I Want Your Love Tonight
Ignite the Night: Dusty Springfield's Fiery Quest for Love
Lyrics
Oh, love is like a flame, now
Love is compared to a flame, suggesting passion and intensity.
Upon a candle
The metaphor of a candle is used to represent love.
Get it burnin' brightly
Encouraging the lover to ignite the passion brightly.
And it's a-too hot to handle
Love is described as too intense to handle.
Oh, baby
An affectionate term used to address the partner.
(I want your love tonight)
Expressing the desire for the partner's love tonight.
Come on and satisfy me
Inviting the partner to fulfill the speaker's desires.
Baby, don't deny me
Asking the partner not to reject the speaker.
(I want your love tonight)
Reiterating the desire for love on this particular night.
Excuses, boy don't hand me
Discouraging excuses and asking for love instead.
Just love and understand me
Emphasizing the need for understanding and love.
Oh, patiently I've waited
Expressing patience in waiting for the partner's affection.
For your sweet kissin'
Anticipation for the partner's sweet kisses.
Though we steady-dated
Despite steady dating, something has felt incomplete.
You know, somethin's been a-missin', oh, oh
Highlighting a sense of longing or dissatisfaction.
(I want your love tonight)
Repeating the desire for the partner's love tonight.
I don't want to sit here and talk
Not interested in mere conversation at the moment.
(I want your love tonight)
Reaffirming the immediate desire for love.
I don't want to go for a walk
Expressing a preference for intimacy over a walk.
(I want your love tonight)
Reiterating the strong desire for love tonight.
Oh, take me up to heaven
Asking to be taken to a blissful and heavenly experience.
All the way to cloud eleven
Desiring an elevated and ecstatic state, represented by cloud eleven.
I want a-your love tonight
Reaffirming the overall desire for love on this particular night.
Oh, yeah I do
Expressing enthusiasm and affirmation of the desire for love.
Come on and love me, baby
Inviting the partner to love the speaker.
Oh, come on and satisfy me
Repeating the call for the partner to satisfy the speaker.
Baby, don't deny me, yeah
Emphasizing the plea for the partner not to deny the speaker.
(I want your love tonight)
Reiterating the desire for love tonight.
Love me, love me, baby
Asking the partner to love the speaker.
(I want your love)
Final repetition of the desire for the partner's love.
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