This song was in my head the other day, so I figured I should blog about it....
"Share my life - take me for what I am, cuz I'll never change all my colors for you. Take my love, I'll never ask for too much, just all that you are and everything that you do." The singer is asking someone who is obviously significant to her to share their life with her. Yet, even in their sharing life, she is saying that she is not willing to compromise all of who she understands herself to be just to be in said relationship. She offers all of her love, asking in turn for the whole of the person she is giving herself to. In my mind, this seems a fair exchange - all of me for all of you.
"I don't really need to look very much further. I don't wanna have to go where you don't follow. I won't hold it back again, this passion inside. I can't run from myself. There's no where to hide. But don't make me close one more door. I don't wanna hurt anymore. Stay in my arms if you dare, or must I imagine you there? Don't walk away from me. I have nothing, nothing, nothing if I don't have you." She feels as if she may have found the one, and so she doesn't have to look anymore for someone to share her life with. Yet, it seems she's taking a risk, because she feels unsure if the person will go through with things as she is. But she recognizes what she feels, and for her, it is harder to hold back what she feels, so she must release it and share. There is no denying and no hiding - this person is who she wants. And because of that, she is asking this person not to be another lost love or to be another heartache in her life. She is asking that the person will stay in her arms and her life, because having to long for love or pretend that it's there is just too much. Why? Because she feels she has nothing without them. That is a powerful place to get to when you feel that you would have nothing if a particular person in your life leaves. While I think in most cases, it is an exaggeration, I do believe that the sentiment is one of a deep connection that speaks to feeling like you need a person to be in your life.
"You see through right to the heart of me. You break down my walls with the strength of your love. And I never knew a love like I've known it with you. Will a memory survive - one I can hold onto?" These have got to be my favorite lyrics of the song. It is a powerful (and scary) thing when someone can see through you and knows you beyond the front that you put up. This person has the ability to break through and touch the most vulnerable parts of her with the love he provides. This is love like she has never experienced it, and she prays that it will last.
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