Drag Me Away
Unyielding Flames: Defying Forces in Melissa Etheridge's Drag Me Away
Lyrics
Did you think I was leaving
Expressing doubt about the assumption of departure.
My ticket was just one way
Clarifying that the ticket purchased is only for one-way travel.
The angels I believed in
Referencing belief in angels who were expected to guide or protect.
Were gonna carry me away
Anticipating a transcendent journey guided by angels.
Did you think that I would simply
Suggesting a misconception that the speaker would surrender easily.
Give them my last breath
Refusing to yield the last breath willingly.
Well honey you've got me wrong
Correcting a misunderstanding about leaving for death.
I'd never leave you for death
Expressing commitment to staying with a loved one despite challenges.
It's gonna take more than that to get rid of me
Asserting resilience and determination to endure challenges.
It's gonna take more than that to make me fade
Emphasizing the difficulty of making the speaker fade or give up.
They'll have to tie me up and drag me away
Describing the necessity of being physically restrained and taken away.
They'll have to shut my mouth and drag me away
Highlighting the need to silence the speaker forcefully.
There is no one I serve
Affirming independence and refusal to be subservient.
I am not here to please
Rejecting the idea of pleasing others at the expense of oneself.
I will not be a hostage
Refusing to be controlled or held captive by one's own struggles.
To my own disease
Acknowledging a personal battle with a disease or internal challenge.
Oh come on come on
Inviting someone to come and support, seeking connection.
Come on out and hold me
Desiring physical presence and support in the open sunlight.
Out into the great sunlight
Expressing the unstoppable nature of their connection in the sunlight.
No power on earth can stop us
Asserting that no earthly power can prevent their unity.
Both become one tonight
Anticipating a profound union between two individuals.
I have never been more sure of anything
Expressing a high level of certainty and confidence.
I have never been more sure of what I am
Reiterating confidence in self-awareness and identity.
They'll have to tie me up and drag me away
Reemphasizing the need for physical restraint to be taken away.
They'll have to shut my mouth and drag me away
Reiterating the need to forcibly silence the speaker.
There's no dark that can overcome a flame
Stating the resilience against darkness, symbolizing challenges.
There's no force that can drag me away
Affirming the inability of external forces to separate.
Ah ah drag me away
Uttering sounds indicating a resistance to being taken away.
Oh oh oh oh they'll never drag me away
Declaring a steadfast resistance to being dragged away.
They could bring an army
Exploring the idea of facing overwhelming opposition.
Ten thousand men or more
Quantifying the potential opposition with a large force.
Their mass weapons of destruction
Dismissing the effectiveness of destructive weapons against the speaker.
Won't even up the score
Asserting that even significant opposition won't change the outcome.
Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on baby
Encouraging someone to approach and face the situation.
They'll have to drag me away
Reiterating the need for force to drag the speaker away.
Come on, come on, come on baby
Continuing the call for someone to approach forcefully.
They'll have to drag me away
Repeating the idea that physical force is required for departure.
They'll have to drag me away
Affirming the inevitability of being dragged away.
They'll have to drag me away
Repeating the assertion of the unstoppable departure.
They'll have to tie me up and drag me away, hey
Reiterating the necessity of being tied up for departure.
They'll have to shut my mouth and drag me away
Reiterating the need to silence the speaker forcibly.
No dark that can overcome a flame
Reiterating resilience against darkness using a flame metaphor.
No force that can drag me away
Reaffirming the resistance to external forces trying to separate.
No there's dark that can overcome a flame
Reiterating resilience against darkness using a flame metaphor.
There's no force that can drag me away
Reaffirming the resistance to external forces trying to separate.
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