I Want You

Longing Echoes: Common's Musical Tale of Love's Resilience
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Lyrics

Once the love was strong

Reflecting on a past when love was strong

Now it's long, long gone

Expressing that the love has faded and is now gone

Cause the pain, came down like a storm

Attributing the end of the relationship to a painful experience

I remained, holdin' on

Persisting through the pain, holding on to the memories

Cause I want you, cause I want you

Repeated desire for the person, emphasizing a strong longing

I want you, I want you

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I been thinking bout

Contemplating the past and thoughts about the person

I been thinking bout

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I been thinking bout you lately

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Thoughts take me to when we were close

Recalling the closeness and expressing addiction to love

Addicted 2 your love, feel I need another dose

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I know it's a feeling

Acknowledging lingering emotions that should have faded

That should be long gone

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Things seem to come up

Triggering memories when hearing a shared song

When I hear our song

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Golden brown girl, it seem so long

Referencing the absence of the person and questioning what went wrong

Since I heard your voice

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Where did the king go wrong?

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Emotions that that they linger on

Reflecting on the strength of a love never experienced before

I guess cause I never knew a love so strong

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So many hot girls

Expressing a need for the warmth and presence of the person

I need your warm

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The taste of your mouth

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Girl I need your warm

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Good food and love

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I need your warm

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This here was made before we were born

Connecting dreams and determination to keep dreaming

A dreamer, so I'm a keep dreaming on

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It's kinda like the breakup of Jen and Vince Vaughn

Comparing to a celebrity breakup, perhaps highlighting challenges


Once the love was strong

Reiterating the desire for the person despite the challenges

Now it's long, long gone

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Cause the pain, came down like a storm

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I remained, holdin' on

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Cause I want you, cause I want you

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I want you, I want you

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They say you don't know know know

Reflecting on the value of something after it's gone

What you got

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Till what u got is gone

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Yeah I write such and such yo a lot

Acknowledging expressing feelings but not as strongly

But the feelings not as strong

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We were like two birds

Metaphorically describing the relationship as two birds

That were able to fly

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I try to pick the right words to say to the sky

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Somedays I would try but wasn't able to cry

Expressing difficulty in saying goodbye and letting go

I never been good at saying goodbye

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I take a deep breath when the times is hard

Deep breath during tough times and reminiscing about the person

When I reminisce over u, my god

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I spent many years trying to be the heartthrob

Reflecting on efforts to be attractive and the irony of heartbreak

I guess it's only right that I got my heart robbed

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The scent of a room that reminds me of you

Triggering memories through scents, looks, and celestial elements

A hint of perfume it remind me of you

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Take a look at the moon it remind me of you

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Hope the stars and the gods

Hoping for alignment with the stars and gods in the relationship

Align me and you

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Once the love was strong

Repeating the longing for the person and the pain of separation

Now it's long, long gone

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Cause the pain, came down like a storm

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I remained, holdin' on

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Cause I want you, cause I want you

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I want you, I want you

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We do what we do

Expressing a commitment to one's way of life and upbringing

And we do what we live

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I love this way

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Cause I got it as a kid

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Wit so much to give from it

Having a lot to give but facing challenges and changes in love

I never hid

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The love that I wrote on the mirror it got smeared

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My friends say it was a change for the better

Recognizing positive changes in oneself due to the relationship

But I say, girl you changed my forever

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Relationships they can be as strange as the weather

Comparing relationships to unpredictable weather

Rain or sun

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We can sang this together

Inviting to sing together, indicating a shared experience


Cause I want you

Reiterating the strong desire for the person

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