I WI$H Lyrics – Ty Dolla $ign (TYCOON)

I WI$H Lyrics Meaning

[Chorus: Big TC & Sunday Service Choir & Both]
This part really shows how torn up the person feels inside. They’re wishing they could love someone and truly care about them, but for some reason, they just can’t. It’s not that they don’t want to—deep down, they honestly do. You can hear that desire in how many times they repeat the words. It feels like they’re almost begging themselves to feel something real. Maybe they’ve been hurt before or are emotionally shut down, but it’s clear they’re not cold-hearted. There’s this sadness in knowing someone out there wants their love, and they want to give it too, but emotionally, they’re kind of stuck in a place where it’s not happening. It’s frustrating for them, and probably heartbreaking for the other person too.

[Verse: Big TC & Sunday Service Choir]
Now he starts getting really honest. He talks about feeling messed up inside, like his emotional state is too damaged to even fall in love. He’s tried—he swears he’s given it a shot—but the truth is, he still can’t trust anyone, no matter how hard he tries. That lack of trust isn’t about the person he’s with—it’s about his past and how many times he’s been let down or hurt. There’s no one he can fully rely on, and that’s left him guarded. But at the same time, when he looks into this person’s eyes, he gets emotional. It’s almost like their love breaks through his walls a little, enough to make him want to cry. He feels something good with them, but he knows he can’t keep pretending to be okay when he’s not. He doesn’t want to live a lie, even if it means losing something that feels good. His heart’s been broken too many times, and even though the other person is doing everything right—sticking by his side, loving him through the pain—he just doesn’t know how to open up or be vulnerable anymore. It’s this heavy mix of pain, regret, and emotional numbness.

[Chorus: Big TC & Big TC & Sunday Service Choir]
This part brings that same feeling back but shorter and more focused. It repeats the main struggle: he wants to love and care, but he’s not able to. It’s like a loop he can’t break, and he keeps wishing things were different. Even though it sounds simple, the repetition shows how deeply stuck he feels in this emotional place. It’s not just a passing feeling—it’s something that’s been haunting him, and it keeps coming back no matter how much he wants to move past it.