During a live show, Aimee Mann described “You Never Loved Me” as a song about a friend who traveled to meet the man she was engaged to, only for him not to appear. A slow, folk track, it repeats the mantra of “you never loved me” as a revelation.
[Verse 1]
Boy, when you go, you go
Three thousand miles just so I'll know
You never loved me
You never loved me
[Verse 2]
Then when you're gone, you're gone
I know the tumbleweed lexicon:
You never loved me
You never loved me
[Chorus]
Three thousand miles to sit in a room
With a vanishing groom
'Til it undoes me
A helium cell like a hermit crab shell
Was a blank, you could tell
It never was me
'Cause you will never love me
You never loved me
[Verse 3]
Boy, when you're through, you're through
Nobody argues the point like you
You never loved me
You never loved me
[Verse 4]
And hey, when you're right, you're right
We'll stipulate that I lost the fight
You never loved me
You never loved me
[Chorus]
Three thousand miles to sit in a room
With a vanishing groom
'Til it undoes me
A helium cell like a hermit crab shell
Was a blank, you could tell
It never was me
'Cause you will never love me
You never loved me
You Never Loved Me was written by Aimee Mann.
You Never Loved Me was produced by Paul Bryan.
Aimee Mann released You Never Loved Me on Fri Mar 31 2017.