You are the one
In your concrete arms I adore you
Dirty and dear
Block out the sun
In your twists and turns I invade
You show me no fear
We blow around like tiny leaves in a big storm
Finding there's nothing left to breathe or to keep warm
You ebb and flow and your rhythm beats my head
Leave me alone while you swallow up your dead
You are the one
You cradle me and kill
Caressing my face
Leave me undone
You suffocate and have me
This is the place
Every door conceals a dream and a nightmare
Nothing is ever really pure in the stale air
And when it's dark everything becomes more clear
Lie in the park when I want to have you near
You are the one
In your concrete arms I adore you
Dusty and dear
Block out the sun
In your twists and turns I invade
You show me no fear
Left it unsung
I shall leave but I'll return
Poison my lungs, my blood is full of lead
Things unsaid
My love for you still burns
In your concrete arms I adore you
Dirty and dear
Block out the sun
In your twists and turns I invade
You show me no fear
We blow around like tiny leaves in a big storm
Finding there's nothing left to breathe or to keep warm
You ebb and flow and your rhythm beats my head
Leave me alone while you swallow up your dead
You are the one
You cradle me and kill
Caressing my face
Leave me undone
You suffocate and have me
This is the place
Every door conceals a dream and a nightmare
Nothing is ever really pure in the stale air
And when it's dark everything becomes more clear
Lie in the park when I want to have you near
You are the one
In your concrete arms I adore you
Dusty and dear
Block out the sun
In your twists and turns I invade
You show me no fear
Left it unsung
I shall leave but I'll return
Poison my lungs, my blood is full of lead
Things unsaid
My love for you still burns
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While I might be way off base, I feel confident Mikki would confirm that metaphor is there.
Oh and yes, it's a gorgeous sirenic song.
i see the song in a whole new light now. Thanks!
I guess I should thank you but I'm kinda disappointed about this. This was always a very special song to me because of its enigmatic darkness, the contours between love and hate, and now all the magic's gone. My gf also likes this song alot, I think I won't tell her this though, not to ruin it for her as well.
one might even go deeper and interpret it as a love song/tribute to a person, but by likening the person to a city as a metaphor.
i feel ya though--it's now harder to think of it as a love song addressed to a person. Many years ago, I included the song on a mix that i compiled for my s.o. who is now my spouse. if i had thought of the song as a tribute to a city, i probably would have omitted it.