This deep and heartfelt song is very much open up to interpretation. However, a comment left under the song on Youtube (by a user called Abdul Malik 91) was pinned by the artist, which reads:
“𝙄 𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙤𝙪𝙩 & 𝙤𝙗𝙟𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙨𝙖𝙮 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙠�...
[Verse 1]
Tryna make a man out of myself
Tryna live a life without her
Do I want to live without a reason?
Tryna make it out in life
Tryna make it out in life
[Chorus]
I been down
I been down for a while now
I been down
I been down for a while now
It's so, it's so, it's so, it's so dark here
[Verse 2]
Baby I'm not perfect
It's hard to see what's true
Baby I'm not perfect
Baby I'm like you
Baby I'm not perfect
It's hard to see what's true
Why do you always run away?
When she gets beautiful
[Chorus]
I been down
I been down for a while now
I been down
I been down for a while now
It's so, it's so, it's so, it's so dark here
Khaled-siddiq released Confessions From A Black Heart on Sat Mar 31 2018.