The One
Transient Longings
Lyrics
I am the one that you want
I am the one that you desire or prefer.
I am the one that you seek
I am the one that you are searching for.
I am the one that you need
I am the one that fulfills your necessities.
Temporary, temporary
Emphasizing the temporary nature of a situation or relationship.
Temporary, temporary
Reiteration of the temporary nature, perhaps suggesting impermanence.
I am the one that you want
Repeating the claim of being the desired, sought, and needed one.
I am the one that you need
-I am the one that you seek
-Temporary, temporary
Highlighting again the temporary aspect of the situation.
Temporary, temporary
-I am the one
Repetition emphasizing the speaker as "the one."
I am the one
-I am the one
-I am the one
-I am the one
-I am the one
-I got a plan
Description of a plan involving a mask, a gun, and taking someone's heart, possibly metaphorically.
I got a mask
-I got a gun
-There go yo heart
-Took it for fun
-Walked out back
-Put it in a bag
-I got a car
-Go for a drive
-I'm back in the town
-Still got your heart
-Pull on the strings
-I am the man
-I am the man
-I am the man
-I am the man
-I am the man
-I am the man
Reiteration of being "the man."
I am the one that you want
Reassertion of being the wanted, needed, and sought-after person, with a reminder of temporariness.
I am the one that you need
-I am the one that you seek
-I gotta go like
-I am the one that you want
-I am the one that you seek
-I am the one that you need
-Temporary, temporary
Expressing the need to leave or go, adding urgency.
I gotta go
-I gotta blast
Describing a departure, awareness of the transient nature of love, and admiration for physical attributes.
Say you love me
-But I know it don't last
-And she walked through the door with her extra fine ass
-I gotta go
-I gotta blast
-Say you love me
-But I know it don't last
-And she blocking the door with her extra fine ass
-Temporary, temporary
Reiteration of temporariness, the emergence of emotions, and a sense of running away.
Feelings coming
-Temporary, temporary
-I can feel it coming
-Temporary, temporary
-All the secrets pouring out
-Temporary, temporary
-Baby, where you goin'
-I am the one that you want
-I am the one that you need
-I am the one that you seek
-I am the one that you want
-I am the one that you need
-I am the one that you seek
-I am the one
-I got a plan
-I got a mask
-I got a gun
-There go yo heart
-Took it for fun
-I gotta run
-Temporary, temporary
-Temporary, temporary
Final emphasis on the temporary nature of the situation or emotions.
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