Lyrics
Can you make it easier for me to understand
Expressing a desire for clearer understanding of the romantic situation
How you're holding my heart, in your trembling hands...
Describing the vulnerability of the speaker's heart being held by the other person
Eyes that rise to meet me half way up among the stars,
Referencing the eyes of the other person meeting halfway among the stars, suggesting a cosmic connection
You may be from Venus but I'm definitely not from Mars
Highlighting a difference in origin (Venus and Mars metaphor) between the speaker and the other person
You're an ocean, you're an ocean
Metaphorically describing the other person as vast and deep like an ocean
Settle down, settle down, what's the commotion?
Asking the other person to calm down, questioning the reason for disturbance
I'm an island, but you're an ocean
Contrasting the speaker as an island to emphasize the vastness and tumult of the other person
It's a stormy sea of love and emotion
Describing the relationship as a turbulent sea of love and emotion
You've got me suspended motionless in time
Expressing the feeling of being stuck or frozen in time due to the overwhelming emotions
Make the warm winds circle round my head just like you do
Desiring the warmth and influence of the other person on the speaker's life
If I could do it, I'd be doing it to you
Expressing a willingness to reciprocate the actions of the other person
I believe I'd buy whatever you would sell to me
Indicating a strong belief in the value of what the other person offers
Nothing in my life ever came with a guarantee
Acknowledging the lack of guarantees in the speaker's life experiences
You're an ocean, you're an ocean
Reiterating the metaphor of the other person as an expansive and deep ocean
Settle down, settle down, what's the commotion?
Encouraging the other person to calm down, questioning the reason for disturbance (repeated)
I'm an island, but you're an ocean
Repeating the contrast between the speaker as an island and the other person as an ocean
It's a stormy sea of love and emotion
Reiterating the description of the relationship as a turbulent sea of love and emotion
You've got me suspended motionless in time
Reiterating the feeling of being suspended or frozen in time due to intense emotions
I believe I'd buy whatever you would sell to me
Repeating the strong belief in the value of what the other person offers (repeated)
Nothing in my life ever came with a guarantee
Reiterating the acknowledgment of the lack of guarantees in the speaker's life experiences (repeated)
You're an ocean, you're an ocean
Reiterating the metaphor of the other person as an expansive and deep ocean (repeated)
Settle down, settle down, what's the commotion?
Encouraging the other person to calm down, questioning the reason for disturbance (repeated)
I'm an island, but you're an ocean
Repeating the contrast between the speaker as an island and the other person as an ocean (repeated)
It's a stormy sea of love and emotion
Reiterating the description of the relationship as a turbulent sea of love and emotion (repeated)
You've got me suspended motionless
Reiterating the feeling of being suspended or frozen in time due to intense emotions (repeated)
You've got me suspended motionless
Repeating the feeling of being suspended or frozen in time due to intense emotions (repeated)
You've got me suspended motionless in time
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