| Yazoo – Only You Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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This song is about separation from your only love and the long and uncertain road back home. 'Only You' came out in 1982, when I was in the third year of my relationship with my future wife. It has been 'Only Her' for 28 years. Now my chronic addiction is tearing us apart. We are recently separated: "I'm moving farther away, want you near me." My pleas to come back home are being met with tough liove: "Listen to what you have to say, it's getting harder to stay." I realize now: "This is going to take along time, and wonder what's mine, can't take no more. All I want is the touch of your hand behind a closed door." And as the reality sets in, the chorus keeps going through my head: "All I needed was the love you gave. All I needed for another day. And all I ever knew, only you." Why didn't I see this before? The past tense of the lyrics gives a sense of capitulation. But I am not giving up as long as I get sober. For another take on growing old and possibly alone, listen to Lukas Graham and his song, '7 Years,' which asks when we are 60, "Will I think the world is cold or will I have lots of children who can warm me?" Time will tell, one day at a time.... |
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