and just dial it back a bit
Well, well, I'm not having it, babe
It's too much to mend
You're the hug that had to end
Though I've tried to hold on
And if you knew me at all
You wouldn't try to keep me small, mm
Who would do that to a friend
Let alone the one you love?
English translation
Thought I was done with this feeling
Really thought you could be him
Thought I was safe, hmm
You were the warmth that I needed
Like a breeze in the evening
And then you changed
You're all the same, yeah
It's too much to mend
You're the hug that had to end
Though I've tried to hold on
And if you knew me at all
You wouldn't try to keep me small
Who would do that to a friend
Let alone the one you love?
And any choice you had worth making
I'd push you to take it
No questions asked, no doubt in mind
But when they're mine, yeah
You react like I'm crossing a line
I'm too much to handle and just dial it back a bit
Well, well, I'm not having it, babe
It's too much to mend
You're the hug that had to end
Though I've tried to hold on
And if you knew me at all
You wouldn't try to keep me small, mm
Who would do that to a friend
Let alone the one you love?