You do something to me
Something deep inside
I'm hanging on the wire
For a love I'll never find

You do something wonderful
Then chase it all away
Mixing my emotions
That throws me back again

Hanging on the wire, yeah
I'm waiting for the change
I'm dancing through the fire
Just to catch a flame
An' feel real again

Hanging on the wire, yeah
Said I'm waiting for the change
Oh, I'm dancing through the fire
Just to catch a flame
An' feel real again

You do something to me
Somewhere deep inside
I'm hoping to get close to
A peace I cannot find

Dancing through the fire, yeah
Just to catch a flame
Just to get close to
Just close enough
To tell you that

You do something to me
Something deep inside


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You Do Something to Me Lyrics as written by Paul John Weller

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    Funny how there are some songs that you listen to for years without paying them much attention and then something happens in your life that brings the song suddenly and sharply into focus. This is one such song for me. There was a period in my life wen I was absolutely besotted by a woman I'd met. It was as if she'd just flicked a switch on (deep) inside me I knew nothing about which drew up a huge reservoir of feeling toward her. However, my love for her was never recipricated but she kept me hanging on with hope because she (as I found out later) liked the thought of being loved by me but not my love itself. "She'd do something wonderful, then chase it all away" just to string me along, mixing me up in the process as to her real intentions. I would have done absolutely anything for her (even dance through the fire) and the fact that she couldn't let herself feel the same way for me as I felt for her was driving me wild with pain and anxiety. This song encapsulated my entire mood and situation. As the song played and I mouthed the words, I would imagine myself directing them at her, to try and make her understand the depth of my feeling, desparation and agony. There may be other explanations for meanings of this song but this personal one of mine had only one and I'm glad to say that the meaning has faded and that I have other, happier songs to sing now that mean more to me and my present circumstances :-)

    shufflefarmon September 22, 2006   Link

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