"This Isn't Love" by Jasmine Villegas is a song about the disappointment and heartbreak that comes with being in a toxic relationship. The lyrics describe the narrator's experience of being promised love and happiness but ultimately being hurt and feeling like their emotions are being disregarded. The song starts with the narrator expressing how the person they trusted and believed in turned out to be everything they were not. They were promised to be made to feel alive, but instead, they feel destroyed inside. The narrator suspects that this person knew all along that they would cause them pain but still chose to hurt them. The line "Don't try to tell me 'That's what all boys do'" indicates that the narrator is aware that not all relationships are like this, and they are reaching a breaking point, not wanting to endure such pain anymore. Throughout the song, the narrator questions why love is supposed to be so painful and confusing. They are confused by the fact that their love lives make them cry instead of bringing joy, as love is supposed to be their friend. The lyrics emphasize the feeling of contradiction, as the narrator admits to never having been in love before but knows that it's not supposed to feel this way. In the end, the narrator decides that they will no longer allow themselves to be hurt and deceived. They assert that they won't come back like they did before and refuse to stay in a toxic relationship, regardless of any attempts to make them stay. They have reached their limit and are done with accepting the pain. Overall, "This Isn't Love" is a heartfelt song about recognizing the toxicity in a relationship and refusing to continue being hurt. It highlights the confusion and disappointment that can arise when love doesn't live up to its expectations.
