Read My Mind
About the song
The song “Read My Mind” by Beren Olivia is about the painful struggle of falling out of love and not knowing how to say it. It captures the fear, guilt, and emotional conflict that come with ending a relationship. The main theme is emotional honesty and the difficulty of breaking someone’s heart when you still care about them.
In the verses, the singer reflects on how hard it is to find the right words. She’s been overthinking it, practicing what to say, and avoiding the truth. She’s spent hours trying to distract herself or build up the courage, but it’s still too hard. She wishes the other person could just know how she feels without her having to say it.
The chorus shows how stuck she feels. She doesn’t want to pretend anymore, but she also doesn’t want to hurt the other person. She hopes that silence could somehow speak for her, and that the blame or sadness could be avoided. In the end, she just wishes the other person could “read her mind” and understand that the love is gone even if the care remains.
Lyrics
Red eye
Watch another movie let the time fly
Maybe by the time I hit the ground I
Would have worked it out
How to tell you that
I’m done
Every mile I count another reason
But when I see your face I fall apart
I can’t think of one
Not even one
I can’t help the way I feel
I can’t keep pretending
How do you tell somebody that you don’t love them no more
Tell somebody that you don’t love them
I’ve rehearsed the lines like a million times
Perfectly aligned but the letters ain’t coming out right
Oh I
Really wish that silence could say everything
We could skip the part out where you blame me
I’d give anything
I
Oh I
Wish that you could read my mind
Wish that you could read my mind
Read my mind
Hours
Looking for distraction I’m a coward
Dancing ’round the subject I should let you know
It ain’t that easy though
I can’t help the way I feel
I can’t keep pretending
How do you tell somebody that you don’t love them no more
Tell somebody that you don’t love them
I’ve rehearsed the lines like a million times
Perfectly aligned but the letters ain’t coming out right
Oh I
Really wish that silence could say everything
We could skip the part out where you blame me
I’d give anything
I
Oh I
Wish that you could read my mind
Wish that you could read my mind
Read my mind
Wish that you could read my mind
Woah
Woah
Wish that you could read my mind
I can’t help the way I feel
I can’t keep pretending
How do you tell somebody that you don’t love them no more
Tell somebody that you don’t love them