Keep It Between Us
Secret Passions Unveiled: Keep It Between Us
Lyrics
You don't want this thing between us to get out
You want to keep our relationship discreet
So I'm as quiet as a church mouse in the walls
I'm maintaining silence and secrecy like a church mouse
At all of your soirées
Being discreet at your social gatherings
I stick to the corners
I stay in the background, unnoticed
Swept aside
Ignored or dismissed
By another grand gesture
You are captivated by someone else's grand gesture
Oooo
Expressing emotion, possibly frustration or yearning
Ahhh
Expressing awe or realization
Out of beer so I'll go off to find a case
Running out of beer, leaving to get more
Putting your hands all over someone else's face
You're physically intimate with someone else
There's no label
No official commitment or relationship label
So it's all good
The situation is acceptable
Cause it's understood
The unspoken agreement between us
That we're not together
We are not officially a couple
Unless it's bad weather
Our connection is acknowledged only in challenging times
Unless it's bad weather
Repeated emphasis on the conditional nature of the relationship
I know that when you get me down
When I'm feeling down, she's present
She's around
Another person's influence when I'm vulnerable
She notices you shopping for
She observes your interest in others
More and more
Your attraction to various people is increasing
Boys and girls going up and down
People moving around the city
About town
Sexual evangelism, possibly promiscuity
Sexual evangelist spreading the word
Promoting sexual experiences, metaphorically door to door
Door to door
A recurring phrase expressing dissatisfaction with the relationship
You always say that I'm afraid to walk away
You claim I'm afraid to leave, causing frustration
It infuriates me so much that I stay
My anger keeps me in the relationship
Let go cause you care
Suggesting detachment and indifference
Feels lukewarm
The emotional state is neither hot nor cold
Is it so wrong
Questioning the morality of the desire not to share
That I don't want to share
Not wanting to share the partner with others
I don't want to share
Repetition for emphasis on not wanting to share
I don't want to share
-I know that when you get me down
Similar to line 17, emphasizing the influence of another person
She's around
Reiteration of the presence of another person when I'm down
She notices you shopping for
Observation of your increasing interest in others
More and more
Repetition of the theme of growing attraction to different people
Boys and girls going up and down
People engaging in sexual activities around town
About town
Reiteration of the sexual evangelist spreading the word
Sexual evangelist spreading the word
Continuation of the metaphorical evangelism
Door to door
Reiteration of spreading the word, possibly dissatisfaction
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