Love Without Love
Exploring the Essence of Unrequited Love
Lyrics
Love, love, love (without) love
Expressing the concept of love with the emphasis on its absence.
Love (without) love, love
Repeating the idea of love lacking in significance.
I will wear the residue
Referring to the remnants or traces of a past relationship.
The residue of me and you
Wearing the enduring effects of a connection with someone.
Put my sign on your dotted line
Committing to a relationship by putting a signature on an agreement.
Just because you don't see me don't mean that I ain't here
Emphasizing presence despite not being visibly apparent.
Spending my life catching up, pullin' up the rear
Spending life catching up, possibly feeling behind or struggling.
You are my perfect breath
Describing a significant other as essential and perfect.
An everlasting wave, treading water in a place no lifeguard can save
Comparing the relationship to an everlasting wave in challenging circumstances.
Love, love, love (without) love
Reiteration of the theme of love being without substance.
Love (without) love, love
Continuation of the idea of love lacking meaning or depth.
All the and's and but's and what-if's make us feel better
Acknowledging that certain thoughts and scenarios provide comfort.
All the sentimental slop keeps us firmly rooted in the center
Recognizing sentimental emotions that keep individuals grounded.
All the loves, the empty hugs that we had in the olden days
Reflecting on past experiences of love and physical contact.
All the farm-lords and flocking birds laying all those golden eggs
Mentioning abundance and fertility in metaphoric terms.
Pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty
Repetition of "pretty" may highlight an emphasis on appearances.
Pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty
-Pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty
-If it's love we've both been searching, war and peace will always be lurking
Suggesting that love and conflict are intertwined and always present.
We breathe the laughing gas, encrypted for the mass
Describing a state of obliviousness or detachment with laughter.
Keep us safe from a scare
Using love as a protective force against fear.
It's love that keep our cupboards bare
Love as a factor leading to scarcity or lack in life.
Love, love, love (without) love
Repetition emphasizing the absence or insignificance of love.
Love, love, love (without) love
-Love, love, love, love
-Love (without) love, love
-I love you so much that I could shit
Expressing affection in a crude and unconventional manner.
Hotter than a branding iron, colder than a witch's tit
Using extreme temperature metaphors to describe intense emotions.
Like Billy Joel, I'll be moving out
Referencing Billy Joel's song "Moving Out," suggesting a departure or change.
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