Hive Open Mic Week 171 | Theme- Divorce/Separation | Lose You To Love Me (Cover) By BabyMoyin

Hello everyone. This is my entry for Week 171 of Hive Open Mic. The theme of the week is Divorce/separation. I sang one of my favorite songs 'Lose You to love me by Selena Gomez.

I always like to know the story of songs when I listen to them. Most times, singers share the inspiration for the songs and sometimes I assume speculations based on the singer's lives because most times the writing is usually about personal experiences, especially ballads. Although, Selena did not share the inspiration behind this song. I did my research and figured out that she wrote it during the time she separated from her long-time boyfriend, Justin Beiber. It was an on-and-off relationship. When she finally decided to let go of the relationship after back and forth of emotional drama. It was the final straw, she was done with the whole drama. It was during that period she released this powerful song.

The song is all about leaving someone because you decided to choose loving yourself. When you have given your all to someone and they don't reciprocate it and you keep doing it over and over until one day you decide you're not going to keep allowing yourself to go through heartbreaks and disappointment. It is choosing to love yourself instead of allowing someone else to walk over your feelings. Walking away from people who do not value or cherish you is a great form of self-love. I hope you enjoy my cover.

Here are the lyrics:
"Lose You To Love Me"

You promised the world and I fell for it
I put you first and you adored it
Set fires to my forest
And you let it burn
Sang off-key in my chorus
'Cause it wasn't yours
I saw the signs and I ignored it
Rose-colored glasses all distorted
Set fire to my purpose
And I let it burn
You got off on the hurtin'
When it wasn't yours, yeah

We'd always go into it blindly
I needed to lose you to find me
This dancing was killing me softly
I needed to hate you to love me, yeah

To love, love, yeah
To love, love, yeah
To love, yeah
I needed to lose you to love me, yeah
To love, love, yeah
To love, love, yeah
To love, yeah
I needed to lose you to love me

I gave my all and they all know it
You tore me down and now it's showing
In two months you replaced us
Like it was easy
Made me think I deserved it
In the thick of healing, yeah

We'd always go into it blindly
I needed to lose you to find me
This dancing was killing me softly
I needed to hate you to love me, yeah

To love, love, yeah
To love, love, yeah
To love, yeah
I needed to lose you to love me, yeah
To love, love, yeah
To love, love, yeah
To love, yeah
I needed to lose you to love me

You promised the world and I fell for it
I put you first and you adored it
Set fires to my forest
And you let it burn
Sang off key in my chorus

To love, love, yeah
To love, love, yeah
To love, yeah
I needed to hate you to love me, yeah
To love, love, yeah
To love, love, yeah
To love, yeah
I needed to lose you to love me
To love, love, yeah
To love, love, yeah
To love, yeah

And now the chapter is closed and done
To love love, yeah
To love love, yeah
To love, yeah
And now it's goodbye, it's goodbye for us

Source: https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/selenagomez/loseyoutoloveme.html