This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
Head down, as I watch my feet take turns hitting the ground
Eyes shut, I find myself in love racing the earth
And I'm soaked in your love, ahh
And love was right in my path, in my grasp
And me and you belong
I wanna run (run)
And smash into you
I wanna run (run)
And smash into you
Ears closed (closed), what I hear no one else has to know
'Cause I know that what we have is worth first place and gold
And I'm soaked in your love, ahh
And love is right in my path, in my grasp
And me and you belong, oh
I wanna run (run)
Smash into you
I wanna run (run)
Smash into you
Smash into you
(Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa)
Head down, as I watch my feet take turns hitting the ground
Eyes shut, I'm in love and I'm racing the earth
And I'm soaked in your love (your love)
And love is right in my path, in my grasp
And me and you belong
Oh, I wanna run
Smash into you
I'm willing to run (run)
Smash into you
I'm ready to run, run, run, run, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
I'm ready to run, run, run, run, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
And I wanna run, run
And smash into you
I'm willing to run, run
Smash into you
Eyes shut, I find myself in love racing the earth
And I'm soaked in your love, ahh
And love was right in my path, in my grasp
And me and you belong
I wanna run (run)
And smash into you
I wanna run (run)
And smash into you
Ears closed (closed), what I hear no one else has to know
'Cause I know that what we have is worth first place and gold
And I'm soaked in your love, ahh
And love is right in my path, in my grasp
And me and you belong, oh
I wanna run (run)
Smash into you
I wanna run (run)
Smash into you
Smash into you
(Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa)
Head down, as I watch my feet take turns hitting the ground
Eyes shut, I'm in love and I'm racing the earth
And I'm soaked in your love (your love)
And love is right in my path, in my grasp
And me and you belong
Oh, I wanna run
Smash into you
I'm willing to run (run)
Smash into you
I'm ready to run, run, run, run, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
I'm ready to run, run, run, run, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
And I wanna run, run
And smash into you
I'm willing to run, run
Smash into you
Lyrics submitted by Iantuition
Smash Into You Lyrics as written by Terius Nash Beyonce Knowles
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Peermusic Publishing, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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I think it's about a girl giving up everything to fight for her one true love 'cause she's certain that they really belong to each other.
Beyoncé has the prettiest album...it's a shame they don't play this song on the radio. But heck, I would play her entire CD on the radio if I was a DJ.
losing her virginity? thats dumb.
its about loving and letting go enough and being willing to fall in love.
I agree with lennox4. I think when she says 'ears closed, what I hear no one else has to know' relates to her own thoughts and what she is hearing herself say. She could be telling herself that she loves this person so much and is willing to smash into them - to be noticed - yet she doesn't want anyone else to know/find out. She is willing to make an impact on them so she can be loved just as she wants to be.
this is a beautiful song. Such a wonderful song to confess your love for someone!
personally my own interpretation of this song is of someone walking down the aisle towards their other half on their wedding day and feeling like they just want to run and smash into them and live for the rest of their lives together !
I absolutely love this song. Love doesn't even begin to describe it, actually. It's just so unbelievably beautiful. The lyrics, the melody, everything about it is perfect. The meaning is quite simple and straightforward; loving someone so much that you just want to smash into them and be with them for the rest of your life.
I love the line "Im soaked in your love" such a pretty song. I like Beyonces cover better, but everyone should listen to the original by Jon Mclaughlin called "Smack Into You".
this is a beautiful song..i love the less agressive side of beyonce but i just wish her lyrics can grow more..but one of my favs off the album
"I wanna run (run) and smash into you..."
"I'm willing to run (run), smash into you..."
I think it meant that she's willing to lose her virginity to the man she loves.
I think in the beginning, she's in denial. she's scared and she feels like she's lost. But towards the ending of the song, she realizes she IS in love