"I Bow Out", sebuah lagu yang dibawakan oleh Whitney Houston, mengungkapkan perasaan lelah dan tekad untuk mengakhiri dinamika hubungan yang tidak sehat. Liriknya yang kuat mengekspresikan kemarahan dan penolakan terhadap permainan manipulatif dan rasa sakit yang ditimbulkannya. Penyanyi itu dengan tegas menyatakan bahwa mereka tidak akan lagi mentolerir perlakuan buruk dan akan melepaskan diri dari hubungan tersebut. Melalui paduan suara yang penuh semangat, mereka berjanji untuk "I Bow Out" (Meninggalkan) dan menolak rasa sakit serta kepalsuan yang telah mereka alami.
I Bow Out Lyrics
Whitney Houston
D. WarrenI'm tired of playing this gameAnd I won't play it no more
And I won't take it no more Through with being your fool
And I won't do it no moreAnd I won't, I won't keep up this actNot for one minute
I'm gonna pull, I'm gonna pull this curtain downChorus:
This time I won't play this gameI made a vow to make a change and
I Bow Out (I won't be hanging around baby)I decline to take the pain
I resign the masqueradeI Bow Out (I won't be staying around baby)I Bow Out
Can't go on with the showYour just a stage I went through
Now your just fading from view Yeah!Time for a change of scene
Guess I'll be taking my leaveI guess I won't, I won't stay in this play
Not for one minuteI gonna make, I wanna make my exit nowChorusBridge:
When your left standing on that stage all aloneMaybe you'll realize
You should have learned to treat me right
And when this final act is finally throughMaybe you'll wish you'd been
The kind of man you should have been
Now watch me say goodbye and walk right out of your lifeInstrumental Break
Chorus (TO FADE)
And I won't take it no more Through with being your fool
And I won't do it no moreAnd I won't, I won't keep up this actNot for one minute
I'm gonna pull, I'm gonna pull this curtain downChorus:
This time I won't play this gameI made a vow to make a change and
I Bow Out (I won't be hanging around baby)I decline to take the pain
I resign the masqueradeI Bow Out (I won't be staying around baby)I Bow Out
Can't go on with the showYour just a stage I went through
Now your just fading from view Yeah!Time for a change of scene
Guess I'll be taking my leaveI guess I won't, I won't stay in this play
Not for one minuteI gonna make, I wanna make my exit nowChorusBridge:
When your left standing on that stage all aloneMaybe you'll realize
You should have learned to treat me right
And when this final act is finally throughMaybe you'll wish you'd been
The kind of man you should have been
Now watch me say goodbye and walk right out of your lifeInstrumental Break
Chorus (TO FADE)
