Story Behind The Song

The protagonist in the song has fallen in love with a wonderful person who loves her for her and wants to give her everything her heart desires. But because the protagonist has too many bad love experienced, she struggles with the fact this individual can really love her and so she holds back.

Song Description

Don't Know How to Love describes how love is taboo for some, especially women. Battered and misused by the wrong motives from bad love experiences, they are unable to love Mr. or Ms. Right when they come along. The person carries too many emotional scars from their past that they lack the ability to receive or display love. In Don't Know How To Love, the protagonist internally battles with do she walks away from what is good for her or stay to experience the tranquility and love she has seek all her life?

Lyrics

Verse 1
I've been overshadowed too long by misery and life pain
Past relationships haunting me, I'm living life in vain.
You still determine to love who I can be,
But doubts have overtaken all my abilities.
Why have you, chosen me?

Pre-chorus
Life has been unfair to me
Taken my dignity
I can't give you all of me.

Chorus
Ability to trust, feel, love has left me
I keep telling myself
I don't know how to love ya
Each time I reach out to hold ya
My fears keep preventing me

Verse 2
Its not that I don't care, this heart just can't bare,
Internal fears of expressing how much I do care.
Can't allow myself to trust or open up,
Cuz I'm not sure about the both of us.
Its just easier not to make a fuss and cancel us.

Pre-chorus
Life has been unfair to me
Taken my dignity
I can't give you all of me.

Chorus
Ability to trust, feel, love has left me
I keep telling myself
I don't know how to love ya
Each time I reach out to hold ya
My fears keep preventing me

Bridge
I've been cut deep from love before so my heart can't no take more
Abused, misused evermore so how can you afford give me more
No time wasting, don't keep chasing a broken heart cuz you will only find
A life of crime, imprison in time so boy don't be blind

Bridge
I don't understand why you keep trying
When inside I know I'm dying
Here I'm finding I'm not aligning
Can't fill all the things you desiring boo
But its up to you, just remember my love is taboo
Loving me will involve many challenges too
So what you wanna do

Pre-chorus
Life has been unfair to me
Taken my dignity
I can't give you all of me.

Chorus
Ability to trust, feel, love has left me
I keep telling myself
I don't know how to love ya
Each time I reach out to hold ya
My fears keep preventing me

Don't know how to love
Don't know how to love
Don't know how to love
Oh no
Don't know how to love