(Not) Just the Way You Are

Don't go changing, to try and please me 

You never let me down before 

People will always change no matter what. In fact, the only thing that's constant in this life is change. People only stop changing once their dead. Even then a process of change is still occurring. Saying people should not change is essentially telling them to stop living and having a new experience.

Also, what on earth makes you think that I am changing merely for the sake of pleasing you? Is it so hard for you to believe that I also have the need to change, to improve, and to constantly be better? Not for other people, only for myself.

Don't imagine you're too familiar
And I don't see you anymore 

This is just a projection of your insecurities. Your fear of being left behind by because I have evolved beyond the capacity of the relationship allowed.

I would not leave you in times of trouble
We never could have come this far
I took the good times, I'll take the bad times
I'll take you just the way you are

 Every relationship means that all party involved needs to compromise to a point. But relationship also means constantly improving each other's qualities, and supporting each other's flaws. This is not about taking each other just the way each other's is, this is about making each other the best version of themselves.

Don't go trying some new fashion
Don't change the color of your hair

So what if I want to try new fashion? What if I want to change the color of my hair? This is my body, and I hold the autonomy for it. No one has the right to tell me otherwise. 

You always have my unspoken passion
Although I might not seem to care

 Mere justification for ignorance. If you feel a passion for me, don't leave it unspoken. You need to constantly show it, and I will do the same. Romance is reciprocal and needs to be nurtured every single day. It will die once it's ignored.

I don't want clever conversation
I never want to work that hard
I just want someone that I can talk to
I want you just the way you are.

Yes, I want someone to talk to. But when I talk to someone special, I do want clever conversation. I want to challenge and be challenged. I need to constantly develop myself, and I expect my someone special to do the same thing.

I need to know that you will always be
The same old someone that I knew 

 Once again, impossible. People change with every experience. Deal with it!

What will it take 'till you believe in me
The way that I believe in you.

 How can I ever believe in someone who never even show me that he cares? How dare he says he believes in me when in fact he does not allow me to improve and be a better version of me?

I said I love you and that's forever
And this I promise from my heart

  It's easy to make promise, but forever is a long time. So don't promise, just make everyday count. 

I couldn't love you any better
I love you just the way you are.

 Don't let the relationship be stagnant. It's not about loving me more each day, it's about love me in different ways each and every single day. It's about escaping routines and experience thrills. It's about seeing things differently according to every day's context.