Only Love
Eternal Echoes: Unveiling the Heart's Symphony in Michaela Betts' 'Only Love'
Lyrics
Don't tell me there's a way to melt me
Expressing resistance to hearing about a solution to melt emotional barriers.
I'm not the girl I once was
Acknowledging personal growth and change from the past.
There's a heart-shaped hollow
Describing a void in the shape of a heart, representing the absence of love.
Where your love belonged
Referring to a specific place where the speaker's love used to exist.
Beneath these frozen shores
Describing a cold and unresponsive emotional state.
Love's colours have faded
Depicting the fading vibrancy of love.
Like a name in the sand, you erased me
Comparing erased love to a name in the sand, emphasizing its disappearance.
I can't keep drifting with the ebb and flow
Expressing a reluctance to go along with the unpredictable nature of emotions.
I know myself, I know what I'm made of
Asserting self-awareness and understanding of one's own character.
It's only love
Highlighting the central theme of the song – the significance of love.
It's only what we build our world around
Emphasizing the impact of love on shaping the speaker's world.
It's only my faith you keep calling a mistake
Referring to the speaker's faith in love, contested as a mistake by others.
It's only love
Reiterating the importance of love in the speaker's life.
It's only what we build our dreams upon
Stressing the role of love in building dreams and aspirations.
It's all that I have to give you
Declaring love as the speaker's most valuable possession to offer.
Cross the sea to be with you
Describing a significant journey undertaken to be with a loved one.
On a crusade for the truth
Expressing a commitment to a quest for truth in the name of love.
Love is strong and absolute
Affirming the strength and certainty of love.
There was a lonesome swallow
Introducing a lonely swallow as a metaphor for a place where the heart used to reside.
Where my heart has lived
Identifying the location of past emotions.
It doesn't live there anymore
Asserting that the heart no longer resides in that lonely place.
Love's seasons are tired of change
Characterizing love's cycles as weary of constant change.
What was young has blossomed
Describing the transformation of youth into maturity in love.
What was new has aged
Highlighting the aging of what was once new and vibrant in love.
I know nature can be cruel
Acknowledging the dual nature of nature, both giving and taking away.
She gives and takes away
Expressing a realization that love is not exempt from nature's cruelty.
But I thought love was here to stay
Expressing a previous belief that love would endure.
It's only love
Repeating the assertion of the centrality of love in life.
It's only what we build our world around
Reiterating the impact of love in shaping the world.
It's only my faith you keep calling a mistake
Repeating the notion that others view the speaker's faith in love as a mistake.
It's only love
Reiterating the importance of love in building dreams.
It's only what we build our dreams upon
Repeating the declaration that love is the speaker's most valuable offering.
It's all that I have to give you
Affirming that love is the only thing the speaker has to give.
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