Every Breath You Take

I get a vibe from this song because it relates to a certain thing in my life at the moment. That is, unrequited love. I am in love with someone but she doesn't love me, or even really know I exist. The line, " I feel so cold and I long for your embrace" reflects this feeling in me.

Sometimes the love is so strong and my need for her so great that it can get to a point of possession, where my heart and mind shout that she is mine and mine alone. "Oh can't you see, you belong to me?"

Also, no matter how much I try to move on and find someone else who might possibly love me in return, it always comes back to her. "I dream at night I can only see your face. I look around but it's you I can't replace"

It's weird that no one's referenced this one yet. Maybe I skipped a post somewhere. Anyway:

"I woke up in the middle of the night with that line in my head, sat down at the piano and had written it in half an hour. The tune itself is generic, an aggregate of hundreds of others, but the words are interesting. It sounds like a comforting love song. I didn't realise at the time how sinister it is. I think I was thinking of Big Brother, surveillance and control." - Sting

http://www.sting.com/news/interview.php?uid=1527

The thing is, this really isn't a love song. The singer describes the his target as a faithless manipulative liar. He used to love her, but there's a lot of hatred and borderline-craziness there, now.

if you really read the lyrics "Every vow you break Every smile you fake" it seems to me like the song is about marriage seperation because of a lying or cheating spouse. "Since you've gone I've been lost without a trace I dream at night I can only see your face I look around but it's you I can't replace I feel so cold and I long for your embrace I keep on crying baby, baby please" i think means they are no loger living together but he still loves her and longs for her.

I am disputing it's a ong about being possessive of something that wants to be free. But in the same breath(lol no pun intended),some people like that. It makes them wanted and loved...

Personally, i think the girl broke up with him, and he believes they should still be together. Maybe he's jealous of her new boyfriend too, but either way, he keeps watching her every move 'cause he's somewhat obsessed with her. :-) Brilliant song!

Love it, either stalker either pure love or 1984 thing

If anybody ever stalked me like this I would punch them in the face.

I know that the typical take on this song is that it has a stalkerish aspect to it. However, another take on it might be the love and devotion a parent feels towards their child. The parent watches their baby grow up and eventually away from them. They feel pain when the child leaves for his or her first day of school, first date, prom, and eventually leaves to go to college or whatnot. But no matter where or what happens to the child that parent will always be watching over them.

this song is about losing the person you love...

Since you've gone I've been lost without a trace I dream at night I can only see your face

... every step apart is breaking his heart...

How my poor heart aches With every step you take

... they are still 'together' and the person is having an affair. the cheating, the lies told, and fake-ness of the way they pretend every thing is normal - it makes him realize he could lose the person he loves and took for granted, to someone else...

Every move you make Every vow you break Every smile you fake Every claim you stake

... but he can't let happen.

i'll be watching you.

he knows they were made for each other, to be together, and needs her to see that, too...

O can't you see You belong to me.

...it's song about being scared and jealous and in love.