Day 309 - And I am Telling You

While the power of this song comes through the singer who performs it, there is a depth in the lyrics themselves that can speak without the passion in a voice.  One of my all-time favorite songs...

"And I am telling you, I'm not going.  You're the best man I'll ever know.  There's no way I can ever go.

No, no, there's no way.  No, no, no, no way I'm living without you.  I'm not living without you. I don't wanna be free.  I'm staying, I'm staying, and you, and you, you're gonna love me."  She starts the song declaring that she isn't going anywhere.  The man she is singing to is the best man she's ever met, and she feels that she won't meet one better, so she is refusing to leave.  When you've found the best, you do what you can to keep it or stay with it.  She doesn't see leaving or being without him as a possibility or an option.  She is refusing to live without him.  She doesn't want to be free of him, and she refuses to budge.  She even says that he is going to love her, and that's it. 
"And I am telling you, I'm not going.  Even though the rough times are showing - there's just no way, there's no way.  We're part of the same place, we're part of the same time.  We both share the same blood, we both have the same mind.  And time and time, we've had so much to see and No, no, no, no, no, no way.  I'm not waking up tomorrow morning and finding that there's nobody there."  Once again, she says she's not going.  Even though things are currently not looking wonderful and they are experiencing difficulties, she still doesn't see the need to let things end.  She says they have too much in common and they have shared too much to let things end.  Besides, she doesn't want to lose the company that he provides, waking up beside one another day by day.  She doesn't want to be by herself, and she doesn't want to be without him.
"Please don't go away from me.  Stay with me stay with me.  Stay, stay and hold me.  Stay, stay and hold me.  Please stay and hold me, Mr. Man.  Try it mister, try it mister. I know, I know, I know you can."  At this point, she is essentially pleading with him to stay.  She has nothing to lose, and she is putting herself all the way out there, asking him to remain with her.  She knows that the decision is his to make, and she is praying that he will make it in her favor.
"Tear down the mountains. Yell, scream and shout! You can say what you want, I'm not walking out.  Stop all the rivers!  Push, strike and kill - I'm not gonna leave you, there's no way I will."  It seems in this portion that she is saying that it matters not what happens - she has no plans of leaving.  If he wants to go, he can, but she is going to stay, and she wants so badly for him to stay and love her. 

Admittedly, while I love the power of this song, I do have to wonder if there is a point at which you have to let go.  Eventually (in the movie) she does, but in looking at the lyrics, it looks as if she may be bordering on desperation and the willingness to take/endure anything in order to be with him....  Makes me wonder...