Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
I would love to love you like you do me
I'd love to love you like you do me
I met you on a sunny autumn day
You instantly attracted me when asking for the way
God, if I had known the pain I'd make you feel
I would have stopped this thought of us and turned upon my heel
Though you should leave me
Time, make it be alright
Though you must leave me
Believe me when I tell you
I would love to love you like you do me
I'd love to love you like you do me
There's a pillar in my way you see
I'd love to love you like you do me
You recognized my barrier to love
I know there's nothing worse than unrequited love (unrequited love)
So I prayed to God that I could give the love you gave to me
But something's lying in my way, preventing it to be
Though you should leave me
Time, make it be alright
Though you must leave me
Believe me when I tell you
I would love to love you like you do me
I'd love to love you like you do me
There's a pillar in my way you see
I'd love to love you like you do me, yeah
I would love to love you like you do me
I'd love to love you like you do me
But there's a pillar in my way you see
I'd love to love you like you do me
Break those pillars down
Break those pillars down
(Love to love you like you do me)
Break those pillars down
(Love to love you, love to love you, love to love you)
Take those pillars down
(Love to love you, love to love you)
(Love to love you, love to love you)
Take those pillars down
I'd love to love you like you do me
I met you on a sunny autumn day
You instantly attracted me when asking for the way
God, if I had known the pain I'd make you feel
I would have stopped this thought of us and turned upon my heel
Though you should leave me
Time, make it be alright
Though you must leave me
Believe me when I tell you
I would love to love you like you do me
I'd love to love you like you do me
There's a pillar in my way you see
I'd love to love you like you do me
You recognized my barrier to love
I know there's nothing worse than unrequited love (unrequited love)
So I prayed to God that I could give the love you gave to me
But something's lying in my way, preventing it to be
Though you should leave me
Time, make it be alright
Though you must leave me
Believe me when I tell you
I would love to love you like you do me
I'd love to love you like you do me
There's a pillar in my way you see
I'd love to love you like you do me, yeah
I would love to love you like you do me
I'd love to love you like you do me
But there's a pillar in my way you see
I'd love to love you like you do me
Break those pillars down
Break those pillars down
(Love to love you like you do me)
Break those pillars down
(Love to love you, love to love you, love to love you)
Take those pillars down
(Love to love you, love to love you)
(Love to love you, love to love you)
Take those pillars down
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