Guilty

Unveiling the Burden of Forbidden Love: "Guilty" by UB40 Explained
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Lyrics

Well, hello baby

Initiating a conversation, expressing familiarity and warmth

Come here sit down, make your self comfortable

Inviting the person to sit comfortably, creating a relaxed atmosphere

Tell me something, how long have we known each other?

Inquiring about the duration of their acquaintance

About ten months huh?

Confirming the duration of their relationship (ten months)


Say what's that on your finger? An engagement ring?

Noticing an engagement ring on the person's finger

So you and John are getting engaged huh?

Asking about the person's engagement with John and expressing admiration for John

You know he's a mighty lucky guy

Complimenting John and stating he's fortunate to have the person

Should be proud to have a woman like you

Encouraging the person to take pride in themselves

Listen, I've got something I wanna to tell you

Expressing a desire to share something important


Don't think I'm getting fresh or anything like that

Clarifying that the intention is not to be inappropriate

But this things been bugging me for a long time, you know

Acknowledging a persistent concern

And it's kinda getting heavier and heavier each and every day

Describing the emotional weight of the undisclosed issue

And I've just gotta get it off my chest

Expressing a need to confide in the person

See, I've never seen anybody like you

Admiring the person as unique and exceptional

I've never known anybody like you

Highlighting the person's singularity in the speaker's experience


Guilty, guilty of loving you

Admitting to feeling guilty for loving the person


Let me take me back to my childhood a while

Transitioning to a childhood memory to provide context

See, we had a medium size family you know, and we weren't rich

Describing a modest family background

But my mother, she tried to bring us us the best she could

Commending the mother's efforts to provide the best

Guilty, guilty of loving you

Reiterating the feeling of guilt for loving the person

Didn't commit no crime nor nothing

Emphasizing the absence of any wrongdoing or crime


But I had to wait until I reach man hood to commit this crime

Expressing the need to wait until adulthood to "commit this crime"

According to the code of love, if there is such a code (guilty, guilty of loving you)

Referring to love as a code, possibly societal or moral

See, love is a thing well, you know?

Reflecting on the nature of love

It's a bit like quicksand

Comparing love to quicksand, implying its unpredictable and consuming nature


The more you wriggle the deeper you sink

Describing the inevitability of sinking deeper into love

And when it hit's you, you've just got to fall

Stating that when love hits, one must surrender to it

That's why I do believe that I am guilty

Affirming the speaker's belief in being guilty of loving the person


Said I'm guilty, guilty of loving you

Repeating the admission of guilt for loving the person

Said I'm guilty, guilty of loving you

Reiterating the speaker's sense of guilt for loving the person

Guilty, guilty of loving you

Concluding with a restatement of guilt for loving the person

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