Lyrics
I hear you've been seeing someone
I've heard that you're involved with someone romantically
Someone from my neighborhood
This person is from my local area or community
I hear you look both so happy
It seems both of you appear very happy together
Like I always knew you would
This happiness aligns with my expectations for you
It's a story of sex and power
The narrative involves elements of both sex and power dynamics
Intense till the bitter end
The intensity of the situation persists until a bitter end
We dance in the late night hour
There is a description of dancing in the late night hour
In cold dark jealousy
This dance is in the context of cold, dark jealousy
You said I should trust my instincts
Earlier, I was advised to trust my instincts and keep calm
You said I could keep my cool
Now, I find myself appearing weak, behaving foolishly
Now I'm made to look the weakling
This contrasts with the earlier advice and my expectations
I behave like a village fool
I'm acting like a naive person from a village
It's a story of sex and power
Reiteration of the theme involving sex and power dynamics
Intense till the bitter end
The intensity of the situation persists until a bitter end (repeated)
We dance in the late night hour
Repetition of the late-night dance in the context of jealousy
In cold dark jealousy
Jealousy is still present in the cold darkness of the night (repeated)
Night falls with the dirty secrets
Nightfall brings forth hidden secrets
Paper notes in your overcoat
There are paper notes in someone's overcoat, possibly containing secrets
I wonder what you've been doing
The singer wonders about the actions of the other person
Holidaying on my best friend's boat
Suspicions about the other person holidaying on a friend's boat
It's a story of sex and power
Reiteration of the theme involving sex and power dynamics
Intense till the bitter end
The intensity of the situation persists until a bitter end (repeated)
We dance in the late night hour
Repetition of the late-night dance in the context of jealousy
In cold dark jealousy
Jealousy is still present in the cold darkness of the night (repeated)
I hear you've been seeing someone
Repetition of the information about the other person seeing someone
Someone from my neighborhood
Reiteration that this person is from the singer's neighborhood
I hear you look both so happy
Reiteration that both individuals look happy together
Like I always knew you would
Reiteration that the observed happiness aligns with expectations
It's a story of sex and power
Reiteration of the theme involving sex and power dynamics
Intense till the bitter end
The intensity of the situation persists until a bitter end (repeated)
We dance in the late night hour
Repetition of the late-night dance in the context of jealousy
In cold dark jealousy
Jealousy is still present in the cold darkness of the night (repeated)
(In cold dark jealousy)
Emphasis on the enduring presence of cold, dark jealousy
(In cold dark jealousy)
Emphasis on the enduring presence of cold, dark jealousy (repeated)
(In cold dark jealousy)
-(In cold dark jealousy)
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