If You Want

Yearning Echoes: Lone Tree's Poetic Reflections on Desire and Heartbreak
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Lyrics

I know you want to

I am aware that you desire to

Know you want to

Reiteration of the awareness of your desire

Know you want to baby

Reiteration of the awareness of your desire, emphasizing affection ("baby")


So why don't you

Questioning why you are not taking action

Oh why don't you

Repetition of the questioning, adding emphasis

Why don't you stay back

Suggesting or urging you to stay back or remain


You can't help to

Stating that you have no control over your desire

You can't help to

Emphasizing the lack of control over your desire

You can't help yourself

Reiteration of the lack of self-control regarding the desire


If you need it

Conditional expression: If you require it

If you need it

Reiteration of the conditional expression

If you need it stay back

Emphasizing the need to stay back if the requirement exists


Yeah you want, yeah you want

Confirmation of your desire

Yeah you want, yeah you want

Reiteration of the confirmation of your desire

Yeah you want, yeah you want

Continued confirmation of your desire

Yeah you want, yeah you want

Reiteration of the continued confirmation of your desire


I gotta tell you

Expressing the necessity to communicate something

Gotta tell you

Reiteration of the necessity to communicate something

Gotta tell you baby

Emphasizing the importance of the communication, adding affection ("baby")


I don't want to

Expressing the lack of desire

I don't want to

Reiteration of the lack of desire

I don't want your half

Rejecting the offer or possession of only a part or fraction


You got a broken

Describing the state of having a broken heart

Got a broken

Reiteration of the description of having a broken heart

Got a broken heart

Emphasizing the condition of having a broken heart


So if you want to

Conditional expression: If you desire to

If you want to

Reiteration of the conditional expression

Yeah you'll fall apart

Warning that you will experience emotional distress or breakdown if you pursue the desire


Yeah you want, yeah you want

Confirmation of your desire

Yeah you want, yeah you want

Reiteration of the confirmation of your desire

Yeah you want, yeah you want

Continued confirmation of your desire

Yeah you want, yeah you want

Reiteration of the continued confirmation of your desire

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