Tonight You Belong to Me
Tonight's Bittersweet Serenade: Love's Last Embrace
Lyrics
I know (I know)
Expressing awareness or certainty about a situation
You belong to somebody new
Acknowledging that the person addressed is in a new relationship
But Tonight you belong to me
Claiming temporary ownership or connection for the current night
Although (Although)
Despite being physically apart
We're apart, you're a part of my heart
Emphasizing emotional attachment despite the physical distance
And tonight you belong to me
Reiterating the idea that for the night, the person belongs to the speaker
Way down by the stream
Setting the scene, possibly near a stream, for a romantic encounter
How sweet it will seem
Anticipating the sweetness of the moment
Once more just to dream
Expressing a desire to dream together again
In the moonlight
Highlighting the romantic atmosphere created by moonlight
My honey I know
Affectionate address to the person, reaffirming knowledge of their connection
With the dawn
Acknowledging the inevitability of the upcoming daybreak
That you will be gone
Expecting the person to be gone by morning
But tonight you belong to me
Repeating the claim of belonging for the current night
Way down by the stream
Revisiting the romantic setting near the stream
How sweet it will seem
Emphasizing the sweetness of the experience
Once more just to dream in the moonlight
Expressing the desire to dream together once more in the moonlight
My honey I know
Reaffirming affection and knowledge of the impending departure at dawn
With the dawn, that you will be gone
Anticipating the departure of the person with the morning light
But tonight you belong to me
Summarizing the temporary belonging for the current night
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