"They say, 'You're a little much for me, you're a liability.'"

This hauntingly simple yet potent phrase is the hook in pop star Lorde's song "Liability" on her newest album, Melodrama. This ballad is the slowest of the entire album, and it sets a more unhurried, thoughtful tone than the rest of her upbeat and catchy masterpieces.

Some of these other songs feature themes such as drinking, partying, misadventures in love and finding yourself. However, "Liability" is a special song about friendship, or lack thereof, and how this shapes one's self-perspective.

Love is arguably the most popular lyric topic of all time. Therefore, when a powerful, popular song simply talks about the wrongdoings of friendship and companionship, it changes the conversation about the degrees of love we can receive.

With her status as an international phenomenon, it would seem like Lorde would be less than relatable to the eagerly listening teenager at home on Spotify. However, as we are constantly reminded, Lorde is one of the most understandable, engaging celebrities out there. Yes, even she deals with ungrateful, rude friends.

As reflected by its rising popularity since the album's release, "Liability" is the power ballad we didn't know we needed. At its core, it is saying that her company is too much to handle for some people, as she is seen as an overbearing, easily manipulated liability to those around her. It's likely that nearly everyone can relate to these lyrics, because among the heartbreak and wrongdoings inflicted upon us in our lives, the damages done to our psyche by our so-called friends can run the deepest.

In the second verse of this song, Lorde begins to examine her worth to those around her. Some aspects of this observation include, "I am a toy that people enjoy, 'till all of the tricks don't work anymore" and "Every perfect summer's eating me alive until you're gone, better on my own." In combination with the chorus, it is painfully clear that Lorde has been left rubbed raw and reeling over her experiences with friends in the past, and she's definitely not alone.

As your tears continue falling, the song, unfortunately, wraps up with the most haunting, empowering four lines of music that I've heard in a long time. She simply states that, as an inconvenient liability, her nemeses will just have to watch her "disappear into the sun." Although the interpretation of this lyric is incredibly open, one could say that Lorde is reminding everyone that she has bigger, brighter things ahead of her and that they are welcome to stay behind and watch her live her life.

Although I'm not a wildly brilliant musician with two successful albums under my belt, I'd like to think that I, too, could turn my back on the haters who think of me as a burden. Once again, Lorde has encapsulated the angst, eagerness, and depth of the human experience so well that Freud is rolling over in his grave. Speaking for myself, and millions of other fans that are as swept up in this album as I am, I think it's safe to say that Lorde is the liability that we would all gladly take on, and she could never be too much for us.