If You Leave
Fleeting Moments: Embracing Love's Last Dance
Lyrics
If you leave, don't leave now
Expresses a plea for the person not to leave immediately
Please don't take my heart away
Asks the person not to take away their emotions or love
Promise me, just one more night
Requests for just one more night together
Then we'll go our separate ways
After that night, they will part ways
We've always had time on our side
Historically, they had ample time together
Now it's fading fast
Now, time is passing quickly
Every second, every moment
Each moment is slipping away rapidly
We've gotta make it last
Emphasizes the urgency to make the remaining time count
Touch you once, touch you twice
Touches upon the desire to hold onto the person
Won't let go at any price
Willing to do anything to keep them close
Need you now like I need you then
Needs the person in the present as much as in the past
You always said we'd still be friends someday
Recalls a promise made by the person about remaining friends
If you leave, I won't cry
Assures that there won’t be tears if the person leaves
I won't waste one single day
Won’t waste time being upset if they depart
But if you leave, don't look back
If they leave, the speaker will move in the opposite direction
I'll be running the other way
The speaker will actively avoid looking back
Seven years went under the bridge
Highlights the passage of a significant amount of time
Like time was standing still
Time seemed to stand still during those years
Heaven knows what happens now
Uncertainty about the future after this moment
You've gotta say you will
Asking for a commitment or assurance from the person
Touch you once, touch you twice
Reiteration of the desire to physically connect with the person
Won't let go at any price
Reaffirms the determination to hold on to the person
Need you now like I need you then
Their need for the person in the present mirrors the past
You always said we'd meet again
Recalling a promise of meeting again in the future
Touch you once, touch you twice
Won't let go at any price
-Need you now like I need you then
-You always said we'd still be friends
-Touch you once, touch you twice
-Won't let go at any price
-I need you now like I need you then
-You always said we'd meet again someday
Reiterating the promise or belief in meeting again in the future
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