So Close
Intimate Reflections: Unveiling the Hidden Depths in Bonnie Raitt's 'So Close'
Lyrics
So far
Expressing a sense of distance or separation.
There was not a second thought
No hesitation or doubt in the past.
No heart
No emotional involvement or commitment.
Ever got close enough
No one ever came emotionally close.
You are
Awareness of someone observing.
Watching as I am caught
Feeling trapped or ensnared.
In a moment off-guard
Captured in a vulnerable moment.
So close
Proximity to a significant experience or emotion.
I can nearly taste it
Close to experiencing something profound.
Suppose
Considering the possibility that this is true love.
This is that one promised love
Acknowledging a promised and anticipated love.
God knows
Recognition of time wasted on previous pursuits.
All that I've wasted now
Regret for not allowing a relationship to begin.
Never letting it start
Referring to a pattern of avoiding emotional connections.
Now all my resistance
Feeling the weakening of resistance to a connection.
I feel it slip away
Sensing the gradual loss of self-imposed barriers.
Now all of the distance
Reducing emotional distance with each passing moment.
Ever less with every day by day
Continued diminishing of separation day by day.
So far
Reflecting on past lack of meaningful connection.
There was no connection
No previous emotional ties or bonds.
No spark
No initial spark that leads to a growing flame.
Out of which a fire grows
Starting to move in the direction of the other person.
I start
Close to being emotionally connected.
In your direction I'm
Intimacy and closeness becoming tangible.
Ever so close
Very near to a significant emotional experience.
Now all my resistance
Reiteration of the weakening of personal resistance.
I feel it slip away
Feeling the gradual disappearance of inhibitions.
Now all of the distance
Continued reduction of emotional distance.
Ever less with every day by day
Diminishing separation with the passage of time.
So far, I have never been
Expressing that, until now, such proximity was unfamiliar.
So close
Feeling emotionally close in the present.
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