At This Moment
Emotional Crossroads: Love, Loss, and Longing in Marco Borsato's 'At This Moment'
Lyrics
What did you think I would do at this moment
Expressing curiosity about the expected reaction in a specific moment
When you're standing before me
Describing the physical presence of the person being addressed
With tears in your eyes
Noting the presence of tears in the person's eyes
Trying to tell me that you
Anticipating communication about finding someone else
Have found you another
Acknowledging the discovery of a new romantic interest
And you just don't love me no more
Expressing the realization that love is no longer present
What did you think
Raising a question about expectations in this situation
I would say at this moment
Wondering about the words to be spoken in this particular moment
When I'm faced with the knowledge
Confronting the fact that the love is no longer reciprocated
That you just don't love me
Expressing a hypothetical response to the lack of love
Do you think I would curse you
Questioning the likelihood of cursing or hurting the person
Or say things to hurt you
Expressing a negative reaction to the end of the relationship
'Cause you just don't love me no more
Reiterating the absence of love as the cause for negative emotions
Do you think I could hate you
Asking if hatred could be a possible emotion in this situation
Or raise my hands to you
Considering physical aggression as a reaction
Now come on! You know me to well
Rejecting the idea of harmful actions due to familiarity with the speaker
How could I hurt you
Expressing an inability to cause harm because of love
When darling I love you
Affirming love for the person despite the circumstances
And you know
Stating an incapacity to cause harm out of love
I could never hurt you, oh!
Reiterating the commitment to avoid hurting the person
What did you think
Prompting consideration of what the speaker would give in this situation
I would give at this moment
Questioning the potential sacrifices for the person's stay
I you'd stay I'd subtract
Expressing a willingness to subtract time from the speaker's life for the person
Twenty years from my life
Quantifying the extent of sacrifice in terms of years
I'd fall down on my knees
Describing a gesture of submission or devotion
Kiss the ground that you walk on
Expressing a desire to show reverence for the person
If I could just hold you again
Expressing a strong wish to hold the person once more
I'd fall down on my knees
Repeating the desire to kneel and express reverence
Kiss the ground that you walk on
Reiterating the desire to kiss the ground as a sign of deep longing
If I could just hold you
Expressing the longing to hold the person again
If I could just hold you
Repeating the desire to hold the person
If I
Continuing the expression of yearning to hold the person again
If I could just hold you again
Reiterating the intense longing to hold the person again
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