15 Songs About Being Scared To Love Again/Get Into A Relationship
When one undergoes a really painful heartbreak, it may be very scary to get back into a relationship with someone else so we hold back instead of fully diving in. If your are experiencing such as situation, here are a couple of songs to resonate with that:
1. Taylor Swift – Delicate
In an interview, Taylor Swift stated that the point of this song in the album is to demonstrate what happens when you meet someone you really want in your life but then you start to worry about what they heard before they met you. You wonder if it will affect the process of them getting to know you.
2. Bebe Rexha – Meant To Be
Bebe Rexha revealed that the song was inspired by her sour experience with her past relationship. It has caused her to be uptight about new relationships. Her boyfriend of 18 months broke up with her via text message and since then to the release of the song she had stayed away from relationships. She stated that she is an old school romantic person and hence does not just give her heart around.
This single ended up being one of Bebe’s most successful tracks. It ended up peaking at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the country charts.
3. Kehlani – Nights Like This
Kehlani trusted the other person in a relationship to care for her emotions but he threw them out of the window leaving her finding it hard to love again. Trust was broken and faith was misplaced. She thought that she was hers but she ended up picking a guy to be with.
Kehlani now spends some nights thinking of her former significant other contemplating whether to contact her. However, she decides not to because she knows she will just end up playing with her emotions.
4. Sam Smith – Too Good At Goodbyes
During an interview with Beats 1, Sam stated that the inspiration behind the track was a relationship he was in and the track is about getting good at getting dumped. At the time, he was trying to convince himself that he was tough to protect himself. However, he was just gearing up for what he know would happen.
The song is part of the album The Thrill of It All released in 2017.
5. Labrinth – Beneath Your Beautiful
Labrinth together with Emeli Sande come together to sing about letting down their defenses. Labrinth starts by singing about how the girl is out of his league making her untouchable. Sande sings about how the guy doesn’t really care about the girls but she knows it’s just a facade. They both want to get a glimpse of each other’s darkest sides so as to strengthen their relationship.
The track is part of the album Electronic Earth (2012). It peaked at number one in the UK Singles Chart becoming Labrinth’s first number-one single as a solo artist.
6. Russ – Losing Control
Russ’ ex afterward found it hard to love and trust other men after she moved on from the relationship. In the second verse of the track, Russ sings about a new guy who genuinely wanted to be with her and how he was trying to prove that he won’t take her love for granted. However, she was still battling an internal conflict that made her find it hard to love someone else due to past experiences.
7. Martin Garrix & Bebe Rexha – In The Name Of Love
Bebe Rexha starts out by explaining to her man how loving someone is similar to walking in a fire. She asks her man to trust her because, without it, they won’t be successful. She wants him to put her faith in her when there is no one else to turn to.
8. Beyonce – Broken Hearted Girl
This is an R&B ballad that describes heartache and the insecurities of love. In the first verse, she sings about an ex who was amazing in the beginning but later she didn’t expect him to become so toxic. She now just wishes to forget him and vows not to forgive him. Now that she left him, she found herself confined only to herself which became unhealthy. She can’t be close to others until she releases her pain.
When she released her pain, this gave her room to heal and reconcile. She can finally be able to love again.
9. Demi Lovato – Give Your Heart A Break
This is a song about showing someone scared of their heart being broken that you are the one right for them. It’s about faith and asking them to trust you that you won’t add to the damage they already have.
The song is part of the album Unbroken (2011). It peaked at #16 on the Billboard Hot 100.
10. Kelly Clarkson – Because Of You
This is a song she wrote when she 16 years old as a reflection of the impact on her parent’s divorce which happened when she was just 6 years old. She states that because of it she could ‘stray too far from the sidewalk’ which means that she fears that the same will happen to her so she doesn’t want to take any risks in love to avoid everything falling apart and her partner walking out.
The track was a massive success since it ended up peaking at #7 on Billboard’s Hot 100 and #1 on Europe’s charts.
11. Ella Henderson – Yours
In the song, she says that she belongs to him and is sure that she means it when she tells him she loves him but she wants to be sure that he means it too. She feels comfort in him and feels as if all her problems disappear when with him. She has always been afraid to fall in love again but with him, she has learned to trust again and she feels she is now ready to give her heart out again.
This is the third single off Henderson’s debut studio album, Chapter One,
12. Justin Timberlake – Not A Bad Thing
Justin knows the girl has been emotionally hurt by her past relationship. In her previous relationships, the promises that were made to her were broken. He just wants to convince her that he is different and will stay forever through thick and thin. He hopes that with time he will be able to fix her heartbreak.
The song is off the album The 20/20 Experience released in 2013.
In an interview, Dua Lipa stated that the song is about finally being in a happy place and knowing this new person is amazing but then you still end up thinking “Nothing else compares to this, and what if this ends and it breaks my heart?”. You get scared to be happy.
Dua wrote the song with her then boyfriend Anwar Hadid and it helped her open up. She was falling deeply in love with him and if they were to ever break up, she will undergo a heartbreak that will be hard to mend.
14. Ariana Grande – Safety Net
This is part of Ariana’s sixth studio album, Positions. A safety net is a prevention method that consists of placing a large new between a person the ground. Ariana compares this to a relationship where she is giving everthing to make it work even though she doesn’t know if it will. She is willing to risk it all.
15. Keyshia Cole – Trust
This is a single by Keyshia Cole and Monica that is from the album A Different Me. Keyshia Cole tries to convince a potential lover that he can trust her to be there for him when in need and she will give him very piece of her. She promises not to hurt him.