Today, we could not manage to say things right, and by speaking up, we only faced defeat and embarrassment.
This couplet captures that painfully familiar sting of regret when you try to express yourself to someone special, but the words come out all wrong. The speaker gathered the courage to speak their mind, only to falter and end up deeply embarrassed or put in their place. The everyday idiom of 'tasting defeat' conveys that sharp, humbling realization that remaining silent would have spared them so much heartache.
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