I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
You're the light, you're the night
You're the color of my blood
You're the cure, you're the pain
You're the only thing I wanna touch
Never knew that it could mean so much, so much
You're the fear, I don't care
'Cause I've never been so high
Follow me through the dark
Let me take you past the satellites
You can see the world you brought to life, to life
So love me like you do, l-l-love me like you do
Love me like you do, l-l-love me like you do
Touch me like you do, t-t-touch me like you do
What are you waiting for?
Fading in, fading out
On the edge of paradise
Every inch of your skin is a Holy Grail I've gotta find
Only you can set my heart on fire, on fire
Yeah, I'll let you set the pace
'Cause I'm not thinking straight
My head spinning around, I can't see clear no more
What are you waiting for?
Love me like you do, l-l-love me like you do (like you do)
Love me like you do, l-l-love like you do
Touch me like you do, t-t-touch like you do
What are you waiting for?
Love me like you do, l-l-love like you do (like you do)
Love me like you do, l-l-love like you do (yeah)
Touch me like you do, t-t-touch like you do
What are you waiting for?
I'll let you set the pace
'Cause I'm not thinking straight
My head spinning around, I can't see clear no more
What are you waiting for?
Love me like you do, l-l-love like you do (like you do)
Love me like you do, l-l-love like you do (yeah)
Touch me like you do, t-t-touch like you do
What are you waiting for?
Love me like you do, l-l-love like you do (like you do)
Love me like you do, l-l-love me like you do (yeah)
Touch me like you do, t-t-touch me like you do
What are you waiting for?
You're the color of my blood
You're the cure, you're the pain
You're the only thing I wanna touch
Never knew that it could mean so much, so much
You're the fear, I don't care
'Cause I've never been so high
Follow me through the dark
Let me take you past the satellites
You can see the world you brought to life, to life
So love me like you do, l-l-love me like you do
Love me like you do, l-l-love me like you do
Touch me like you do, t-t-touch me like you do
What are you waiting for?
Fading in, fading out
On the edge of paradise
Every inch of your skin is a Holy Grail I've gotta find
Only you can set my heart on fire, on fire
Yeah, I'll let you set the pace
'Cause I'm not thinking straight
My head spinning around, I can't see clear no more
What are you waiting for?
Love me like you do, l-l-love me like you do (like you do)
Love me like you do, l-l-love like you do
Touch me like you do, t-t-touch like you do
What are you waiting for?
Love me like you do, l-l-love like you do (like you do)
Love me like you do, l-l-love like you do (yeah)
Touch me like you do, t-t-touch like you do
What are you waiting for?
I'll let you set the pace
'Cause I'm not thinking straight
My head spinning around, I can't see clear no more
What are you waiting for?
Love me like you do, l-l-love like you do (like you do)
Love me like you do, l-l-love like you do (yeah)
Touch me like you do, t-t-touch like you do
What are you waiting for?
Love me like you do, l-l-love like you do (like you do)
Love me like you do, l-l-love me like you do (yeah)
Touch me like you do, t-t-touch me like you do
What are you waiting for?
Lyrics submitted by Abbie96, edited by Misio, yo mommy
Love Me Like You Do [Single Version] Lyrics as written by Ebba Tove Elsa Nilsson Ali Payami
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I think this song is about a girl who is so in love with a boy that she can't think straight anymore, can't focus. "cause i've never been so high - 'Cause I'm not thinking straight -My head spinning around I can't see clear no more"
But i also think that she is loving him from a distance "what are you waiting for" it sounds like she doesn't have him yet, or that they are taking it very slowly.
Anyone who has been in love can relate to the song i think, the lack of patience to be with the one you love, the hunger and the loss.
@maiqueen Oh come on, lets not be naive! As in a million other songs, "love" just means "fuck" - its a song about being horny and the male being not on the case.
@imrazor ..pfff.. Im guessing you have never been in love,ha? :P
@maiqueen no i think this is song just basically about the movie fifty shades of grey XD
@maiqueen I agree. It’s a tough place to be. Really tough. I can totally relate to the can’t think straight part. Love does that to you. True love.
One more thing, you envy people that can think clearly, who aren’t walking around in a daze. But then you wonder if you really do, because that also means they haven’t been consumed by love before. So along with you “love, hunger and loss,” you can also add a constant bittersweet nagging.
this song is her missing her guy and she wants to get together so they can you know, "do it" thats why its on 50 shades of grey. have you seen the music video?
Catchy song, Ellie has nice vocals. Shame the millennial snowflakes trash it because of it's association with a film based off a book that was based on Twighlight fanfiction, you know the crap that millennial marxists cream their panties over. They're just pissed they didn't get a book and movie deal for their slash fics, which are trillion times worse than 50ShadesOfGrey ever was.
In my opinion the girl want the boy to be wild with her, sexually. (Follow me to the dark, paradise, fading in fading out, head spinning=pleasure, what are you waiting for- this are the words that makes the whole meaning) all that girl want is sex, basically love. Thank you.
I think it’s about a girl whose old flame shows back into the picture that she is afraid to let back in but can’t stop it from happening because he knows all the things to say and do . So she is just giving in and asking him what he is waiting for to just love her like only he can do because only he truly knows what she needs
thepocketfullofwords.com/love-me-like-you-do/
Yeah seems like the song was written to fit the storyline of Fifty Shades. Looks like the songs off the movie are getting all the hits for their association rather than their own merits.
@sokorny That's why I created a video without the lyrics.