How Glad I Am
Eternal Love's Embrace: Aretha's Spiraling Affection
Lyrics
My love has no beginning, my love has no end,
Expresses the timeless and boundless nature of the speaker's love, suggesting it has no specific starting or ending point.
No front no back, my love won't bend,
Describes the steadfastness of the speaker's love, emphasizing its unyielding and unchanging qualities.
I'm in the middle, I'm lost in a spin
Conveys a sense of confusion and disorientation, expressing being caught up and deeply involved in the emotions of love.
Loving you
Declares the central theme of the song, the act of loving someone.
And you don't know, you don't know, you don't know, you don't know
Repetition of the phrase "you don't know" suggests a lack of awareness on the part of the person being loved about the depth of the speaker's feelings.
How glad I am
Expresses intense joy and happiness derived from the act of loving.
My love has no bottom, my love has no top
Continues the metaphor of boundless love, stating that there is no bottom or top, indicating completeness and entirety.
My love won't rise, my love won't drop
Emphasizes the stability of the speaker's love, indicating that it won't fluctuate or diminish.
I'm in the middle, and I can't stop
Reiterates the theme of being caught in the middle, possibly alluding to the overwhelming nature of love.
Loving you
Repeats the declaration of love, reinforcing the central message of the song.
And you don't know, you don't know, you don't know, you don't know
Continues the idea that the depth of the speaker's love is not fully understood or appreciated by the person being addressed.
How glad I am
Reiterates the intense joy and satisfaction derived from loving.
I wish I was a poet, so that I could express,
Expresses a desire for artistic abilities to better convey the depth of feelings verbally.
What I, what I like to say,
Highlights the difficulty of expressing complex emotions verbally, suggesting a limitation in words.
I wish I was an artist, so that I could paint a picture
Expresses a wish for the ability to visually depict the emotions through art.
Of how I feel, how I feel today, today
Conveys the urgency of wanting to express current emotions through artistic means.
My love has no walls on either side,
Uses metaphor to describe the expansive and limitless nature of the speaker's love.
That makes my love wider than wide,
Emphasizes the vastness of the speaker's love, extending beyond any boundaries.
I'm in the middle, no and I can't hide,
Reiterates the idea of being in the middle, possibly signifying being emotionally immersed.
Loving you
Declares the ongoing act of loving with a sense of emotional exposure.
And you don't know, you don't know, you don't know, you don't know,
Repeats the theme of the person not fully comprehending the depth of the speaker's happiness.
How glad I am
Restates the profound joy derived from loving, reinforcing the emotional intensity.
No you don't know, you don't know, you don't know, you don't know,
Reiterates the lack of awareness on the part of the person being loved about the depth of the speaker's feelings.
How glad I am
Repeats the declaration of intense joy and satisfaction derived from the act of loving.
How glad I am
Reiterates the depth of the speaker's happiness and contentment.
How glad I am
Concludes the song by repeating the theme of profound joy derived from loving.
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