Lyrics
How can there
Expressing the necessity of certain elements for completeness.
Be a song
Highlighting the essential role of music in a song.
Without the music?
Questioning the possibility of a song without its musical accompaniment.
How can there
Reiterating the idea of necessity, now for a wave and the sea.
Be a wave
Stressing the inseparability of a wave from the sea.
Without the sea?
Metaphorically linking elements to convey dependence.
The lightning leads to thunder
Illustrating a cause-and-effect relationship using lightning leading to thunder.
As a speaking voice
Comparing the relationship between lightning and thunder to a speaking voice.
(Oooh yeah)
An emotional expression (Oooh yeah) emphasizing the significance of the following lines.
And I
The narrator declaring a personal need or desire.
I must have you
Expressing a strong desire for someone (you).
For the life of me
Repeating the declaration of need or desire for emphasis.
How can there
Posing another rhetorical question about essential elements for completeness.
Be a baby
Associating crying with the presence of a baby, highlighting its natural aspect.
With no crying
Suggesting that a future without a past lacks foundation or history.
A future with no past
Expressing the impossibility of certain scenarios.
Can never be
Stating a general truth about the nature of a hummingbird.
A humming bird can't live
Emphasizing the requirement of freedom for a hummingbird to live.
Unless it's free to fly
An emotional expression (Oooh yeah) reinforcing the importance of the next lines.
(Oooh yeah)
Reiterating the narrator's need or desire for someone (you).
And I
Declaring the necessity of having someone for the narrator's life.
I must have you for the life of me
Repeating the declaration for emphasis.
I know that sunshine follows rain
Stating a belief in the cyclical nature of life, with sunshine following rain.
I know that pleasure follows pain
Asserting the inevitability of pleasure following pain.
And I know that I must have you somehow
Expressing the conviction that the narrator must have the person they desire.
(Woah woah woah ooh)
An emotional expression (Woah woah woah ooh) signaling intensity or urgency.
Every ship waits for its crew
Using metaphors to describe waiting for a suitable partner.
And every rose waits for the dew
Comparing the anticipation of a partner to a rose waiting for dew.
But I need you right now (Woah wooah, woah woah)
Expressing an immediate need for the desired person (you).
How can there
Raising a rhetorical question about the possibility of an end without a beginning.
Be an end
Emphasizing the importance of a beginning for any end.
With no beginning
Encouraging the person to run to the narrator who is waiting helplessly.
So run to me I'm waiting helplessly
Expressing a sense of urgency and a desire for the person to break the shackles of impatience.
So break these shackles of impatience woah make me live
An emotional plea to make the narrator live through the act of breaking impatience.
For I
Reiterating the narrator's strong need or desire for someone (you).
I must have you for the life of me
Stating the necessity of having the desired person for the narrator's life.
And I
Repeating the narrator's need or desire for someone (you).
I must have you
Declaring the necessity of having someone for the narrator's life.
For the life of me
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