Lyrics
Suddenly she's crying when the sun dips in the sea
Suddenly, the woman is crying as the sun sets in the sea.
Darkening the skies and all her fears
The darkening skies intensify her fears.
She's hungry for what she knows, the very thing that I can't give
She longs for something she knows, but the speaker cannot provide - a mother's milk to comfort her tears.
A mother's milk to satisfy her tears
Reflecting on the inability to fulfill the woman's need for comfort.
And it makes me think about
Contemplating various possibilities.
The possibilities abound
Considering numerous potential outcomes.
A creeping, "What if you never come back?"
A fear of the speaker not returning.
And emptiness like night
Emptiness is compared to the night, capable of engulfing all light.
Could swallow all the light
Highlighting the potential vastness of emptiness and loss.
You don't know what you have until you lack
Recognizing the value of something only when it is absent.
Oh, eh
Expressing emotion or realization with "Oh, eh."
Nakupenda Wewe
Nakupenda Wewe - Swahili for "I love you."
Oh, eh
Repeating the expression of love in Swahili.
Nakupenda Wewe
Reiteration of love.
The sunlight of a country and the palm trees of her sky
Describing the beauty of a country with sunlight and palm trees.
The silent hanging guidance of the moon
Highlighting the subtle guidance of the moon.
A woman is a nation, should be loved as just the same
Empowering the idea that a woman is a nation and deserves love as such.
The future of the people in her womb
The future of a community depends on the well-being of the woman and her womb.
Oh, eh
Repetition of the expression of love in Swahili.
Nakupenda Wewe
Continuation of expressing love.
Oh, eh
Reiteration of love.
Nakupenda Wewe
Repeating the expression of love in Swahili.
Oh, eh
Reiteration of love.
Nakupenda Wewe
Repeating the expression of love in Swahili.
Mpenzi Wangu
Mpenzi Wangu - Swahili for "My love."
Oh,
Continuation or pause in the expression of love.
Nakupenda Wewe
Final repetition of the expression of love.
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