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If I were strong enough, if I were wrong enough
To be someone like you
Would you have let me come to be with you?
If I had made my own and I had overcome
To be someone like you
Would you have let me come to be with you?
And if I could be with someone like you
Would you, would you be strong enough for me?
And if I could stay with someone like you
Would you, would you be strong enough, girl?
If I had made my way, if I had chose to stay
And be someone like you
Would you have let me come to be with you?
If I had made myself become like someone else
And be someone like you
Would you have let me come to be with you?
And if I could be with someone like you
Would you, would you be strong enough for me?
And if I could stay with someone like you
Would you, would you be strong enough for me?
Can you see me holding you right in my arms?
Right in my
If I, I could be with someone who's just like you
Would you, would you, would you be strong enough for me?
And if I could be with someone like you
Would you, would you be strong enough for me?
And if I could stay with someone just like you
Would you, would you, would you be strong enough for me?
Would you be strong, strong, girl?
Would you be strong, strong, oh?
To be someone like you
Would you have let me come to be with you?
If I had made my own and I had overcome
To be someone like you
Would you have let me come to be with you?
And if I could be with someone like you
Would you, would you be strong enough for me?
And if I could stay with someone like you
Would you, would you be strong enough, girl?
If I had made my way, if I had chose to stay
And be someone like you
Would you have let me come to be with you?
If I had made myself become like someone else
And be someone like you
Would you have let me come to be with you?
And if I could be with someone like you
Would you, would you be strong enough for me?
And if I could stay with someone like you
Would you, would you be strong enough for me?
Can you see me holding you right in my arms?
Right in my
If I, I could be with someone who's just like you
Would you, would you, would you be strong enough for me?
And if I could be with someone like you
Would you, would you be strong enough for me?
And if I could stay with someone just like you
Would you, would you, would you be strong enough for me?
Would you be strong, strong, girl?
Would you be strong, strong, oh?
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From the first part: how can someone simultaneously be "strong enough" and "wrong enough"?
i think it's two different ways of looking at the situation. if he had been strong enough, he could have changed. but at that time, he didn't think he should have to change for her.
i think the song is wrestling with the idea of changing for someone vs staying true to who you are.
if she was strong enough for him, he wouldn't have needed to change. but if he was strong enough he could/would have changed.
the chorus of "If I could be with someone like you/Would you, would you be strong enough for me" seems to be him asking himself if changing would have made a difference. or if the roles were reversed if she would have changed for him...
the way the song is sung it seems like he's come to the realization that he should have changed for her, but he wasn't strong enough for her.
"If I had made my way if I had chose to stay and be someone like you
Would you have let me come to be with you
If I had made myself become like someone else and be someone like you
Would you have let me come to be with you"
I think its alot deeper but i'm just summing it up