You Have Placed a Chill in My Heart
Desert Love's Chilling Embrace
Lyrics
You have placed a chill in my heart
You have caused a feeling of coldness or distance in my heart.
You have placed a chill in my heart
Reiteration of the emotional impact on the speaker's heart.
Take me to the desert
Expressing a desire to be taken to a desolate place.
Where there's got to be
Suggesting that the desert is a place of emptiness or solitude.
A whole heap of nothing
Emphasizing the absence of significant things in the desert for the speaker and their partner.
For you and me
Repetition of the idea of a barren environment for their relationship.
Take me to the desert
Reiteration of the desire to go to the desert.
Take me to the sand
Specifically mentioning sand, reinforcing the desolate setting.
Show me the colour of your right hand
Asking to reveal the true nature or intentions (color) of the partner's actions.
You have placed a chill in my heart
Restating the emotional impact on the speaker's heart.
You have placed a chill in my heart
Continuation of the emotional impact theme.
Love is a temple
Describing love as a sacred and revered concept.
Love is a shrine
Comparing love to a shrine, emphasizing its sanctity.
Buy some love at the five and dime
Suggesting that love can be bought or acquired easily.
A little bit of love
Referring to a small amount of love obtained from a store.
>From the counter store
Indicating the option to get more love on credit if needed.
Get it on credit if you need some more
Offering oneself as a source of disgrace for the partner.
I'll be the figure of your disgrace
Describing a criss-cross pattern as a symbol of disgrace on the partner's face.
A criss cross pattern upon your face
Expressing weariness or fatigue, possibly emotional exhaustion.
A woman's just too tired to think
Highlighting the speaker's wish to be unnoticed or ignored.
About the dirty old dishes in the kitchen sink
Conveying a feeling of being overwhelmed by mundane responsibilities.
I wish I was invisible
Expressing a desire to be invisible, possibly to escape from difficulties.
So I could climb through the telephone
Wishing for the ability to enter the partner's space through communication.
When it hurts my ear
Describing discomfort or pain caused by communication.
And it hurts my brain
Indicating the negative impact of communication on the speaker's ear and brain.
And it makes me feel too much
Expressing an overwhelming emotional response to communication.
Too much too much too much
Repetition emphasizing an excessive emotional burden.
Don't cut me down
Pleading not to be criticized during communication.
When I'm talking to you
Requesting understanding and acceptance during conversation.
'Cause I'm much too tall
Asserting a sense of self-worth and confidence in communication.
To feel that small
Expressing resistance to feeling small or insignificant.
Love is a temple
Reiteration of love as a sacred concept.
Love is a shrine
Reaffirming the sanctity of love as a shrine.
Love is pure
Describing love as pure and lacking biases.
And love is blind
Highlighting the blindness of love, suggesting it doesn't see flaws.
Love is a religious sign
Characterizing love as a religious symbol.
I'm gonna leave this love behind
Expressing a decision to leave behind a particular type of love.
Love is hot and love is cold
Describing the dual nature of love as both hot and cold.
I've been bought and I've been sold
Admitting to being manipulated or influenced by love.
Love is rock and love is roll
Describing the dynamic and energetic aspects of love as rock and roll.
I just want someone to hold
Expressing a simple desire for companionship and emotional support.
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