It's Growing
Unfolding Love: Otis Redding's Poetic Journey
Lyrics
Like a snowball rolling down that side
The love is growing steadily, like a snowball rolling down a hill.
Of that snow covered hill, man it's growing
Emphasizes the continuous growth of love, using a metaphor of a snow-covered hill.
Like that size of the fish that man claimed
Comparing the growth to the size of a fish tale, suggesting exaggeration and increase.
He broke his reel, man it's growing
Reinforces the idea of love growing, using the broken fishing reel as a metaphor.
Like the rosebud, that's bloomin' man
Describing the love as blossoming, like a rosebud in the warmth of the sun.
In the warning of the sun, it's growin'
Continues the imagery of growth, comparing it to a tale that spreads as it's told.
Like a tale by the time it's been told, man
Highlights the growth of the love story through time and retelling.
By more then one, it's growing
Indicates that the love is not confined to a single narrative but is shared by many.
When every day it grows a little more
Expresses that love grows incrementally each day.
Than it was the day before
Comparing the present love to its past state, emphasizing continuous growth.
My love for you, it grows and grows
Expresses the singer's personal experience of love growing steadily.
Hey, hey, hey, how it grows and grows
Repetition for emphasis on the expansive nature of the growing love.
But when it's going to stop
Raises the uncertainty of when the love will stop growing.
I feel that nobody knows, man
Conveys the singer's feeling of ambiguity about the limits of love's growth.
I said, it grows and grows, man
Reiterates the continuous growth of love, emphasizing its persistence.
A little bit stronger
States that the love becomes a little bit stronger as it grows.
It grows and grows
Repeats the idea that love keeps growing, becoming a little stronger each day.
A little bit more, every day
Highlights the gradual, daily increase in the strength of the love.
It keeps on growing
Emphasizes the persistence and continual growth of the love.
Like the need of a guy to see his girl
Compares the need to see a loved one to the growing intensity of the love itself.
When she's gone away, man it's growing
Highlights the growth in the sadness of the singer when the loved one is absent.
Like the sadness in his heart
Emphasizes the emotional impact of the loved one's departure on the singer's heart.
When he knows that she's gone to stay, man it's growing
Underlines the permanence of the loved one's absence and the accompanying sadness.
I said, every day it grows and grows
Repeats the idea that the love grows each day, becoming more significant.
A little bit more
Continues to stress the incremental growth of the love, day by day.
Than it was before
Compares the current state of love to its previous state, showing constant progression.
My love for you, it grows and grows, man
Reiterates the singer's personal experience of love growing steadily and consistently.
Hey, hey, hey, how it grows and grows
Reinforces the idea that love keeps expanding and intensifying.
My heart is gonna stop, I feel, man
Expresses the singer's feeling that their heart might stop due to the overwhelming growth of love.
My heart is gonna stop, I feel
Repeats the concern about the heart stopping due to the intensity of love.
That nobody know man
Emphasizes the uncertainty surrounding the limits of love's growth.
Hey, hey, hey, man
Reiterates the singer's expression of uncertainty about the unstoppable growth of love.
Nobody know how it grows and grows
Asserts that nobody knows the extent of love's growth, underscoring its mystery.
Nobody knows it grows and grows
Repeats the idea that the growth of love is not fully understood by anyone.
Everyday it gets little bit stronger
States that love gets a little bit stronger every day, reinforcing the theme of constant growth.
And every time it gets little bit stronger
Reiterates the notion that love becomes progressively stronger with each passing moment.
I'm there for you, just keep on growing
Assures the loved one of the singer's enduring support and commitment through the growing love.
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