The lyrics to this song represents a woman's anguish about being in a close friendship with a guy and seemingly has unrequited feelings.
She lives alone... has for years & had been content with her life & didn't care about being single or without any romantic relationships but her friend has stirred deep emotions & longing she hasn't experienced in years.
She and him have such a close platonic friendship they often talk nightly on the phone.
She finally worked up the nerve to tell him but he was no where to be found...
She's unsure of his whereabouts & hopes he's not out with another woman in a romantic sense so there's still a possibility he'll come over to stay the night.
She's pined away with this deep secret desire to experience all of him & daydreaming of it hence the lyrics:
"To touch your lips and hold you tight.
You don't know how long I have waited
and I was going to tell you tonight"
It chills her to the bone/frightens her to need another person as much as she needs him... She wants to get him "Alone" & away from other women... Basically she wants to have an everlasting romantic relationship.
@HopeFloats I definitely agree that it was a love that kind of crept up on her. I always felt the song was left open-ended like either she was weighing out her fear to try love again or remain safe and alone. Or like she couldn't get him alone to tell how she felt about him in the right way.
@HopeFloats I definitely agree that it was a love that kind of crept up on her. I always felt the song was left open-ended like either she was weighing out her fear to try love again or remain safe and alone. Or like she couldn't get him alone to tell how she felt about him in the right way.
Heart is an extraordinary band.
The lyrics to this song represents a woman's anguish about being in a close friendship with a guy and seemingly has unrequited feelings.
She lives alone... has for years & had been content with her life & didn't care about being single or without any romantic relationships but her friend has stirred deep emotions & longing she hasn't experienced in years.
She and him have such a close platonic friendship they often talk nightly on the phone.
She finally worked up the nerve to tell him but he was no where to be found...
She's unsure of his whereabouts & hopes he's not out with another woman in a romantic sense so there's still a possibility he'll come over to stay the night.
She's pined away with this deep secret desire to experience all of him & daydreaming of it hence the lyrics:
"To touch your lips and hold you tight. You don't know how long I have waited and I was going to tell you tonight"
It chills her to the bone/frightens her to need another person as much as she needs him... She wants to get him "Alone" & away from other women... Basically she wants to have an everlasting romantic relationship.
@HopeFloats I definitely agree that it was a love that kind of crept up on her. I always felt the song was left open-ended like either she was weighing out her fear to try love again or remain safe and alone. Or like she couldn't get him alone to tell how she felt about him in the right way.
@HopeFloats I definitely agree that it was a love that kind of crept up on her. I always felt the song was left open-ended like either she was weighing out her fear to try love again or remain safe and alone. Or like she couldn't get him alone to tell how she felt about him in the right way.