Love Me or Leave Me
Dilemma of Desire: Love Me or Leave Me by Bryan Ferry
Lyrics
This suspense is killing me
This suspense is creating intense anxiety for me.
I can't stand uncertainly
I cannot tolerate the feeling of uncertainty.
Tell me now I've got to know
Tell me now, I urgently need to understand.
Whether you want me to stay or go
Clarify whether you want me to remain or depart.
Love me or leave me
Expressing a desire for either love or a clear decision to leave.
Or let me be lonely
Alternatively, allow me to be alone.
You won't believe me, I love you only
Despite disbelief, my love is exclusively for you.
I'd rather be lonely
I would prefer solitude over being happy with someone else.
Then happy with someone else
Choosing loneliness over a relationship with another person.
You might find the night time
Nighttime might be the ideal moment for affection.
The right time for kissin'
The nighttime is suggested as the right time for kissing.
Night time is my time
Nighttime is personally significant for reminiscing.
For just reminiscin'
Reflecting on the past rather than moving on.
Regrettin' instead of
Feeling regret instead of forgetting with someone else.
Forgettin' with somebody else
Choosing not to move on with another person.
There'll be no one
There won't be anyone else unless it's you.
Unless that someone is you
Expressing a desire for independence while feeling blue.
I intend to be independently blue
Intending to be independently melancholic.
I want your love
Expressing a desire for love.
But I don't want to borrow
Not willing to borrow love.
Have it today to give back tomorrow
Desiring love without the expectation of returning it.
For my love is your love
Affirming that personal love is reserved exclusively for the listener.
There's no love for nobody else
No love is intended for anyone else.
There'll be no one
Reiteration of the idea that there won't be anyone else but the listener.
Unless that someone is you
Reaffirmation of the intention to be independently blue.
I intend to be independently blue
Reiterating the desire for independence while feeling melancholic.
I want your love
Expressing a longing for the listener's love.
But I don't want to borrow
Not wanting to borrow love but to have it genuinely.
Have it today to give back tomorrow
Desiring to have love today without the expectation of returning it tomorrow.
My love is your love
Reaffirmation that personal love is exclusively for the listener.
There's no love for nobody else
Stating that there is no love intended for anyone else.
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