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Love Only Knows Lyrics
I've tried to hold this back so long
And we're always such a good thing when it's gone.
Would it be alright if we just left our head tonight?
Take me away from this old game of saying we're both too much the same.
Would it be alright if I just stayed with you tonight?
And before I go, will I ever see you again?
She said love only knows.
Love only knows if we'll give into fear and choose life undercover.
She said love only knows if it's special enough that we'll choose one another, choose each other.
You were the secret I loved to keep
The name I would only sing in my sleep.
Would it be alright if we just lose ourselves tonight?
And if you let go, will you reach out again?
She said love only knows.
Love only knows if we'll give into fear and choose life undercover.
She said love only knows it's special enough that we'll choose one another, we'll choose each other.
And I can't breathe without you and I don't.
And I can't live without you and I won't, and I won't.
Love only knows if we'll give into fear and choose life undercover.
She said love only knows if it's special enough that we'll choose one another.
Oh, love only knows how your arms pull me in like the tide pulls me under.
She said love only knows just how long we can run before we lose each other.
And we need each other.
And I can't live without you and I won't.
And we're always such a good thing when it's gone.
Would it be alright if we just left our head tonight?
Would it be alright if I just stayed with you tonight?
And before I go, will I ever see you again?
Love only knows if we'll give into fear and choose life undercover.
She said love only knows if it's special enough that we'll choose one another, choose each other.
The name I would only sing in my sleep.
Would it be alright if we just lose ourselves tonight?
And if you let go, will you reach out again?
Love only knows if we'll give into fear and choose life undercover.
She said love only knows it's special enough that we'll choose one another, we'll choose each other.
And I can't live without you and I won't, and I won't.
She said love only knows if it's special enough that we'll choose one another.
Oh, love only knows how your arms pull me in like the tide pulls me under.
She said love only knows just how long we can run before we lose each other.
And I can't live without you and I won't.
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This is such a beautiful song! I think its about a couple who aren't allowed to be with each other or people dont want them together so they have to keep their relationship secretive ("life undercover" "secret I loved to keep") But its been very hard for both of them so they're not sure if they should keep going or give up. For the moment they want to just "lose themselves" but they know they'll have to make a decision if their love is worth all the trouble they have to go through to have a relationship. Its a bittersweet song.
I agree. It's funny...I was just learning this song when I first saw the (newer version of) movie "Dr. Zhivago." I couldn't help but think of Yury & Lara and their struggle to decide what to do after falling in love. For those who haven't seen the movie, both are married although Lara's husband has left her to go fight in a war she disagrees with. Yury is a father with another on the way. But, they cannot deny their extreme passion & love for each other, & they meet in secret many times. Eventually, they face the decision: what...
I agree. It's funny...I was just learning this song when I first saw the (newer version of) movie "Dr. Zhivago." I couldn't help but think of Yury & Lara and their struggle to decide what to do after falling in love. For those who haven't seen the movie, both are married although Lara's husband has left her to go fight in a war she disagrees with. Yury is a father with another on the way. But, they cannot deny their extreme passion & love for each other, & they meet in secret many times. Eventually, they face the decision: what do we do now? (I won't say what happens.) I don't know...that's just the kind of situation that comes to mind when I listen to this song.