From the album Humble
This is about the specific pain of needing to be needed. Alberto names herself a 'self titled doctor' who saves people not to help them but to prove her own worth. When the gratitude doesn't come, the whole performance collapses. The song is a prayer to stop making love transactional.
Not enough glory makes me lose my way / I have fallen deeper than the ones I save
She admits the helping is about her ego, not them. The fall is moral, not physical. She's sinking beneath the people she claims to rescue.
My love needs no demand / Our bond would crumble / I trust you on your path
She knows the right answer. Love without strings. But knowing it doesn't mean she can do it yet. The chorus that follows is her begging herself to actually believe this.
Not enough credit makes my wonder why / You do not show you gratitude as I
The mask slips completely. She's keeping score, measuring how much gratitude she deserves. 'As I' is the tell. She thinks generosity should be reciprocal, which means it was never generosity.
I'll help you on top / Even if you choose your downfall
This line is brutal. She'll save you even if you don't want saving. Even if it harms you. The helping has nothing to do with what you actually need.
Be humble / Humble (Let me be humble)
The repetition stops being meditative and starts sounding desperate. She's trying to chant herself into a different person. Sixteen times she says it. That's not confidence. That's someone who knows they're failing.
The song doesn't end with her fixed. It ends with her still chanting, still asking permission to be different. Alberto knows the savior complex is killing her relationships but she can't let go of needing to be needed. That's the real wound. Not the helping. The fact that she can't stop.