I just want to take you away from everyone
And keep you stashed under my pillow
And then I'd take you out simply for my own pleasure
And hold you and the occasions special
Then I'd put you on like a diamond
So I can sparkle and be the envy of my friends
I'd probably hold the leash that I'd have you on
So you can't stray and follow me around all day
It's too late now
I don't think it can fade
It's too real now
Fulfillment just adds fuel to the blaze
Compulsion has stained me
I'm nervously cradling our young love
Without known limits love
Like a butterfly cupped in my hands
I peek in to see beauty trapped
Confined it flutters
Then it leaves behind colorful dust
To remind me of the special times we've spent
But of course it has to leave my clutch
But enough's never enough to make a dent
It's too late now
I don't think it can fade
It's too real now
Fulfillment just adds fuel to the blaze
And in time it will end
And there really isn't hope for the two of us
But right now I give in...
It's too late now
I don't think it can fade
It's too real now
Fulfillment just adds fuel to the blaze
Fulfillment just adds fuel to the
Fulfillment just adds fuel to the blaze
And keep you stashed under my pillow
And then I'd take you out simply for my own pleasure
And hold you and the occasions special
Then I'd put you on like a diamond
So I can sparkle and be the envy of my friends
I'd probably hold the leash that I'd have you on
So you can't stray and follow me around all day
I don't think it can fade
It's too real now
Fulfillment just adds fuel to the blaze
I'm nervously cradling our young love
Without known limits love
Like a butterfly cupped in my hands
I peek in to see beauty trapped
Confined it flutters
Then it leaves behind colorful dust
To remind me of the special times we've spent
But of course it has to leave my clutch
But enough's never enough to make a dent
I don't think it can fade
It's too real now
Fulfillment just adds fuel to the blaze
And in time it will end
And there really isn't hope for the two of us
But right now I give in...
It's too late now
I don't think it can fade
It's too real now
Fulfillment just adds fuel to the blaze
Fulfillment just adds fuel to the
Fulfillment just adds fuel to the blaze
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who can't LOVE this song? litterally, it shouldnt have this little of comments. ggosh!
all i have to say is i love this song!!
"Fulfillment just adds fuel to the blaze" ........... Beautiful.
oh goodness, this song moves me to tears. it's just gorgeous, lyrically and musically. one of my favorite songs, EVER. i just leave it on repeat all day long.
This song makes me cry! It's so sad and meaningful :')
I love every no doubt song infact, they all have such meaning behind them.
this is one of my fav no doubt songs
"and in time it will end, and there isn't hope for the two of us. but right now, i give in.."
that's my line. all time favorite song by my all time favorite band :)
love love love this song it's definately one of the best songs on the album
The speaker here isn't reflecting on a past relationship but on the early stage of a current one. "It's too late now" not to get the other person back but to give them up without serious injury. Yet the speaker sees that the relationship can't last ("there really isn't hope for the two of us"), making the situation tragic.
The first verse describes a desire to possess and control the beloved, not treating them as an autonomous being but more like an exotic pet. This desire stems from a fear of intimacy: she wants to hold him on a leash not just so that he can't "stray" but so that he can't "follow [her] around all day." This is the phase of the relationship where she's enchanted by the beloved's novelty and doesn't yet know him on a deep level.
In the second verse, she continues to objectify the beloved, but her attitude has shifted from cavalier (putting on and putting away the diamond at her pleasure) to grasping ("desperately cradling our young love"). She laments that he will inevitably "leave [her] clutch" though he will leave behind "colorful dust." She will be marked by the beloved but cannot possess him permanently, presumably because after coming to know each other better one or both of them will realize that they're incompatible.
all i have to say is i love this song!!