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Yearning Hearts: A Love Song's Plea for Redemption
Lyrics
I'd sell my soul just to see your face
I am willing to make significant sacrifices, even compromise my moral values, to be in your presence.
And I'd break my bones just to heal your pain
I am ready to endure physical pain if it alleviates the emotional pain you are experiencing.
In these times I need a saving grace
In difficult times, I seek a source of salvation or redemption.
But time is running out and I'm starting to lose my faith
The urgency of the situation is increasing, and I'm losing my belief or confidence.
But if I told you I loved you, would it make you want to stay?
If I express my love for you, would that be a reason for you to stay?
I'm sorry for the way I hurt you and making you walk away
I apologize for causing you pain and being the reason for your departure.
(I should have took the time to tell you)
(Reflection on missed opportunities to communicate feelings.)
And if I wrote you a love song and sang it to you every day
If I composed a song professing my love and sang it daily, would it be sufficient to bring you back home?
Would it ever be enough to make you wanna come back home and stay?
Questioning if expressing love through a song is enough to reconcile and have you return.
(I can't go another day without you)
(Expressing inability to endure another day without the person.)
Would it make you, make you, wanna stay?
Repetition of the question regarding the impact of love on the decision to stay.
(Girl you gotta know I love you)
Emphasizing the depth of love for the person.
My heart's on my sleeve, but it's turning black
My emotions are transparent, but they are darkening or becoming negative.
(I guess I know what it feels like it to be alone)
(Acknowledging the experience of loneliness and understanding its feeling.)
Without your touch I'm not gonna last
Without your physical contact, I cannot endure or survive.
(I know you know that I need ya just to carry on)
Highlighting the necessity of the person's presence for emotional well-being.
It feels like my walls are caving in
Feeling overwhelmed, as if the metaphorical walls around are collapsing.
(You'd always hold me before I left you hanging on)
Recalling a time when the person provided support before departure.
And I'll do anything to have you here again
Expressing willingness to do anything to have the person return.
But if I told you I loved you, would it make you want to stay?
If I confessed my love, would it be a compelling reason for you to stay?
I'm sorry for the way I hurt you and making you walk away
Apologizing again for causing pain and reflecting on missed communication opportunities.
(I should have took the time to tell you)
(Reiteration of the need to express feelings in a love song.)
And if I wrote you a love song and sang it to you every day
If I serenaded you daily with a love song, would it be sufficient for you to return?
Would it ever be enough to make you wanna come back home and stay?
Questioning the adequacy of love expressed through a song to bring the person back home.
(I can't go another day without you)
(Expressing inability to endure another day without the person.)
Yeah, the days are cold, the nights are long
Describing the challenging and lonely nature of the days and nights.
And I can't stand to be alone
Expressing an aversion to being alone.
Please know this is not your fault
Clarifying that the person leaving is not their fault.
And all I want
Expressing a desire or intent.
Is to tell you I love you and make you wanna stay
The ultimate goal is to communicate love and persuade the person to stay.
There's gotta be a way, 'cause going on without you is killing me everyday
Expressing the difficulty of continuing without the person and the hope for a solution.
And if I wrote you a love song and sang it to you every day
If I expressed love through a song daily, would it be enough to bring you back home?
Would it ever be enough to make you wanna come back home and stay?
Questioning the sufficiency of a love song to prompt the person to return.
(I can't go another day without you)
(Expressing inability to endure another day without the person.)
Would it make you, make you, wanna stay?
Repetition of the question regarding the impact of love on the decision to stay.
(Girl you gotta know I love you)
(Emphasizing the depth of love for the person.)
Would it make you, make you, wanna stay?
Repetition of the question regarding the impact of love on the decision to stay.
(I can't go another day without you)
(Expressing inability to endure another day without the person.)
Would it make you, make you, wanna stay?
Repetition of the question regarding the impact of love on the decision to stay.
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