Say You Love Me
Echoes of Longing: A Flock of Seagulls' Emotive Plea
Lyrics
Say you love me
To express affection and commitment
Come on say you do
Encouragement to verbalize love
Say you need me
Expressing a desire for emotional reliance
Just like I need you
Emphasizing mutual dependence
It's in your eyes
Perceiving emotional truth through visual cues
I see it in your smile
Noticing sincerity in a smile
Say you love me
Reiterating the request for verbal affirmation of love
If only for a while
Acceptance of love even if temporary
Won't waste my time
Commitment to focus on a specific relationship
On other love
Not entertaining other romantic pursuits
If you were mine, lord above
Yearning for the beloved
I still remember
Recollection of initial meeting
When our eyes first met
Significance attached to the first eye contact
There's something about you
Unforgettable quality in the person
That I just can't forget
Indelible impression made
You made my heart
Symbolic reference to vulnerability
Into an open door
Comparing emotions to an open door
Say you need me
Request for reciprocation of emotional need
Can't take it anymore
Unable to endure the absence of reciprocated love
Don't waste your time
Advising against investing in other romantic interests
On other love
Reiteration of longing for the beloved
When you are mine, lord above
Intensified desire for union
My heart's been tossed
Feeling emotionally turbulent
Like a ship on the ocean
Metaphorical representation of emotional instability
I'm beaten and driven
Emotional distress caused by feelings
On waves of emotion
Being overwhelmed by emotional turbulence
That carry me
Metaphor for being carried by overwhelming emotions towards someone
Carry me
-Carry me
-On to your shore
Symbolic reference to seeking emotional refuge in the beloved
You stand like a statue
Comparing the beloved to an unattainable ideal
Of pure alabaster
Portraying the beloved as perfect and untouchable
Surrounded by sirens
Symbolic allure of the beloved amidst potential danger
On rock of disaster
-They're calling me
-Calling me
-Calling me
-Into your heart
Desire to enter the beloved's heart despite emotional risks
Where I'm torn apart
Feeling emotionally vulnerable within the beloved's heart
Say you love me
Reiteration of the plea for love
Come on say you do
Encouragement for explicit confession of love
Say you need me
Request for acknowledgment of emotional necessity
Don't treat me like a fool
Expressing the desire not to be misled or taken advantage of emotionally
It's in your eyes
Interpreting emotions through visual and tactile cues
I know it's in your touch
Recognition of love through physical contact
Say you love me
Repeated plea for verbal affirmation of love
Say you love me
-Say you love me
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