Rectify
Love's Redemption: Unveiling Life's Journey Through Beth Orton's 'Rectify'
Lyrics
Well love love love is a one way train
Love is a one-way journey; it flows in a singular direction.
Comes on gentle as a hurricane
Love approaches gently but possesses immense power and intensity.
It's got p.a.i.n. written all the way through
Love contains pain throughout its essence.
From where I'm set looking over at you
The speaker observes love while looking at someone else.
And it takes all my might
The effort to love requires all the speaker's strength.
And it'll take all my day
Loving demands the entirety of the speaker's day.
And if it wants me to come
If love beckons, the speaker is determined to comply.
Well I know I'm gonna stay
The speaker will remain committed if love calls.
Nothing can save me from my life
No external force can rescue the speaker from their own life experiences.
But for love my mistakes I would rectify
The speaker acknowledges that love could correct their mistakes if possible.
If I could
The desire to rectify mistakes through love is emphasized.
And it's all we've got to leave
Love is the sole possession to take with us when departing.
And if you take a drop of water from a bucket
A metaphor illustrating that a small part taken from something larger doesn't reflect its entirety.
Would not know
Even when a part is taken away, it doesn't show or reveal the full essence.
Does not show
Love is the remaining and enduring element.
Love is all that remains
Love will replenish what was taken away or lost.
Love's gonna fill it again
(Empty line)
Well love love love will make truth from a lie
The speaker doesn't want to live or die in a manner contradictory to their desires.
And I don't want to live how I don't want to die
Request for a kiss to establish a shared dream; commitment through changing circumstances.
So give me one kiss to build a dream on
Love is the essential thing to bring along.
Gonna stay with me through the changing seasons
(Empty line)
And it's all we've got to bring
A continuation of the metaphor indicating the limited understanding of a small portion.
And if you take a drop of water
A continuation of the metaphor of taking a drop of water, suggesting incompleteness in understanding love.
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