@[Diderik:33655] "Your a holiday!" Was a popular term used in the 50s/60s to compliment someone on their all around. For example, not only are they beautiful, but they are fun and kind too ... just an all around "holiday".
I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
Sorry
Is all that you can't say
Years gone by and still
Words don't come easily
Like sorry like sorry
Forgive me
Is all that you can't say
Years gone by and still
Words don't come easily
Like forgive me forgive me
But you can say baby
Baby can I hold you tonight
Maybe if I told you the right words
At the right time you'd be mine
I love you
Is all that you can't say
Years gone by and still
Words don't come easily
Like I love you I love you
But you can say baby
Baby can I hold you tonight
Maybe if I told you the right words
At the right time you'd be mine
Baby can I hold you tonight
Maybe if I told you the right words
At the right time you'd be mine
You'd be mine
You'd be mine
Is all that you can't say
Years gone by and still
Words don't come easily
Like sorry like sorry
Forgive me
Is all that you can't say
Years gone by and still
Words don't come easily
Like forgive me forgive me
But you can say baby
Baby can I hold you tonight
Maybe if I told you the right words
At the right time you'd be mine
I love you
Is all that you can't say
Years gone by and still
Words don't come easily
Like I love you I love you
But you can say baby
Baby can I hold you tonight
Maybe if I told you the right words
At the right time you'd be mine
Baby can I hold you tonight
Maybe if I told you the right words
At the right time you'd be mine
You'd be mine
You'd be mine
Lyrics submitted by Nelly
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Well, whatever the real meaning behind the song is. It's beautiful, let's all agree on that?
To me it's about how you don't have the right words to say. You don't have the words to say that you love someone or that you're sorry but you can simply hold them and express your love. If that made any sense at all.
You're all wrong here! You'd don't understand the song. I know it's been 9 years, but I want to say, even though the people who wrote most of the comments, will never probably read it. It's actually about a woman, telling about her relationship with someone, explaining HER own mistakes and how hard it is for HER, and for all people, to express your true feelings to someone, and let them know how much you really love them, and this song may not even be about a lover at all, it could very well be about a friend. It's like if she had told someone the right words, that person may have stayed, but she hadn't, and so at the moment of the song, it's about that. How life works, why it's the way it is and not the other way around. It's philosophical. It's not just about "a man who didn't treat her right", it's about Her, and ... Heck, it may not even be about a man, - you know what I think? I think it's most likely about a Woman.
@Sheila22 <br /> Sheila you are so correct on you answer my beautiful girlfriend sent me this song and said she wants to play it at our wedding. She has a hard time telling me how much she loves me but I know she does and she has me for the rest if her life.
@Sheila22 that is exactly what I think to the T. Very good
What Chapman has going for her is the sheer musicality of her songs and the expressive power of her voice, which, despite her discomfort with the comparison, recalls Joan Armatrading’s in its richness and emotional range. And while all of Chapman’s songs are informed by her political songwriter. In the lovely Baby Can I Hold You she writes such moving simplicity about the pain of waiting for a commitment that never seems to come : “I love you/Is all that you can’t say/Years gone by and still/Words don’t come easily/Like I love you I love you.” For You, which closes the album, and If Not Now survey similar terrain.
@Sheila22 I believe you are right. <br /> It's about a WOMAN who left her man without saying SORRY, FORGIVE ME, I LOvE YOU, although she was deeply in love with him. She could say If I told you the right words at the rught time you 'd be mine...but she never said anything. <br /> The man was waiting fir a SORRY, FORGIVE ME, I LOVE YOU....but she never told him anything....So, he found someone else, he got married, he had children and he is dreaming about his love of the past. He wanted so much to listen those woeds: SORRY, FORGIVE ME, I LOVE YOU....but she never told him anything. <br />
@Sheila22 I believe you are right. <br /> It's about a WOMAN who left her man without saying SORRY, FORGIVE ME, I LOvE YOU, although she was deeply in love with him. She could say the right words at the right time and he 'd be hers...but she never said anything. <br /> The man was waiting for a SORRY, FORGIVE ME, I LOVE YOU....but she never told him anything....So, he found someone else, he got married, he had children and he is now dreaming about his love of the past. He wanted so much to hear those words: SORRY, FORGIVE ME, I LOVE YOU....but she never told him anything. <br />
It is about a mistake she made and is sorry for. She made a BIG mistake and wants to apologize for it but she doesn't have the courage. She is imagining what the other person say... But you can say baby Baby can I hold you tonight Maybe if I told you the right words At the right time you'd be mine
I think this song is about making mistakes, and being unable to find the words to say that you were wrong. However, the person is still able to express love and wants things to be okay. They just don't know how to fix it, without damaging their pride.
And yes, we can definitely agree that it is beautiful.
This song is about making mistakes and the regret you feel after making them.
But more importantly, the singer is in a situation where saying 'sorry' or 'forgive me' is not appropriate or maybe even unacceptable.
It's a bit philosophical in a way. There are some things you can't take back or apologize for. And it doesn't have to be something really bad or dramatic (like cheating). It can be a small thing.
The singer lost someone she really loves and there's nothing she can do about it...
NO! i really disagree! he clearly lacks how to show his feelings vocally and wants to show her physically. it aint just sex for these two, its making love!
I guess the man makes up for things by "holding her" and making her feel loved when he messes up but doesn't say sorry. Like everyone else says
Lovely, lovely song. One of my all-time favorites. Both sweet and sad, hopeful. Has anyone heard the version of the song where Chapman duets with Pavarotti? They alternate on verses, with her doing hers in English and him doing his in Italian. It's a little cheesy but still effective. I don't think anyone could ruin this song. It's featured on the DVD/Album "Pavarotti and Friends for Cambodia and Tibet."
My girl whispered into my ears the chorus while we were on top of Sacre Coeur, Monmartre, Paris one summer night. 1 week later she left with a simple "sorry". And yes, we have never said "I love you" to each other...still shocked and feel painful when thinking about this song.
This song always makes me cry...
"Baby can I hold you tonight Maybe if I told you the right words At the right time you'd be mine"
I just let her get away...I loved this girl and she felt the same but she was getting married. She was waiting for me, and I did nothing and i will always regret not doing anything. If I told her the right words...she'd be mine.
save your cry for yourself