love — Summary

I was never very good with love It's complex yet simple It's Painful and happy Much like me love love is love is filled love is filled with oxymoron I assume I know how it is and What it feels like

I guessed love was When the person intrigues you so much You hang on to every word they say You become so attached to the person It's embarrassing You want to be the person they "love" You hope you don't make a fool of yourself So you stay quiet as long as possible

That's what love feels like to me. But I'm a Taurus So I could be wrong We supposedly don't know love Or can't fall in love When someone says "I love you" We're most likely to say "really"

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Gothic_Outkast's "love" is a short, honest attempt to define a feeling the speaker admits they've never really mastered. Love is called "complex yet simple" and "Painful and happy," and the line stumbles over itself, repeating "love is filled" before landing on "oxymoron." That stumble feels like someone thinking out loud and not quite finding the words.

The speaker's idea of love is mostly about nervous attraction: hanging on someone's every word, getting attached, feeling embarrassed by it, and staying quiet so as not to look foolish. It's less a grand romance than a shy, self-conscious ache.

The ending turns playful. The speaker jokes that as a Taurus they might be wrong, since Taurus people supposedly can't fall in love and would answer "I love you" with a doubtful "really." The humor works as a shield, but it also hints at real uncertainty. The mood is awkward, vulnerable, and quietly funny.

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