This song talks about the love that a man has for their woman. Unlike most of Forigner’s songs, this one has a deep metaphor that I really like.
And your love flows down like a river
'Til it reaches down to the sea
And it's then you start to thinking
Will the water, will the water cover me?
This type of love makes the author appear as if he is head over heels in love in light of his woman. The chorus begins with a plea by the author for his woman to not bury him alive, in his own love for her. She makes him feel special and valuable, which is all that matters in a relationship. I believe that Lou Gramm wrote a song for most of his relationships. If this is true, in this album, Foreigner, we are able to see the highs and lows of Gramm’s experience in love. Sometimes, in songs like these, we see that he is truly in love with a woman that loves him. In others, such as “The Damage Is Done,” he has bad experiences which he learns from. Though he learns from his mistakes, he can never guarantee perfect relationships afterwards. In later songs, Gramm once again writes about bad experiences. In some songs like these, his relationship with another woman is successful. If more or less each song represents a different relationship he has had, what made them end? In deep love like this song describes, it appears as if nothing could ever go wrong. However, nobody is perfect, and maybe these songs all describe the path of a single relationship that he had.
This song talks about the love that a man has for their woman. Unlike most of Forigner’s songs, this one has a deep metaphor that I really like. And your love flows down like a river 'Til it reaches down to the sea And it's then you start to thinking Will the water, will the water cover me? This type of love makes the author appear as if he is head over heels in love in light of his woman. The chorus begins with a plea by the author for his woman to not bury him alive, in his own love for her. She makes him feel special and valuable, which is all that matters in a relationship. I believe that Lou Gramm wrote a song for most of his relationships. If this is true, in this album, Foreigner, we are able to see the highs and lows of Gramm’s experience in love. Sometimes, in songs like these, we see that he is truly in love with a woman that loves him. In others, such as “The Damage Is Done,” he has bad experiences which he learns from. Though he learns from his mistakes, he can never guarantee perfect relationships afterwards. In later songs, Gramm once again writes about bad experiences. In some songs like these, his relationship with another woman is successful. If more or less each song represents a different relationship he has had, what made them end? In deep love like this song describes, it appears as if nothing could ever go wrong. However, nobody is perfect, and maybe these songs all describe the path of a single relationship that he had.