I Die for You Today
Sacrificial Longing: Alphaville's "I Die for You Today
Lyrics
Come in close to me and bring me joy
Closeness with joy is desired
Lift me higher, much higher and higher than light allows
Desire to reach greater heights beyond usual limits
I wanted to be everything, everything for you
Desire to fulfill every need for the other person
I wanted you, I needed you, I thought that you did too
Longing for reciprocated love and need
You built me beauty and took it all away
Creation of beauty followed by its abrupt removal
And I can't face another day
Feeling unable to face another day due to the loss
I'll die for you today
Expressing readiness to sacrifice for love
Tempt me, sweet tempest - and shower me with stars
Desire for overwhelming experiences and affection
I want to be as beautiful as you
Desire to mirror the beauty of the loved one
Take me to the summit and show me
Willingness to explore potential and possibilities
Show me all that I could ever have
Desire to see and possess everything achievable
You brought me everything, I ever thought I wanted
Realization of receiving desired things but now losing them
And now you take it all away
Loss of everything previously gained
You gave me love and then you killed me blindly
Experience of love followed by devastating betrayal
I think I'll die for you today, I can't persue another way
Feeling stuck, unable to find an alternative to the situation
I'll die for you today
Reiteration of willingness to sacrifice for love
Like a garden growin' in flames
Metaphor for beauty and growth amidst destruction
A forest filled with fear of the wind
Metaphor for fear amidst potential disaster
Like the moon so beautiful from afar
Beauty and fragility contrasted
But shattered on the surface, full of scars
Appearance versus underlying scars and damage
A sea with no more fish, planets without air
Desolation and loss of life in once-thriving places
Whales with no more song
Loss of beauty and essence in the world
I know I'm gonna die with them today
Sense of impending doom and shared demise
I'll die for you today
Reiteration of readiness to sacrifice for love
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