Lyrics
What is love
Questioning the nature of love.
You called it heaven above
Describing love as something heavenly.
Star that shine in the night
Comparing love to stars shining in the night.
A bird that sings in its flight
Equating love to a bird singing in its flight, suggesting beauty and freedom.
A flower that blooms in the spring
An analogy of love being like a flower blooming in the spring, symbolizing growth and renewal.
There's no such thing
Challenging the existence of such idealized notions of love.
Love's like a cigarette
Introducing a metaphor: love being compared to a cigarette.
You know you had my heart aglow
Expressing the intensity of emotions; heart aglow implies strong passion.
Between your fingertips
Describing the physical act of holding love like a cigarette between fingertips.
And just like a cigarette
Comparing love to a cigarette, emphasizing the thrill it brings to life.
I never knew the thrill of life
Highlighting the transformative effect of love on the speaker's perception of life.
Until you touched my lips
Linking the thrill of life to the physical sensation of the lover's touch on the lips.
Then just like a cigarette
Reiterating the cigarette metaphor, suggesting a transient nature to love.
Love seem to fade away and leave behind ashes of regret
Describing the aftermath of love, with emotions fading away and leaving regrets.
And with a flick of your fingertips
Indicating the ease with which love can be discarded, akin to flicking away a cigarette.
It was easy for you to forget
Highlighting the forgetfulness associated with love.
'Coz love is like a cigarette
Reiterating the central metaphor, emphasizing the fragility of love.
Then just like a cigarette
Repeating the idea of love fading away like a cigarette.
Love seem to fade away and leave behind ashes of regret
Reemphasizing the consequences of love, leaving behind ashes of regret.
And with a flick of your fingertips
Highlighting the ease with which love is forgotten, paralleling it to flicking a cigarette away.
It was easy for you to forget
Reiterating the forgetfulness associated with love.
'Coz love is like a cigarette
Concluding by affirming that love, like a cigarette, is transient and easily forgotten.
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