Readymade
Embracing Love's Shelter: Gretta Ray's Readymade Meaning
Lyrics
Hold me close and keep me in your warmth
Expressing a desire for closeness and warmth from a significant other.
Show the ropes when living leaves me scorned
Asking for guidance and support when facing challenges in life.
Greet me at the door
Desiring a warm welcome upon returning home.
Saying you’ll be my safest place to fall
Seeking reassurance that the person will be a safe haven during difficult times.
Wrap me in a sense of sweet relief
Asking for comfort and relief from distressing emotions.
Rid me of despair and disbelief
Wanting to be freed from despair and doubt with the support of the person.
Know you’re all that I need
Acknowledging the person as an essential source of support.
When I am down and out, when bruised or bleeding
Expressing a need for the person during tough times.
Tell me you’ll take all of my weight
Seeking assurance that the person can handle emotional burdens.
Have me seek solace to regain faith
Desiring comfort and faith restoration from the person.
Sing me to sleep, and come morning light
Requesting emotional support through song and companionship.
I’ll be revived with you at my side
Expecting revitalization with the person by one's side in the morning.
There is never any need to ask you to stay; I know you do
Expressing confidence in the person's commitment without the need for reminders.
It’s only in your nature to
Stating that commitment is inherent to the person's nature.
Rest assured, this love’s forever new
Assuring that the love shared is always new and enduring.
Simplify these convoluted thoughts
Requesting simplicity in complex thoughts with the person's comforting presence.
Ease my mind, your comfort is the cause of my purpose and worth
Acknowledging the person's role in providing purpose and worth through comfort.
When kicked to the curb, I’m back on my feet just in hearing your words
Highlighting resilience and quick recovery inspired by the person's words.
When you tell me you’ll take all that I am
Reassurance that the person accepts all aspects of the speaker.
‘Cause when in your orbit, I can withstand
Feeling strong and capable when in the person's presence.
Tenebrous lows or treacherous heights
Enduring both dark times and challenging heights with the person.
All of my life, in you’ll I’ll confide
Committing a lifelong trust and confidence in the person.
There is never any need to ask you to stay; I know you do
Reiterating confidence in the person's natural inclination to stay.
It’s only in your nature to
Reaffirming the inherent nature of the person to provide support.
Rest assured, this love’s forever new
Ensuring that the love shared is perpetually new and enduring.
There will never come a time that I tell you to go your own way
Declaring a commitment to stay with the person, never asking them to leave.
You won’t begin to feel me fade
Assuring that the person won't feel the speaker's fading away.
Rest assured, this love was readymade
Ensuring that the love is ready-made and enduring.
Tell me you’ll take all of my weight
Repeating the desire for the person to handle emotional burdens.
Have me seek solace to regain faith
Seeking comfort and faith restoration through the person's support.
Sing me to sleep and come morning light,
Requesting emotional support through song and anticipating morning revival.
I’ll be revived with you at my side
Expecting revitalization with the person by one's side in the morning.
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