Artist: Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes
Song Title: If You Don't Know Me By Now
If you don't know me by now
You will never never never know me, ooo
All the things that we've been through
You should understand me like I understand you
Now baby, I know the difference between right and wrong
I ain't gonna do nothin' to upset our happy home
Oh, don't get so excited when I come home a little late at night
Cos we only act like children when we argue, fuss and fight
If you don't know me by now (If you don't know me by now)
You will never never never know me (You'll never never never know me, hey hey)
If you don't know me by now (If you don't, if you don't know me, baby)
You will never never never know me (No, you won't, uh hey)
We all got our own funny moods
I've got mine, woman, you've got yours too
Just trust in me like I trust in you
As long as we've been together that should be so easy to do
Just get yourself together or we might as well say goodbye
What good is a love affair when we can't see eye to eye, oh
If you don't know me by now (If you don't, if don't know me, baby)
You will never never never know me (Hey hey, hey hey, uh hey hey)
If you don't know me by now (If you don't know me by now)
You will never never never know me, ooo (No you won't, oh)
Song Title: If You Don't Know Me By Now
If you don't know me by now
You will never never never know me, ooo
All the things that we've been through
You should understand me like I understand you
Now baby, I know the difference between right and wrong
I ain't gonna do nothin' to upset our happy home
Oh, don't get so excited when I come home a little late at night
Cos we only act like children when we argue, fuss and fight
If you don't know me by now (If you don't know me by now)
You will never never never know me (You'll never never never know me, hey hey)
If you don't know me by now (If you don't, if you don't know me, baby)
You will never never never know me (No, you won't, uh hey)
We all got our own funny moods
I've got mine, woman, you've got yours too
Just trust in me like I trust in you
As long as we've been together that should be so easy to do
Just get yourself together or we might as well say goodbye
What good is a love affair when we can't see eye to eye, oh
If you don't know me by now (If you don't, if don't know me, baby)
You will never never never know me (Hey hey, hey hey, uh hey hey)
If you don't know me by now (If you don't know me by now)
You will never never never know me, ooo (No you won't, oh)
Most people don't know me. They don't get me. Much in the same way that they don't know my inner likes and dislikes. The real ones. The ones I don't say but only feel deep down inside. It's always been this way. And I guess that on some level, I've grown to accept things as they are. That I'll never be understood.
Sure, there have been times when people have gotten lucky and managed to somehow hit the jackpot with pinpointing my fancies but... those occasions are pretty rare. Generally speaking, I rarely get the best (meaning stuff I would be willing to cut off an arm, sell a liver, starve, beg and steal for) of birthday gifts, nor Christmas gifts, nor for-fun-no-reason-why gifts. Nice gifts, sure. Expensive gifts? Yeah, those too. But usually not the kind that unleashes a genuine, heartfelt smile followed by a heady giggle.
Makes me wonder why, you know?
I mean, am I that much of a mystery?
Am I that impossible to understand?
Sigh.
I mean, am I that much of a mystery?
Am I that impossible to understand?
Sigh.
What hurts the most is that the people you think know you best, actually don't. And the people who should know you best, don't. They just think they do... but they don't. They don't. They just don't.
20 comments :
there is nothing should or should not in the world, esp when this is applied to others, not ourselves :) we tend to over-estimate things sometimes.
Well, I guess that's true. We tend to hope for the best so much so that we forget to prepare for the worst. Bah, sometimes I feel I just think too much.
hahahah i never understood you last time. come to think about it, i realized how much the girls at the time matured and we boys were so childish. no wonder you nagged so much, hahahaha.
couldn't agree with your entry. i hate it when ppl think they know me the best. but then again, i will dully listen to what they got to say and that's it :P
hope it isn't late but merry christmas ! :P
Oh, I'm willing to bet that only few (if any) of you young rascals understood us girls at all! Tsk tsk.
(Never understood Rama for allowing me to cut off his hand hair, though. =p)
And I hate it when people THINK they know me. But I guess I'm fine with people knowing me. In fact, it'd make life a whole lot easier if they did. Then I wouldn't have to explain myself as much as I do now. It's tiring.
And merry Christmas, Sat. Better late than never. And just so it doesn't happen again soon, I'd better say "Happy New Year" early. =)
Well... you're a bit like my sister. Are you a scorpio? Because she is.
Anyway, sometimes i think if people THINK they know me i rather they don't know me at all. Worst is some people do know me and they tend to give me too much of care that i think is suffocating. Or some know and they try to attack me. Sometimes,keeping a distance is a way to protect yourself you know. Just that over-protecting is not good at all..
vuman, i have the song. want? sara said you wanted it.
ahaha of course they'll never understand us. guys i mean.
anyway take care!
noone knows urself better than you do!
