A seductive yet sweet song. It made me wonder how Leonard Cohen would sing it; it seems like it would be a song he would write. The music is slow yet inviting. The singer almost talks his way through the song. He tells someone that life is about today, and when she pushes him away he reminds her that they belong together. He wants to be inside her, both physically and emotionally...to be let in and embraced. He almost begs not to be pushed away yet he does it in such an easy slow tone that it's obvious he's sincere. These have to be the most visually and emotionally seductive words in any song: "Lay down your arms, your hair, your gown. The scroll of your spine. Hand me your head, your waist, your breath. Your nipples and then, find my way inside." As you listen you can visualize his hands on her as she drops her guard; the slow almost methodical caresses; his hands touching her as she releases her fears and doubts; his breathing life into her; and the warmth generated by their bodies as they forget the rest of the world and come together in the moment to create one being. There is nobody else and no other sound in the room...just the two of them entwined. They are connected in that moment; he's inside her. It's not a song about sex. It's a song of emotional union expressed though the flesh.
A seductive yet sweet song. It made me wonder how Leonard Cohen would sing it; it seems like it would be a song he would write. The music is slow yet inviting. The singer almost talks his way through the song. He tells someone that life is about today, and when she pushes him away he reminds her that they belong together. He wants to be inside her, both physically and emotionally...to be let in and embraced. He almost begs not to be pushed away yet he does it in such an easy slow tone that it's obvious he's sincere. These have to be the most visually and emotionally seductive words in any song: "Lay down your arms, your hair, your gown. The scroll of your spine. Hand me your head, your waist, your breath. Your nipples and then, find my way inside." As you listen you can visualize his hands on her as she drops her guard; the slow almost methodical caresses; his hands touching her as she releases her fears and doubts; his breathing life into her; and the warmth generated by their bodies as they forget the rest of the world and come together in the moment to create one being. There is nobody else and no other sound in the room...just the two of them entwined. They are connected in that moment; he's inside her. It's not a song about sex. It's a song of emotional union expressed though the flesh.