Lyrics
There's not much time for talking,
Time is limited, not conducive for conversation.
All your friends are
Your friends are distancing themselves.
Going to walk away.
An impending sense of abandonment.
If there was time for talking
If there were time for talking, you'd run out of things to say.
All too soon you'd be
Rapidly approaching a point of speechlessness.
Lost for things to say.
Speechlessness due to the situation.
Don't you know she could break you,
A warning about the power to emotionally harm.
Every bone that's inside of you?
Emphasizes the potential for severe emotional damage.
Then again she might make you
Contrasts harm with the possibility of fulfilling desires.
Everything that you want her to,
The person may become what you desire.
And if you could walk away,
Leaving the situation is presented as a hypothetical option.
Where would you go
Rhetorical question about the destination if one leaves.
Anyway?
Regardless, leaving seems improbable or undesirable.
And if you've still got the chance,
Emphasizes the persistence of the chance to leave.
I know you know you'll stay,
Acknowledging awareness of the decision to stay.
Stay.
Repetition of "Stay" reinforces the commitment.
I don't need your excuses;
Rejecting the need for justifications or explanations.
Are you tired of
Asking if the struggle for dominance has become wearisome.
Trying to stay on top?
Implies surrendering to the situation for enjoyment.
So just lie back and enjoy it
Savor the moment and reserve sadness for later.
And save your tears for
Tears are anticipated when the intimate act concludes.
When the kissing stops
Acknowledging the inevitability of the end.
Oh, you know it's got to stop.
Reiterating the knowledge that the relationship is finite.
Don't you know she could break you,
Repeats the warning of potential emotional harm.
Every bone that's inside of you?
Reemphasizes the severity of possible damage.
Then again she might make you
Contrasts harm with the potential to fulfill desires.
Everything that you want her to,
Similar to line 10, underlining the transformative potential.
And if you could walk away,
Reiteration of the hypothetical option to leave.
Where would you go
Rhetorical question emphasizing the lack of an appealing destination.
Anyway?
Leaving seems undesirable or impractical.
And if you've still got the chance,
Asserts the persistence of the opportunity to leave.
I know you know you'll stay,
Confirms the awareness of the decision to stay.
Stay.
Repetition of "Stay" reinforces the commitment once more.
Oh, you'll stay,
Repetitive reinforcement of the decision to stay, intensifying commitment.
Oh, you'll stay.
-Don't you know she could break you,
-Every bone that's inside of you?
-Then again she might make you
-Everything that you want her to,
-And if you could walk away,
-Where would you go
-Anyway?
-And if you've still got the chance,
-I know you know you'll stay,
-Stay.
-Oh, you'll stay,
-Oh, you'll stay.
-Oh, you'll stay,
-Oh, you'll stay,
-Oh, you'll stay,
-Oh, you'll stay,
-Oh, you'll stay.
Final affirmation of the decision to stay.
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