Hahaha...there is a saying "Women are not for us men to be understood BUT to be LOVED"....
I guess now I really know what that means...Hahahaha =P
Thats why Man's from Mars and Woman's from Venus... lol
ATTN: flying_fish
– Hey! Nice of you to pop by. =)
And yeah, I'm a Scorpio. Haha. But which part of my post seemed Scorpio-ish to you!? Hmmm. Scary how true it sometimes seems. I don't much believe in it, though. I'm thinking there are other factors that cause us November babies to behave the way we do. Haha. That said, I told you I think too much. =p
And yes. Rather than having them assume they're right about us, I'd rather they KNEW that they didn't know me. The latter's easier to deal with sometimes. And those who attack you with the stuff they know about you just aren't worth the time. You know? They're just not worth it.
And yeah, I do that protect-myself thingy too. I guess it's just human nature. Bad but we all do it all the same. It beats gettin hurt and slammin our faces into walls for the sake of others.
ATTN: estherlauderlyn
– Haha. Nah, it's okay. I got it. Tried looking for it in my playlist but realised I didn't have it, (!?!) so I decided to rope in the Lau sisters for help. Haha.
ATTN: Abby
– You're back!!! You're here again!!! Wheeeee!
And no, not many guys possess the very-necessary knowledge of the woman psyche. But then again, I'm not just referring to the guys here. Sure, guys are usually the ones who are paling fail in this lah. But some girls actually quite fail also wan. I've had classmates I thought were pretty close to me give me decorative (more like totally useless) porcelain (chipped wan summore) squirrels for my birthday. Stunner. Shared by 5 girls summore. Bleh. So potong.
ATTN: adrian
– AMEN!!!
ATTN: Chee Hoe
– Haha. Well said. I'd like to think I came from a galaxy far far away, though. That'd be soooo much cooler.
what's with the 'im the center of the universe' rant? truth be told, we ALL feel the same...as in, people don't really know the real me...
but the question that comes up here is this, "is it even possible to know the real ME?"..Is there a real me to begin with? because if we were to put all our efforts into writing a definition of ourselves today...chuck it away until days, weeks or months have passed and write another definition, it would definitely be different..coz that's what we are: fickle and ever changing organisms...
and in essence, what we are really saying when we ask "do you know the real me?" is not whether you know the person that is there all this while (because if you can give a defnition of me, you will be wrong every other day);rather we are asking whether or not you know the person at this very moment...the moods, feelings, thoughts, wishes that we are having right now...and that itself is well, impossible because, well, we simply change...
there is a deeper issue here...is that we are really longing for 2 things..."intimacy", that is to be connected to another person, and "significance", to know that we are worth it...and well, if we are going to wait for others to get in there, well im sorry you will be disappointed because everybody else is waiting for the exact same thing...
At the end of the day, we know the old saying stands true: the only way to find our life is to lose it...And so, the right question to ask is "have i given a sufficient part of me to know you?"...
There is only 1 centre to the universe, and it lies elsewhere =)
Whoa.
Like where did that come from? I'm guessing Anonymous is making a comeback with a very apt new nick. Bravo.
And no. I wasn't referring to understanding why I'm feeling depressed or discovering what makes me smile or even unveiling the inner secrets to grasping the mystery that is I. I'm talking about presents lah. Why so deep wan you?
Wahhh what happened la my dear? You sound so forlorn...
I had time to think. That's all. Being on leave does that to you sometimes. Haha.
haha..so you do know me...just goes to show..haha
well,i know u were talking bout gifts, but then if u actually read between your own lines, u will find that you were describing the issue that we all face...
why else would other people (not just me) see deeper..no?
Hello, Me.
Whoa. That felt weird.
And yes. I can tell. I'm not dense or blur, nor am I stupid.
You see, the problem with you is that you read between the lines. Did anybody tell you to? I never said I didn't mean what I said and said what I meant. I did. I do. It's people who read it that blow things out of proportion. No, wait. It's YOU who blew things out of proportion. Nobody else seemed to think it ran as deeply as you said it did. At least not to the point of narcissism or it being a rant.
hey, that rant/narcicism thing was purposely meant to be an exaggeration..sorry if it offended u..i didnt mean u personally in what i said..it was a generalization...im sure d people who know u (me included) will gladly testify that you definitely a friend who looks out for others, and in fact goes the extra mile..
so i apologize...at best it was me writing a not so well thought of comment after a long day..and at worst, an expression of my own 'my opinions are the centre of the universe' if u must...
so hope u dont take it to heart =)
anyways, feel free to delete my comment =)
You know me? Pray tell – how? I don't see why a friend, as you say you are, would comment anonymously on my blog.
Anyways, apology accepted. And no, I don't delete comments. =)
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