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”
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh yeah
You set my soul at ease
Chased darkness out of view
Left your desperate spell on me
Say you feel it too, I know you do
I've got so much more to give
This can't die, I yearn to live
Pour yourself all over me
And I'll cherish every drop here on my knees
I wanna love you forever
And this is all I'm asking of you
Ten-thousand lifetimes together
Is that so much for you to do
'Cause from the moment that I saw your face
And felt the fire in your sweet embrace
I swear I knew
I'm gonna love you forever
My mind fails to understand
What my heart tells me to do
And I'd give up all I have just to be with you
And that would do
I've always been taught to win
And I never thought I'd fall
Be at the mercy of a man
I've never been
Now I only want to be right where you are, ooh
I wanna love you forever (I wanna love you forever)
And this is all I'm asking of you
Ten-thousand lifetimes together (ooh, ooh together)
Is that so much for you to do
'Cause from the moment that I saw your face (ooh, ooh)
And felt the fire in your sweet embrace
I swear I knew (I swear)
I wanna love you forever (I'm gonna love you forever, woah-ooh, ooh)
In my life I've learned that heaven never waits
Let's take this now before it's gone like yesterday, no
'Cause when I'm with you there's nowhere else
That I would ever wanna be, no
I'm breathing for the next second I can feel you loving me
I'm gonna Love
I wanna love you forever
Oh, and this is all I'm asking of you
Ten-thousand lifetimes together (of you)
Is that so much for you to do
'Cause from the moment that I saw your face
And felt the fire in your sweet embrace
I swear I knew (ooh)
I'm gonna love you forever
Forever, ooh
I wanna love you forever
Whatever it takes, everyday
Ten-thousand lifetimes together (together)
Ooh yeah
You set my soul at ease
Chased darkness out of view
Left your desperate spell on me
Say you feel it too, I know you do
I've got so much more to give
This can't die, I yearn to live
Pour yourself all over me
And I'll cherish every drop here on my knees
I wanna love you forever
And this is all I'm asking of you
Ten-thousand lifetimes together
Is that so much for you to do
'Cause from the moment that I saw your face
And felt the fire in your sweet embrace
I swear I knew
I'm gonna love you forever
My mind fails to understand
What my heart tells me to do
And I'd give up all I have just to be with you
And that would do
I've always been taught to win
And I never thought I'd fall
Be at the mercy of a man
I've never been
Now I only want to be right where you are, ooh
I wanna love you forever (I wanna love you forever)
And this is all I'm asking of you
Ten-thousand lifetimes together (ooh, ooh together)
Is that so much for you to do
'Cause from the moment that I saw your face (ooh, ooh)
And felt the fire in your sweet embrace
I swear I knew (I swear)
I wanna love you forever (I'm gonna love you forever, woah-ooh, ooh)
In my life I've learned that heaven never waits
Let's take this now before it's gone like yesterday, no
'Cause when I'm with you there's nowhere else
That I would ever wanna be, no
I'm breathing for the next second I can feel you loving me
I'm gonna Love
I wanna love you forever
Oh, and this is all I'm asking of you
Ten-thousand lifetimes together (of you)
Is that so much for you to do
'Cause from the moment that I saw your face
And felt the fire in your sweet embrace
I swear I knew (ooh)
I'm gonna love you forever
Forever, ooh
I wanna love you forever
Whatever it takes, everyday
Ten-thousand lifetimes together (together)
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I just really dislike Jess' voice but she does IWLYF well and deserves credit for this performance.... I think it's very beautiful and I agree with Taystetherainmo about that line... It's just SO BEAUTIFUL!!!!!