The Love I Saw In You Was Just a Mirage
Illusions of Love: Unveiling the Mirage in The Jackson 5's Melody
Lyrics
There you were beautiful
Expressing the initial admiration for the person's beauty.
The promise of love was written on your face
Noticing a promise of love evident in the person's facial expression.
You led me on with untrue kisses
Feeling deceived by false kisses that led on the speaker.
You held me captured in your false embrace
Being held in an insincere embrace, feeling trapped by false affection.
Quicker than I can bat an eye
Realizing the suddenness of the breakup.
Since you were telling me goodbye
Acknowledging the quick and unexpected farewell.
Oh, just a minute ago your love was here
Recalling the recent presence of love that now seems to have vanished.
All of a sudden it seem to disappear
Noticing the abrupt disappearance of love.
Sweetness was only heartaches camouflage
Realizing that the sweetness experienced was just a disguise for heartaches.
The love I saw in you was just a mirage
Concluding that the love observed was merely an illusion or mirage.
(you promised that love we forever share)
Recalling a promise of eternal love that wasn't fulfilled.
(But all I have are memories of love that was never there)
Expressing the presence of memories of a love that never materialized.
We use to meet in romantic places
Reflecting on past meetings in romantic settings.
You gave the illusion that your love was real
Noting that the love appeared real but was, in fact, an illusion.
Now all that's left are lipstick traces
Only traces of lipstick remain as evidence of feigned affection.
From the kisses you only pretended to feel
Describing the emptiness of kisses that were only pretended.
And now our meetings you avoid
Observing avoidance in subsequent meetings, leading to destruction.
And so my world you have destroyed
Expressing the devastating impact on the speaker's world.
Oh, just a minute ago your love was here
Remembering the recent presence of love that has now disappeared.
All of a sudden it seem to disappear
Highlighting the sudden and unexpected disappearance of love.
The way you wrecked my life was like sabotage
Comparing the damage caused to sabotage, wrecking the speaker's life.
The love I saw in you was just a mirage
Reiterating that the observed love was just a mirage.
(You brought me up just to throw me down)
Recalling being raised up only to be let down by the person.
(You left me and my dreams shattered all on the ground)
Expressing the shattered dreams and heartbreak caused by the person.
Oh, oh, oh you only feel me with despair
Describing the emotional state filled with despair caused by the person's actions.
By showing love that wasn't there
Pointing out the display of love that was never genuine.
Oh, just like the desert shows a thirsty man
Using the analogy of a desert to illustrate the deceptive nature of the person.
Green oasis where there's only sand
Highlighting the contrast between the illusion of love and the reality of deception.
You lured me into something I should have dodged
Acknowledging being lured into a situation that should have been avoided.
The love I saw in you was just a mirage
Reiterating that the perceived love was nothing more than a mirage.
(To you I gave true love from deep within)
Expressing the genuine love given by the speaker.
(You made me hungry for your love, but it was no deeper than your skin)
Highlighting the superficiality of the person's love, only skin-deep.
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