Could You Ever Look at Me
Unveiling Love's Gaze: A Reflection in Melody
Lyrics
Could you ever look at me
Expressing a desire for someone to look at the speaker.
The way you're looking at the ocean
Comparing the desired gaze to the way one looks at the vastness of the ocean.
All wounded in your smile, but holy and unriled
Describing the person's smile as both wounded and holy, suggesting complexity and depth.
Could you ever look at me
Reiteration of the desire for the person to look at the speaker.
Could you ever look at me
Repeat of the desire for someone to look at the speaker.
The way you're looking at the sunrise
Comparing the desired gaze to the way one looks at the beauty of a sunrise.
How it settles on your face, whole and unafraid
Describing the sunrise settling on the person's face as whole and unafraid.
Like the light of your world
Drawing a parallel between the person's face and the light of their world.
And I don't know how
Expressing uncertainty about how to overcome internal fear.
To chase away the fear I have inside me
Continuation of the speaker's struggle with inner fear.
And I don't know where it is you go
Expressing uncertainty about the whereabouts of the person when they emotionally withdraw.
When you drift away, when you drift away
Highlighting the emotional distance when the person drifts away.
Could you ever look at me
Reiteration of the desire for someone to look at the speaker.
The way you're looking at the ocean
Comparing the desired gaze to the way one looks at the vastness of the ocean (repeated theme).
Could you give to me that smile, if only for a while
Requesting the person to share their smile, even if only temporarily.
Could you ever look at me
Reiteration of the desire for the person to look at the speaker.
I don't know how
Continuation of the speaker's uncertainty about how to keep the person close.
To find a way to keep you here beside me
Expressing difficulty in finding a way to maintain the person's presence.
And I don't know where it is you go
Reiteration of uncertainty regarding the person's emotional whereabouts.
But it's beautiful to me, so beautiful to see
Acknowledging the beauty of the person's emotional state even if elusive.
I hope you never look at me
Expressing a hope that the person won't look at the speaker in a certain way.
The way you're looking at the ocean
Describing the undesired gaze in relation to the ocean (repeated theme).
'Cause in the sunrise I have seen I was never meant to be
Reflecting on a realization during a sunrise that the speaker was not meant to be the light of the person's world.
The light of your world
Affirmation of the speaker's understanding that they are not the intended light in the person's life.
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