Lyrics
I paint by numbers all the freckles on your skin
I meticulously notice and appreciate the details of your skin, like counting the freckles using a structured approach.
I'm using colors, but you're black and white within
While I express myself with vibrant colors, you seem emotionally distant and unresponsive, like a black and white image.
I wanna hold you, hold you, hold
Expressing a strong desire to embrace and be close to you, emphasizing the repetition for emphasis.
I want your love
Expressing a desire for the person's love.
I'm needing something you might not be capable of
Recognizing that there might be emotional limitations or challenges in fulfilling the speaker's needs.
Hold me down if you want to baby
Expressing a willingness to be restrained or controlled if it brings comfort or security.
Let me go I will fly
Asserting the desire for freedom and the potential for personal growth if given the space.
Hold me down if you want to darling but
Reiterating the willingness to be controlled, but with a plea not to cause emotional pain.
Don't make me cry
An earnest request not to cause tears or emotional distress.
I'm in your bed I close my eyes and count to ten
Describing a moment of intimacy, closing eyes, and counting, possibly to create a mental escape.
Your words are floating dandelions in the wind
Comparing the partner's words to delicate dandelions, suggesting fragility and transient nature.
I wanna hold you, hold you, hold
Repetition of the desire to hold and be close to the person.
I want your love
Reiterating the desire for the person's love.
I'm needing something you might not be capable of
Acknowledging that the person may not possess the capability to fulfill certain emotional needs.
Hold me down if you want to baby
Reiterating the willingness to be held down if it brings comfort or security.
Let me go I will fly
Expressing the potential for personal growth and freedom if allowed to be released.
Hold me down if you want to darling but
Reiterating the willingness to be controlled, with a plea not to cause emotional pain.
Don't make me cry
Emphatic plea not to cause tears or emotional distress.
All of my desire
Referring to intense longing or passion, possibly related to the desire for love.
Spilling out like water
Describing the overflowing nature of the speaker's desires, comparing it to water.
All of my desire
Repetition of the theme of intense desire.
Toss it in the fire, fire
Suggesting a willingness to discard or sacrifice desires if they become problematic, likening it to tossing into fire.
Hold me down if you want to baby
Reiteration of the willingness to be restrained if it brings comfort or security.
Let me go I will fly
Asserting the potential for personal growth and freedom if allowed to be released.
Hold me down if you want to darling but
Reiteration of the willingness to be controlled, with a plea not to cause emotional pain.
Don't make me cry
Final plea not to cause tears or emotional distress.
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