Lyrics
My heart is a wave
Expressing emotions: Heart depicted as a wave symbolizing intensity and movement.
Your body is a rock
Describing the partner's body as solid and unyielding like a rock.
I splash against your skin
Metaphorically describing interaction: Waves (emotions) colliding with the partner's skin.
But you don't let, no you don't let
Highlighting the partner's resistance to opening up emotionally or lowering defenses.
Your barrier down
Emphasizing the partner's unwillingness to break down emotional barriers.
Your barrier down
Repetition for emphasis: Stating the persistence of emotional barriers.
Down
-Down
-Down
-Barrier Down Down Down
-Barrier down
Continued emphasis on the resistance to breaking down emotional barriers.
Down
-Down
-Down
-Barrier Down Down Down
-My currents are ever strong
Contrasting the strength of the narrator's emotions with the partner's changing stance.
But your stance is ever-shifting
Describing the partner's stance as unpredictable or constantly changing.
The constant flow of my body
Expressing the continuous flow of emotions from the narrator's body.
It will soon, It will soon, It will soon
Suggesting that the narrator's emotions will eventually influence or change the partner's mindset.
Change your mind
-Change you mind
-Change your mind, mind, mind
-Change your mind
-Change your mind, mind
-I feel the beat, the beat of your body
Feeling the rhythm or heartbeat of the partner's body, creating a sense of comfort.
Puts me at ease
Highlighting the soothing effect of the partner's body rhythm on the narrator.
And though it always seems on this we do agree
Expressing confusion or disagreement despite the apparent agreement on some aspects.
How can it be?
-The most desirable challenge
Describing a challenging but desirable situation or person in front of the narrator.
Is in front of me
-The most desirable challenge
-Is in front of me
-Barrier down
Reiteration of the emotional barriers coming down, possibly indicating a breakthrough or change.
Barrier down
-Barrier down
-Barrier down
-Barrier down
-Barrier down
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