Lyrics
One More Time
Expressing a desire for another chance or opportunity
Whoa oh oh ooh whoa
Exclamatory sounds expressing emotions
Where you once led my heart followed
Describing how the singer's heart used to follow the person being addressed
Whoa oh oh ooh whoa
Exclamatory sounds expressing emotions
My heart is dead it's hollow
Feeling emotionally empty or devoid of feelings now
I've built my world around you
Emphasizing how the singer structured their life around the person
I've built my world around you
Reiteration of building their life around the person
It's gonna hurt to live without you
Anticipating pain and difficulty in living without the person
God knows that I've tried
Expressing efforts made to cope or deal with the situation
I've built my world around you
Reiterating the idea of structuring life around the person
I've sang my song about you
Singing or expressing feelings through a song about the person
I never thought that it would come to
Surprise at the current lack of emotional involvement
My heart's not in this now
Feeling disconnected or disengaged emotionally
Chorus:
Introductory part of the chorus
One more time
Expressing a longing to hold the person again before a potential separation
Let me hold you
-Like it was before
-One more time
-Like I told you
-Before we close this door
-One more time
-Let me hold you
-Before you're out of my life
-One more time
-Before we say
-It's quarter to four
Describing a moment in time, feeling overwhelmed and hesitant about a decision
It's startin' to pour
-I can't do this anymore
-Not yet, not yet, not yet
-Don't change my mind
Desiring to maintain a current mindset or decision
Whoa oh oh ooh whoa
Expressing difficulty in explaining emotions and a desire for change
Baby I can't explain it
-Who oh ooh whoa
-How I wish I could change it
-I've built my world around you
Re-emphasizing the anticipated pain of living without the person
I've built my world around you
-It's gonna hurt to live without you
-Baby it hurts now
-I've built my world around you
Contemplating leaving the situation due to emotional distress
I've sang my song about you
-I never thought that it would come to
-Maybe I should go
-(Chorus)
Repetition of the chorus, emphasizing the desire for one last moment together
Chorus:
-We said one more time
-Like it was before
-One more time
-Like I told you
-Before we close this door
-We said one more time
-Before you're out of my life
-One more time
-Before we say
-It's quarter to four
-It's startin' to pour
-I can't do this anymore
-Not yet, not yet, not yet
-Don't change my mind
-Whoa oh oh ooh whoa
Reiterating how the singer's heart followed the person and now feels emotionally hollow
Where you once led my heart followed
-Whoa oh oh ooh whoa
-My heart is dead it's hollow
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