You the River, I the Sea
Love's Redemption: Fire and Water Unite in 'You the River, I the Sea'
Lyrics
Darling won’t you come back
Darling, a plea for a loved one to return.
Won’t you come back home to me
Repetition of the plea, expressing a desire for the person to come back home.
I got these lines etched ‘cross my face
The speaker describes physical and emotional marks on their face, possibly symbolizing hardships faced.
You’ve walked a bitter road
Reference to the listener's challenging journey.
Won’t you walk it home to me
A request for the listener to return despite the difficulties they've faced.
Cos every day I feel your absence
Expressing the daily impact of the person's absence on the speaker.
Every day it gets more real
Intensification of the emotional reality of the absence.
And for this past they wrote a love song
Referring to a song written about the past, suggesting a shared history of love.
With hurt in every verse
The song contains pain in every verse, reflecting a troubled past.
One more line is all I need
Expressing a need for resolution or closure, possibly through one more communication or encounter.
Cos you were fire and I was water
Metaphorical representation of the two individuals: fire (passion) and water (calmness).
You the river and I the sea
Describing the dynamic between the speaker and the listener.
And when these depths rise up to meet you
Imagery of rising depths and washing away pain, possibly symbolizing healing.
And wash your pain away
Continuation of the healing metaphor, suggesting a positive outcome.
The barren will conceive
A metaphor for fertility or new beginnings after overcoming difficulties.
Oh the weakness of compassion
Exploration of the concept of beauty emerging from scars and hardships.
Oh the error of belief
Recognition of the transformative power of blood or shared experiences.
That these scars have shown us beauty
Acknowledging the beauty found in scars and difficult experiences.
This blood has made us clean
Suggesting that challenges and sacrifices have purified and liberated them.
This debt has set us free
Final acknowledgment of freedom and liberation achieved through shared experiences and sacrifices.
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