I'll Never Be Free

Unbreakable Chains of Longing: She & Him's 'I'll Never Be Free' Meaning
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Lyrics

Each time I hold somebody new

Expresses the narrator's experience of holding someone new.

My arms grow cold aching for you

Describes the emotional impact of holding someone new, causing a sense of coldness and yearning for a specific person.

No one can take your place

Emphasizes the irreplaceable nature of the person the narrator is addressing.

Darling, in my embrace, I'll never be free

Declares a persistent emotional connection and the inability to be free from the memories associated with that person.


And when my lips burn with desire

Describes the intense desire felt by the narrator.

No other kiss puts out the fire

Compares the impact of other kisses to not being able to extinguish the emotional fire for the addressed person.

Though I may try and try, no one can satisfy

Despite attempts, no one else can fulfill the narrator's longing.

This longing in me

Expresses an unfulfilled emotional need.


I'll never be free from your smile so tender

Highlights the enduring impact of the addressed person's tender smile on the narrator.

The sweet surrender in your eyes

Mentions the emotional surrender seen in the eyes of the addressed person.

How can I be free when I still remember

Questions the possibility of freedom when memories of how the addressed person thrilled the narrator still linger.

How you could thrill me with a sigh?

Recalls the impact of the addressed person's sigh on the narrator.


Just like a chain bound to my heart

Compares the emotional connection to a chain bound to the narrator's heart.

Your love remains when we're apart

Asserts that the love persists even when physically separated.

Each kiss I gave to you, made me

Associates each given kiss with becoming a slave to the addressed person.

A slave to you, I'll never be free

Declares the narrator's perpetual state of not being free due to the emotional ties.


Just like a chain bound to my heart

Reiterates the comparison of emotional connection to a binding chain.

Your love remains when we're apart

Reaffirms the enduring nature of love during physical separation.

Each kiss I gave to you, made me

Restates the enslaving effect of each kiss given to the addressed person.

A slave to you, I'll never, no,

Reiterates the narrator's perpetual state of not being free and emphasizes the commitment.

I'll never be free

Finalizes the sentiment of never achieving freedom from the emotional entanglement.

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