No One Like You
Eternal Sunshine in Lyrics: Embracing Love, Growth, and Scars
Lyrics
(Someone like you, someone like you)
Expressing a desire for someone similar or comparable.
Love
An overarching theme of the song - love.
Say that you want to feel
Desire for a connection, a wish to experience emotions.
Say that you want me near to you
Expressing a desire for closeness and intimacy.
Say that we will grow up
Expressing commitment to growing together in a relationship.
Together, and not apart
Desire for unity and togetherness, avoiding separation.
I'll always need someone like you
Continued need for someone with specific qualities.
To surround me with the sunshine that follows you
Desire for the positive influence and warmth of the person.
We've been here so many times
Reflection on shared experiences in the past.
Walked all the mountains (walked all the mountains)
Metaphorical language describing highs and lows in the relationship.
Dipped in the streams (dipped in the streams)
-And sometimes I've floated along
-Sometimes I've drowned
-And it's so scary, I can't forget
Recalling a frightening experience, possibly a relationship challenge.
I'll always need someone like you
Reiterating the need for someone with specific qualities.
To surround me with the sunshine that follows you
Desire for the positive influence and warmth of the person (repeated).
What if I only remember the good times?
Contemplating the selective memory of positive experiences.
Would I be lying to myself?
Questioning the honesty of selective memory.
What if I denied that you ever hurt me?
Considering the denial of past emotional pain.
Would I be true to myself?
Reflecting on the authenticity of self-denial.
Is that what you want from me?
Questioning the expectations placed on oneself by others.
Is that what you want from me?
-There's never been no one like you
Repeated affirmation of the uniqueness of the person being addressed.
There's never been no one like you
-There's never been no one like you
-There's never been no one like you
-There's never been (there's never been)
-No one like you (no one like you, like you)
-There's never been (there's never been)
-No one like you (no one like you)
-There's never been (there's never been)
-No one like you (no one like you, like you)
-There's never been (there's never been)
-No one like you (no one like you, like you)
-There's never been (there's never been)
-No one like you (no one like you, like you)
-There's never been (there's never been)
-No one like you (no one like you, like you)
-(There's never been no one like you, like you)
-(Like you)
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