Come to Me
Embracing Love's Call: Otis Redding's Plea for Togetherness
Lyrics
Come to me for I'm lonely
Come to me because I'm lonely
Come to me for I'm lonely, darling
Repeat of the plea for companionship due to loneliness
Come to me and be my girl
Invitation to become the singer's romantic partner
For I love, love you so
Expressing deep love for the person addressed
Come to me forget the past
Encouraging the listener to forget past troubles
Think of life we have ahead, my my my my baby
Looking ahead to the future and the life they can share
Come to me and be my girl
Reiteration of the desire for the listener to be the singer's partner
For I love, love, love you so, oh now
Reaffirmation of intense love
Day are getting so lonely, yeah now
Acknowledging the increasing loneliness
Life are getting so blue
Describing a sense of sadness and melancholy in life
Time has come for you and I
Indicating that the time has come for the two to come together
To get together and we'll make two, my my my my babe
Anticipating a harmonious union for the two individuals
Come to me for I'm begging
Expressing a sense of desperation and pleading for companionship
Come to me for I'm begging, darling
Repeating the plea with added emphasis
Come to me and be my girl
Reiterating the invitation to be the singer's romantic partner
For I love, love, love you so, yeah
Reaffirmation of profound love and longing
Come on now baby
Encouraging the listener to come closer or respond
Baby I'm down
Expressing a feeling of being down or low
Said I'm down my knees, oh
Describing a state of vulnerability, being on one's knees
I need me someone, now
Expressing the need for someone in the singer's life
Said I need some love
Stating the need for love and emotional support
Just to stand right by me, oh
Desiring someone to stand by the singer
You know that these arms of mine
Referring to the singer's arms as a metaphor for loneliness
They have been lonely
Highlighting the prolonged period of loneliness
Lonely so long
Emphasizing the enduring nature of the singer's loneliness
But I know, but I know, I know what my heart needs
Expressing awareness of what the singer's heart truly needs
I know just what my heart needs
Affirming understanding of the singer's emotional needs
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