Watered Down Love

Lyrics

Song Title: “Watered Down Love”
by BeBe Nyte
[Intro]
Mmm… oh no no no…
Ooooh yeah, yeah, yeah…
You call it love… but it’s barely holding weight…
(Hahh... oh oh ohh...)
Just a drop in a glass I kept fillin’ for you...
[Verse 1]
I’ve been a soldier in heels, walkin' through fire for your thrill
Gave you my peace and my power, still you asked for more to feel
Said love ain't love unless it bends—so I bent till I was breakin'
Carved your name in my skin, but you swore I was fakin’
You watched me fight every shadow, even hers when she appeared
Turned me against my reflection, just to say I’m insincere
You served me doubt on a platter, claimed it's truth I couldn’t taste
Then you poured your broken promises, but the glass had no base
[Chorus]
Watered down love… ain’t enough for me
You gave me raindrops in deserts, but called it the sea
You needed me small, you needed me weak
So you could feel tall while I fell at your feet
Stripped me of my crown just to gift me a flood
Of trials and tricks, callin’ ‘em love
If it don’t pour peace or lift me above
Then baby, keep your watered down love
(ohhh, nah nah... I deserve more, I deserve more...)
[Verse 2]
Test after test, I kept losin’ breath
Beggin' for depth in your shallow steps
Had me battlin’ ghosts of every woman you wronged
Wearin’ pain like perfume just to prove I belonged
But tell me, why must I bleed to earn soft hands?
Why must I dim to help you feel like a man?
Why is your love full of filters and stains,
Drippin’ illusions and bottled-up games?
[Bridge]
You don’t need a queen… you need a servant to survive
You don’t want my heart… just someone to take the dive
Into your oceans made of tears you never cried
While I drown in the silence behind your pride
[Chorus]
Watered down love… can’t swim in your lies
You called it devotion but it came in disguise
You needed me broken, lost in your storm
But I was the fire you couldn’t transform
Stripped me of my truth just to fill up a cup
With unfiltered chaos you called love
But baby, I’ve had enough of
Your watered down love
(oh no no…)
[Outro]
Mmm… I need love that flows like truth, not tricks…
Not drops of hope in toxic sips…
I’m reclaiming my tide, I’m done bein’ tough...
For your watered down love...