Everybody's Somebody's Fool

The speaker describes loving someone who repeatedly leads her on and hurts her, yet she cannot make herself leave. She knows the relationship is painful and even tells herself she should forget him, but the thought of being without him feels worse. The emotion shifts between hurt, self-awareness, helpless attachment, and a wish that he might one day understand her pain.

The ocean is an exaggeration that helps show how many tears she has cried. Calling herself a “fool” or “plaything” suggests she feels used and powerless, as if the other person treats her feelings like a toy. “I know the score” is an idiom meaning she understands what is happening: she recognizes that he is not treating her well, even though she keeps returning.

The repeated claim that everybody is somebody’s fool turns her personal experience into a broad statement about love and vulnerability. It may comfort her to think that no one is immune to being hurt, but it also sounds resigned, as though suffering in love is unavoidable. The ending imagines the other person experiencing similar heartbreak someday. This could be a hope for empathy, or a quiet wish that he will finally understand what he has done.