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Lovefool Lyrics

by The Cardigans

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Lovefool Lyrics

Dear, I fear we're facing a problem you love me no longer, I know and maybe there is nothing that I can do to make you do Mama tells me I shouldn't bother that I ought just stick to another man a man that surely deserves me but I think you do! So I cry, and I pray and I beg Love me love me say that you love me fool me fool me go on and fool me love me love me pretend that you love me leave me leave me just say that you need me So I cried, and I begged for you to Love me love me say that you love me leave me leave me just say that you need me I can't care about anything but you Lately I have desperately pondered, spent my nights awake and I wonder what I could have done in another way to make you stay Reason will not pledge a solution I will end up lost in confusion I don't care if you really care as long as you don't go So I cry, I pray and I beg Love me love me say that you love me fool me fool me go on and fool me love me love me pretend that you love me leave me leave me just say that you need me So I cried, and I begged for you to Love me love me say that you love me leave me leave me just say that you need me I can't care about anything but you (anything but you) Love me love me say that you love me fool me fool me go on and fool me Love me love me I know that you need me I can't care about anything but you

Meaning of Lovefool

“Lovefool” is a heartbreaking exploration of desperate devotion and the agonizing pursuit of love. The narrator is consumed by a singular, all-encompassing obsession with a lover who no longer returns her affection. She’s trapped in a cycle of pleading – crying, praying, begging – desperately seeking reassurance that he still needs her, even if it means being repeatedly “foolled” and abandoned. Her mother urges her to move on, suggesting she seek a more deserving partner, but the narrator refuses to relinquish her hope. The song captures a raw vulnerability and emotional turmoil as she prioritizes this one relationship above all else, acknowledging her impending confusion and loss while continuing to cling to a fragile illusion of love, ultimately revealing a poignant portrait of heartbreak and unwavering, perhaps misguided, adoration.

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