You Don't Know What Love Is
Unveiling the Depths of Love: Chet Baker's Soulful Journey
Lyrics
You don't know what love is
You lack understanding of the true nature of love.
Until you've learned the meaning of the blues
Real comprehension of love comes through experiencing and understanding the emotions associated with the blues genre.
Until you've loved a love you had to loose
True understanding of love only occurs when you've loved someone deeply but had to let them go.
You don't know what love is
Reiteration that the listener does not grasp the essence of love.
You don't know how lips hurt
You are unaware of the pain that can come from kissing someone until you've experienced the consequences.
Until you've kissed and had to pay the cost
Experiencing the cost and consequences of love, where emotions are traded for pain.
Until you've flipped you're heart and you have lost
Once you've lost your heart and faced the consequences, you'll understand the real cost of love.
You don't know what love is
Reiteration that the listener lacks a deep understanding of love.
Do you know how a lost heart fears
Questioning if the listener understands the fear that accompanies a heart that has experienced loss.
The thought of reminiscing
The apprehension of recalling past experiences of love.
And how lips have taste of tears
Describing the taste of tears on lips, symbolizing the pain associated with love.
Loose the taste for kissing
When you lose the taste for kissing, love loses its appeal.
You don't know how hearts burn
The intense burning sensation in the heart when love is unattainable but still persists.
For love that cannot live, yet never dies
Love that can't survive yet persists, causing profound heartache.
Until you've faced each dawn with sleepless eyes
Facing each new day with sleepless eyes due to the enduring pain of love.
You don't know what love is
Reiteration that the listener lacks a deep understanding of love.
You don't know how hearts burn
Repeat of the burning hearts motif, emphasizing the enduring nature of love.
For love that cannot live, yet never dies
Love that persists even when it can't flourish or survive.
Until you've faced each dawn with sleepless eyes
Continuing to face each day with sleepless eyes due to the ongoing pain of love.
How could you know what love is, what love is
Pose a rhetorical question about the listener's understanding of love, highlighting the difficulty in truly knowing love.
What love is
Reiteration of the theme that the listener lacks a deep understanding of love.
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