Lyrics
Simple and sweet
Expressing that the situation is uncomplicated and enjoyable
When you asked me for my hand
Refers to a proposal or gesture of commitment
On a weekend night
Setting the scene on a weekend night
I can't say that I know you
Acknowledging a lack of deep knowledge about the person
Ooo but I'd like to
Expressing interest despite limited knowledge
We were nobody then
Describing a time when both individuals were relatively unknown
But taciturn and slowly
Characterizing the past as quiet and gradual
Then it hurts like hell
Describing emotional pain
For the years to come
Referring to the enduring impact of the pain
Simple and sweet
Repetition of lines 1-3 for emphasis
When you asked me for my hand
Repetition of lines 2-3 for emphasis
On a weekend night
Repetition of line 3 for emphasis
You are lover
Acknowledgment of a romantic relationship
I'm the flight in between
Describing the speaker as an intermediate stage in the relationship
Make a scene
Encouraging a noticeable reaction or disruption
In the safety
Referring to a secure or comfortable state
You found late
Discovering something belatedly in the safety
In between
Repetition of lines 14-17 for emphasis
Make a scene
Encouraging a disruptive reaction or expression
You walk, I stay
Repetition emphasizing a choice between walking away or staying
You walk, I stay
-You walk, I stay
-You walk, I stay
-And you walk, I stay
Intensifying the emphasis on the choice to walk or stay
You walk, I stay
-You walk, you walk, you walk, you walk
-And no don't tell me to land
Resisting advice or direction to land or settle
With all the permanent and passing friends
Referring to a mix of enduring and fleeting connections
Mingled in the deep end now
Describing a complex situation
Keep on tellin' me I'm pretty
Receiving compliments about appearance
Tenderizing a melted heart
Softening a once hardened heart
Buried in the beaches now
Referring to buried emotions in a metaphorical sense
Touchdown to way back when
Recalling a return to the past
Everything meant somethin' then
Reflecting on a time when everything had significance
Call it karma, call it sin
Attributing events to fate or wrongdoing
No don't tell me to land
Reiteration of resistance to settling or landing
Don't tell me to land
Further emphasis on resisting external pressure to settle
Don't tell me to land
-Until it's home
Indicating a desire for a place to truly be called home
You are lover
Repetition of lines 13-19 for emphasis
I'm the flight in between
-Make a scene
-In the safety
-You found late
-In between
-Make a scene
Encouraging a disruptive reaction or expression (repeated)
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