Cradle of Love
Embrace the Healing Waters: Cradle of Love's Soothing Respite
Lyrics
Oh baby you look tired and baby you look beat
Expressing concern about the person's apparent fatigue and exhaustion.
Seems like you've been working eight days a week
Suggesting that the person has been working excessively, beyond the usual seven days a week.
Baby take a break from all you've been thinking of
Encouraging the person to take a break from their current thoughts and concerns.
Come into my cradle of love
Inviting the person to find solace and comfort in the singer's "cradle of love."
Oh baby let me hold you and rock your cares away
Offering emotional support by holding and comforting the person.
Put aside your troubles at the ending of the day
Suggesting that the troubles should be set aside at the end of the day.
Cause when we lie together I fit in you like a glove
Describing the close and comfortable connection when lying together.
Come into my cradle of love
Reiterating the invitation to find comfort and refuge in the singer's love.
Down in the valley you can lose your name
Describing a metaphorical place (valley) where one can forget their identity.
All your sorrow and your pain
Highlighting that in this place, one can leave behind sorrow and pain.
The dark warm waters they can heal you
Describing the therapeutic properties of "dark warm waters" for healing.
And make you all brand new again
Emphasizing the rejuvenating effect of the metaphorical waters.
So baby come on over and lean your head on me
Inviting the person to come closer and find comfort by leaning on the singer.
Here in my arms now is where you're meant to be
Stating that being in the singer's arms is the person's rightful place.
Oh baby take advantage of all I've got to give
Encouraging the person to take advantage of the singer's love and generosity.
Come into my cradle of love oh
Repeating the invitation to enter the singer's "cradle of love."
Down in the valley you can lose your name
Reiterating the idea of the metaphorical valley as a place to forget troubles.
All your sorrow and your pain
Re-emphasizing the possibility of leaving behind sorrow and pain in the valley.
The dark warm waters they can heal you
Reiterating the healing properties of the metaphorical waters in the valley.
And make you all brand new again
Stating that these waters can bring about a transformative, new beginning.
So baby come on over and lean your head on me
Inviting the person to come closer and find solace by leaning on the singer.
Come into my cradle of love
Repeating the invitation to enter the singer's "cradle of love."
Baby let me be your cradle of love
Affirming the singer's desire to be a source of comfort and love for the person.
Oh baby come into my cradle of love oh yeah oh
Repeating the invitation to enter the singer's "cradle of love."
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