Exactly Like You
Discovering Love's True Essence in 'Exactly Like You'
Lyrics
I know why I waited
The speaker understands the reason for their past waiting.
Know why I've been blue
They comprehend the cause of their sadness or melancholy.
I've been waiting each day
Each day, they've been anticipating someone specific.
For someone exactly like you
They've been waiting for a person who matches a certain ideal—'someone exactly like you.'
Why should I spend some money
Questioning the reason for spending money on entertainment.
On a show or two
They don't see the point in attending shows or events when no one sings love songs that match their feelings for this specific person.
When nobody sings these love songs
Expresses the uniqueness of the love songs that relate to this particular individual.
Exactly like you
Reiterating the rarity of finding songs that resonate specifically with their emotions for the person they're waiting for.
You make me feel so grand
The person they're waiting for makes them feel wonderful.
I wanna give this world to you
Expressing a desire to offer the world to this special person.
You make me understand
The individual helps them comprehend their dreams better.
These foolish little dreams I'm dreaming
Recognition of the dreams and plans they have that might seem impractical or unachievable.
And schemes I'm scheming
Admitting to having various ambitions and strategies.
Now I know why my mama
Reflecting on the wisdom imparted by the speaker's mother.
She taught me to be true
The importance of being genuine or authentic is highlighted, learned from the speaker's mother.
She knew just around the corner
Implying that around the corner, there would eventually be someone fitting the described ideal.
Was somebody like you
Confirming the belief that someone like the ideal person they've been waiting for is destined to appear.
You make me feel so grand
Reiterating the sense of elation experienced in the presence of this awaited person.
I wanna give this world to you
The desire to provide everything to this special person.
Baby you make me understand
Understanding better due to the influence of this person, similar to line 13.
These foolish little dreams I'm dreaming
Repeating the acknowledgment of dreams and plans, emphasizing their nature as perhaps naive or impractical.
And schemes I'm scheming
Highlighting the various plans and strategies being devised.
Now I know why my mama
Reiteration of the mother's lesson about the importance of being genuine.
She taught me to be true
Reflecting on the mother's foresight in knowing that someone like the awaited person would appear.
She knew just around the corner
Confirming the belief that the ideal person was just around the corner, reinforcing line 19.
Yes she knew just around the corner
Further emphasis on the mother's belief about the arrival of someone fitting the ideal.
Was somebody like you
Reiterating the notion that someone like the awaited person was destined to appear.
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