Justin Bieber is a Canadian singer. He is currently signed to Def Jam Recordings. Deserve You is the second track off his 6th studio album titled “Justice.”
What is the song “Deserve You” by Justin Bieber all about?
Deserve means someone worth to receive, have or earn something or someone.
“Deserve You” by Justin Bieber is a love song. In the song, Justin is deeply in love with his significant other who equally loves him too. However, based on his past, Justin feels he is undeserving of her love. Although Justin did not give any glimpse of what his past looked like; it’s probably something he can’t brag about.
Meaning of some words
“I’m in my thoughts” means to think about something.
“Don’t want to go back to who I was,” means not to return to some previous habits or characters either positive or negative.
“Don’t deserve you,” means accepting that someone you are with should belong to someone better usually based on wealth, age, or past life.
I am wondering though why Justin sang in verse 2 that he doesn’t want to beat his past. View below:
“I don’t want to beat my past”
This is because to beat someone’s past means to be better in the future than he was in the past. So why did he say he doesn’t want to beat or defeat his past?
Lyrics to Deserve You by Justin Bieber.
Verse 1
When I’m in my thoughts sometimes
It’s hard to believe
I’m the person you think I am
The person that you tell me you love
I’m on my ten thousandth life
Nine thousand, nine hundred, ninety-nine and it slipped my hands
But this is the one I’m not giving up
Pre-chorus
Night after night you fall asleep on me
I’m praying that I don’t go back to who I was
Chorus
I feel like
I don’t deserve you tonight
It’s in the way that you hold me
I don’t deserve you tonight
It’s in the things that you show me
I need you, don’t let me go
Need you, don’t let me go
I feel like
I don’t de-, I don’t de-
I don’t deserve you tonight
Verse 2
I can tend to hold things back
I need you more than I let you believe I do
‘Cause you could think it might be too much, oh yeah
I don’t want to beat my past
Oh when we kiss I’m alive and I feel brand new
There’s nothing that I want more than us
Pre-chorus
Night after night you fall asleep on me
I’m praying that I don’t go back to who I was
Chorus
I feel like
I don’t deserve you tonight
It’s in the way that you hold me
I don’t deserve you tonight
It’s in the things that you show me
I need you, don’t let me go
Need you, don’t let me go
I feel like
I don’t de-, I don’t de-
I don’t deserve you tonight
Bridge
Somewhere in the sky
The way your body fits on mine
When you give in to me
I’m so high but I’m falling
Now my eyes are locked on you
As you dance around the room
And finally, I’m right where I belong
Chorus/Outro
I feel like
I don’t deserve you tonight
It’s in the way that you hold me
I don’t deserve you tonight
It’s in the things that you show me
I need you, don’t let me go
Need you, don’t let me go
I feel like
I don’t de-, I don’t de-
I don’t deserve you tonight
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