One
Unveiling the Tapestry of Love: Cowboy Junkies' 'One' Message
Lyrics
Is it getting better, or do you feel the same?
Questioning whether the situation is improving or remaining unchanged.
Will it make it easier on you, now you got someone to blame?
Asking if having someone to blame makes the situation easier for the person.
You say one love, one life, when it's one need in the night.
Highlighting the contradiction between the idea of one love and the reality of individual needs.
One love, we get to share it
Emphasizing the shared nature of love.
Leaves you baby if you don't care for it.
Warning that neglect can lead to losing love.
Did I disappoint you or leave a bad taste in your mouth?
Questioning if the speaker's actions caused disappointment or a negative impression.
You act like you never had love and you want me to go without.
Observing a reluctance to love, as if the person never experienced it before.
Well, it's too late tonight to drag the past out into the light.
Stating that it's too late to dwell on past mistakes.
We're one, but we're not the same.
Acknowledging unity but pointing out differences.
We get to carry each other, carry each other, one
Highlighting the mutual responsibility of supporting one another.
Have you come here for forgiveness,
Questioning if the person seeks forgiveness.
Have you come to raise the dead
Asking if the person wants to revive past experiences or relationships.
Have you come here to play Jesus to the lepers in your head
Suggesting a desire to play a savior role to those who are socially marginalized.
Did I ask too much, more than a lot
Asking if the speaker's requests were excessive.
You gave me nothing, now it's all I got.
Expressing disappointment in receiving nothing despite giving a lot.
We're one, but we're not the same.
Reiterating unity while acknowledging the occurrence of mutual harm.
Well, we hurt each other, then we do it again.
Acknowledging the cycle of hurting each other and repeating it.
You say love is a temple, love a higher law
Describing love as a sacred and moral principle.
Love is a temple, love the higher law.
Repeating the importance of love as a guiding principle.
You ask me to enter, but then you make me crawl
Describing a paradox where entry is requested but met with obstacles.
And I can't be holding on to what you got, when all you got is hurt.
Expressing the difficulty of holding onto a relationship filled with pain.
One love, one blood, one life, you got to do what you should.
Emphasizing the singular nature of love, blood, and life, urging the listener to act responsibly.
One life with each other: sisters, brothers.
Highlighting the interconnectedness of lives as siblings.
One life, but we're not the same.
Reiterating unity while acknowledging individual differences.
We get to carry each other, carry each other.
Re-emphasizing the shared responsibility of supporting each other.
One, one.
Repetition of the idea of oneness.
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