Whether a past relationship has left you decimated, or you’re worried about how a relationship with your crush would end up in reality, our list of contemporary pop songs about being afraid to love someone covers it all.
Songs About Being Afraid To Love Someone
1. Adele – To Be Loved
Adele’s soulful album track, To Be Loved, uses serene minimalist acoustics to impart a message of letting wholeness and clarity replace resentment.
This track seamlessly ties into our concept of being afraid to love someone, composed from the perspective of somebody gradually broken down by past relationships and struggling to find the space to love themself, let alone love someone else again;
“It’s about time that I face myself, all I do is bleed into someone else.”
Detailing the journey from love to heartbreak, Adele’s ballad captures the moment you realise it’s not wrong to be afraid of loving someone, choosing to shift the focus upon your own healing instead; “I’ll stand still and let the storm pass by, keep my heart safe ’til the time feels right.”
2. Myya Diary & Kiki Rowe – Are You Scared Of Love?
Myya Diary & Kiki Rowe’s Are You Scared Of Love? is grounded in the sleek ambience of a piano ballad, their sentimental sound beautifully backlighting their timidly romantic lyrical theme.
Myya & Kiki craft their track as a conversation to a crush you’ve fallen helplessly for, gauging each other’s perspective as you open up to each other for the first time;
“I didn’t know we would be here but now we are, I didn’t know I would fall for you this hard … I didn’t know that love would tear me apart. Are you scared of love? ‘Cause I’m scared of love.”
Beneath the bashful nature of Myya & Kiki’s lyrics is the unashamed exposure of pain gathered through a lifetime of letdowns, fashioning a piece for anyone trying to place themselves on the same page as their crush;
“Every morning wake up broken, smile but inside I know it … But I just want this to be over, if only I could show you, would I be the only one, the only one that you could trust?”
3. Magan Faria – Scared Of Love
Megan Faria’s Scared Of Love is a self-professed warning to any potential future lovers, opening up about her insecurities in pursuing true commitment, while suggesting that staying friends is the easiest way to avoid more heartbreak;
“Don’t you come any closer, don’t you dare ask to come over, ’cause I’ll do something dumb, like let you in.”
Her lyrics gradually open up more and more as the song progresses, before drawing back in repetition of the chorus’s vaguer message, mimicking a realistic emotional conversation between a couple imbalanced in love;
“I’m scared of what I’ll do, I’m scared of what I’ll say, I’m scared you’ll just get bored and push my love away, I’m scared to let you in, ’cause I’m scared to let you go … Some people fall out of love, some never find it, some say it’s right, but just not the right timing.”
4. Ali Gatie – Scared Of Love
Ali Gatie composes his R&B/pop piece, Scared Of Love, from the opposite side of the story than showcased thus far, revealing the POV of somebody attempting to earn the trust of a girl still haunted by her past.
Threading his lyrics with nurturing encouragement, Gatie offers peace, friendship and understanding in an attempt to heal the heart of a crush who’s scared to love again; “I’ll share yours scars, we’ll keep on fighting, even when life gets hard, when the nights turns dark, I’ll shine on you.”
Scared Of Love is a song for anyone spellbound by someone broken, relating to their misery and committing to help like the lover they don’t want;
“When you feel pain, yeah I feel it too, matter fact I feel everything you’re going through… But I tell you I’ll be there protecting you, you the one, I swear that you and I was meant to be, since I was born you my destiny, I’d risk it all for you… And I ain’t never giving up on you.”
5. Russ – Scared
Russ centres his 2017 release, Scared, in a mesmerising R&B riff, texturing wavy modernism with warm retro aesthetics to devise a smooth anthem adorned with a despairing message.
Scared details the residual trauma left after being cheated on by a long-term girlfriend, impeding your ability to completely accept another;
“Tried to give you everything, I was thinking wedding ring, you were cheating every chance you got while I was faithful, then you went with who you told me not to worry ’bout… Now I’m scared of falling in love again.”
Russ’s track is anchored in actively working towards recovering from romantic trauma, the narrator engaging in optimism and placing himself in a new relationship, regardless of his onerous past;
“Take my hand and rock it real slow, I wanna feel your love tonight, let’s put the world on pause and get drunk off these city lights, I’m all about us tonight, ooh, I’m scared to fall in love again.”
6. Fudasca ft. Resident – I’m Scared To Fall In Love
Fudasca & Resident craft their 2019 radio-pop collab , I’m Scared To Fall In Love, around the idea of being broken by a past relationship and feeling too tainted to love again.
This track takes an openhearted approach to commitment, insecurity and inner demons, its acoustic riff repeating like a mantra and anchoring its dismal message in peace;
“I’m not even sure how to handle things that would turn out alright, it’s like you’re an angel from heaven and I’m a demon stuck in hell, I feel like I’m not good enough and need away from your spell.”
I’m Scared To Fall In Love adopts an unexpected structure, its chorus appearing as the first and last section without repetition, stylistically allowing its love-letter lyrics to flow fluently and naturally like an honest heart-to-heart, rather than as a composed pop song,