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Jun 7, 2021 18:34
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English term

give away

Non-PRO English Other General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters give away
Gonna give my heart away Leave it to the other girls to play.

What she wants to say here?

https://www.metrolyrics.com/glory-box-lyrics-portishead.html

Thanks in advance,

Discussion

S.J (asker) Jun 9, 2021:
I suppose she is sick of love.
David Hollywood Jun 8, 2021:
but doubt it
David Hollywood Jun 8, 2021:
might be a sob story
David Hollywood Jun 8, 2021:
need more of the lyrics though
David Hollywood Jun 8, 2021:
if you can give your heart away, you're in unconditional love in your song context
David Hollywood Jun 8, 2021:
"give my heart away" is positive
David Hollywood Jun 8, 2021:
disagree with Phil in this particular context (opposite)
S.J (asker) Jun 7, 2021:
Thank you.
philgoddard Jun 7, 2021:
There are no hard-and-fast answers with lyrics and poetry - you have to decide for yourself what you think they mean. My guess would be "I'm going to give up on love because I've had enough."
Danilo Santana Jun 7, 2021:

Responses

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21 mins

hand over / give up on one's heart

She is tired and is to hand over her heart to other girls to play.
She is giving all of her.
Note from asker:
I know the literal meaning of it. What I need the figurative meaning of it. Thank you.
Peer comment(s):

disagree David Hollywood : not in this context
9 hrs
disagree Tony M : Not here
11 hrs
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+2
7 hrs

surrender my heart

in the sense of fall in love completely

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Note added at 7 hrs (2021-06-08 02:17:27 GMT)
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commit to someone and let the others do as they wish

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Note added at 7 hrs (2021-06-08 02:21:46 GMT)
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"give away" is positive and unconditional in the sense of "found my love and happy with it"
Peer comment(s):

agree Tony M : Exactly the way I read it: give her heart (= love) to one specific person she loves, and leave all the 'spare' boys (or girls) for the other girls to 'play (around) with'
4 hrs
thanks Tony
agree James Bay
17 hrs
thanks James
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