On September 16, 2022, BlackPink finally published their new album, Born Pink. Pink Venom was the first single released, and we already analyzed it here, whereas the album released was followed by a new music video, Shut Down (you can find it here). However, the most popular song regarding the lyrics is Hard To Love, perhaps because many girls can relate to how the track talks about sentimental relationships. This article will explain the song’s meaning and provide the complete lyrics at the end.
You can find the official streaming of Hard To Love below.
Hard to Love
Hard To Love is a song about some girls’ difficulties in building a solid, stable love relationship. The lyrics tell the female point of view, describing how sometimes a woman can send her man into heaven with her love and then rapidly change in a way that will hurt him.
The song’s beginning is actually resigned: this is how I am, and there is nothing I can do to fix me, so I warn you, please, don’t fall in love with me, or it will hurt you.
Ain’t no magic tool to fix
it
You should keep your distance
I’m only tellin’ you because I care
The chorus successfully explains why she feels that way: it’s because of that typical fear we have when things look too good to be true. We get scared that something could get wrong; we are afraid of the pain and the sadness that could come, so we unconsciously sabotage the relationship, avoiding getting too involved.
‘Cause I’m hard to love, find it hard to trust
When it feels too good, I just
f**k it up
You want all of me, I can’t give that much
So don’t fall too hard ’cause I’m hard to love
It’s a typical self-defense mechanism when our relationship gets more serious: we are aware that we need it, so we fear the risk of losing it. Therefore, a part of us prefers to prove to ourselves that we don’t need that relation, and that’s the part that stages the sabotage. At the same time, we care about the other person and don’t want to hurt him. That’s why, in the lyrics inside Hard To Love, the singer says it explicitly:
I’ll make it feel like heaven, but I swear I’m not a saint
And you won’t see the truth ’cause I’ll be kissin’ it away
Yeah, I’ll be all you need until I’m drivin’ you insane
Baby, all I’m tryna do is save you the pain
That becomes the real meaning behind Hard To Love lyrics: I can love you, and my love will be heavenly. But be careful because a part of me will suddenly make you fall from heaven, and it will hurt. So please, protect yourself, and don’t get too involved with me.
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The complete lyrics
Ain’t no magic tool to fix it
You should keep your distance
I’m only tellin’ you because I
care
‘Cause I’m hard to love, find it hard to trust
When it feels too good, I just f**k it up
You want all of me, I can’t give that much
So don’t fall too hard ’cause I’m hard to love
(Yeah)
I’m hard to love
Yeah
(Hard to love)
Never meant to cause you a problem
Here I am yet once again with the same old story
You don’t see the issues, I got ’em
Yeah, I do (Yeah, I do), yeah, it’s true (Yeah, it’s true)
I’ll make
it feel like heaven, but I swear I’m not a saint
And you won’t see the truth ’cause I’ll be kissin’ it away
Yeah, I’ll be all you need until I’m drivin’ you insane
Baby, all I’m tryna do is save you the pain
‘Cause I’m hard to love, find it hard to trust
When it feels too good, I just fuck it up
You want all of me, I can’t give that much
So don’t fall too hard ’cause I’m hard to love
(Yeah)
I’m hard to love
Yeah
(Hard to
love)
Up ’til I’m down
I’m all in ’til I’m out
Got a lot to work out
‘Til it’s all behind me
You know you don’t
Play with fire in the dark
Protect your heart
Ain’t no goin’ back once you start
I’m tryna be nice
(Yeah)
I’m hard to love
Yeah
(Hard to love)
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No doubt in my mind where you belong
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"Let's Stay Together" by Al Green
'Cause you make me feel so brand new
And I want to spend my life with you
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Part II (On the Run) by Beyoncé and Jay Z
Who wants that perfect love story anyway?
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"At Last" by Etta James
And here we are in heaven
For you are mine
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"You've Got the Love" by Florence + The Machine
Now and then it seems that life is just too much
But you've got the love I need to see me through
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"Crazy in Love" by Beyoncé feat. JAY Z
It's the way that you know what I thought I knew
It's the beat that my heart skips when I'm with you
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"Just the Way You Are" by Bruno Mars
You know I'd never ask you to change
If perfect's what you're searching for then just stay the same
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"Songbird" by Fleetwood Mac
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"Sea of Love" by Cat Power
Come with me
My love
To the sea
The sea of love
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"My Heart Will Go On" by Celine Dion
Love can touch us one time
And last for a lifetime
And never let go 'til we're gone
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"Through the Fire" by Chaka Khan
For a chance to be with you, I'd gladly risk it all
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"Time After Time" by Cyndi Lauper
If you're lost, you can look and you will find me
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"Endless Love" Diana Ross & Lionel Richie
Two hearts that beat as one
Our lives have just begun
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"Thinking Out Loud" by Ed Sheeran
And darling I will be loving you 'til we're 70
And baby my heart could still fall as hard at 23
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"Can't Help Falling in Love" by Elvis Presley
Like a river flows
Surely to the sea
Darling, so it goes
Some things are meant to be
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"Wonderful Tonight" by Eric Clapton
And the wonder of it all
Is that you just don't realize how much I love you
18 of 60
"I Want to Know What Love Is" by Foreigner
Through the clouds I see love shine
It keeps me warm as life grows colder
19 of 60
"Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You” by Frankie Valli
At long last, love has arrived
And I thank God I'm alive
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"If I Ain’t Got You" by Alicia Keys
Everything means nothing
If I ain't got you
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"Lover" by Taylor Swift
Can I go where you go?
Can we always be this close forever and ever?
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"You Make My Dreams" by Hall & Oates
What I got — full stock of thoughts and dreams that scatter
And you pull them all together
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"Adore You" by Harry Styles
Honey, I'd walk through fire for you
Just let me adore you
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"The Power of Love" by Huey Lewis & the News
Tougher than diamonds and stronger than steel
You won't feel nothin' 'til you feel
You feel the power, feel the power of love
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"I'm Yours" by Jason Mraz
This is our fate,
I'm yours
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"All of Me" by John Legend
You're my end and my beginning
Even when I lose I'm winning
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"Bleeding Love" by Leona Lewis
But something happened for the very first time with you
My heart melts into the ground, found something true
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"Crazy for You" by Madonna
Touch me once and you'll know it's true
I never wanted anyone like this
29 of 60
"Your Song" by Elton John
I hope you don't mind
That I put down in words
How wonderful life is while you're in the world
30 of 60
"Always Be My Baby" by Mariah Carey
You'll always be a part of me
I'm part of you indefinitely