Halfway to Paradise
Chasing Love's Horizon: Desmond Dekker's Halfway to Paradise Explained
Lyrics
I want to be your lover
I desire to be your romantic partner
But your friend is all I've stayed
But I've remained as your friend only
I'm only halfway to paradise
I feel incomplete in reaching paradise (a perfect state)
So near, yet so far away
It seems very close yet unattainable
I long for your lips to kiss my lips
I yearn for your kisses
But just when I think they may
But just as I anticipate it might happen
You lead me halfway to paradise
You only take me partway towards happiness
So near, yet so far away, mmm
It feels within reach yet remains distant
Bein' close to you is almost heaven (heaven)
Being near you is immensely pleasurable
But seein' you can do just so much
However, merely seeing you has limitations
It hurts me so to know your heart's a treasure (treasure)
Knowing your heart is valuable
And that my heart is forbidden to touch, so
But it's painful that my heart cannot access it
Put your sweet lips close to my lips
I desire your lips close to mine
And tell me that's where they're gonna stay
And hope they'll remain there permanently
Don't lead me halfway to paradise
Don't just take me part of the way towards fulfillment
Mmm, so near, yet so far away
It feels almost achievable but remains distant
Oh, uh, oh so near, yet so far away
Expressing the closeness yet unattainability of paradise
Yeah, yeah so near, yet so far away
Reiterating the frustration of being close yet far
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