Give Me a Taste
Yearning Echoes: Love's Gamble in 'Give Me a Taste'
Lyrics
He got freedom
Freedom has been attained.
Now it rests right on his lips
Freedom is now within reach or readily available.
She said give me a taste (give me a taste)
A request for a sample or experience.
Give me a taste (give me a taste)
Reiteration of the desire for a sample or experience.
The lust took over his whole body
Lust has taken control of his entire being.
Now he is imprisoned there
He is now confined or imprisoned due to the overpowering lust.
Give it to me (give me a taste)
A plea to fulfill the desire for a sample or experience.
Just give it to me (give me a taste)
A repetitive plea for the desired experience.
He caught love falling
Love has been captured or acquired.
Right into his open arms
Love falls into his open arms.
She said please hold my hand (give me a taste)
A request to hold hands accompanies the acquisition of love.
Hold my hand (give me a taste)
Reiteration of the request to hold hands.
He gave his heart with her in it
His heart was given, with her as a part of it.
But she destroyed it heartlessly
She heartlessly destroyed the given heart.
She went away (give me a taste)
Expressing the departure of the person who caused heartbreak.
She went away
Reiteration of the departure.
Give me a taste
Repetition of the desire for a sample or experience.
Give me a taste
-Give me a taste
-Give me a taste
-Give me a taste
-Give me a taste
-You should know this story here
Indication that the listener should be aware of the following story.
She has a right to disappear
Justification for someone's right to disappear, possibly due to fear.
Because of fear
Repetition emphasizing disappearance due to fear.
Because of fear
-'Cause always those she hurts the most
Explanation that those she hurts the most are the ones trying to be close to her.
Are the ones who try to keep her close
Reiteration of the pattern of hurting those close to her.
That's how it goes
Stating that this is the way things unfold.
That's how it goes
-She keeps on making the same mistakes
She continues to repeat the same mistakes.
Tries not to care about the hearts she breaks
Effort to detach emotionally from the consequences of her actions.
She doesn't care
Confirmation that she doesn't care about the hearts she breaks.
No she doesn't care
Reiteration of her lack of concern for the consequences of her actions.
I keep on saying he and she
Continual use of "he" and "she" to contemplate the possibility of personal involvement.
To make me wonder could it be
Expressing doubt and wonder about personal involvement in the story.
That it is me
The realization that the story might be about the narrator.
Yeah it is me
Affirmation that the story is indeed about the narrator.
Give me a taste
Repetition of the desire for a sample or experience.
Give me a taste
-Give me a taste
-Give me a taste
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