You're giving me too many things
Lately you're all I need
You smiled at me and said,

Don't get me wrong I love you
But does that mean I have to meet your father?
When we are older you'll understand
What I meant when I said "No,
I don't think life is quite that simple"

When you walk away
You don't hear me say please
Oh baby, don't go
Simple and clean is the way that you're making me feel tonight
It's hard to let it go


The daily things that keep us all busy
Are confusing me
That's when you came to me and said,

Wish I could prove I love you
But does that mean I have to walk on water?
When we are older you'll understand
It's enough when I say so
And maybe some things are that simple

Hold me
Whatever lies beyond this morning
Is a little later on
Regardless of warnings the future doesn't scare me at all
Nothing's like before



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    General Comment:In response to the above, I don't think she was too demanding at all. Maybe the guy THINKS she's too demanding, but in reality I think he's the one who is making things overly complicated.

    "You're giving me too many things" - he's showering her with presents, but all she wants is to be with him. "Don't get me wrong, I love you, but does that mean I have to meet your father?" She's just enjoying being with him, but he's already worrying about things like meeting her dad instead of enjoying her company too. In his mind, you meet someone, you pursue a relationship, you meet their parents and then marriage, but as she says life isn't that simple. But because she doesn't want presents and she's not worrying about him meeting her dad, he doesn't know how to prove his love for her. He thinks she's being demanding and that she wants him to walk on water, but that's not it. But in asking her these questions, he's not really proving his love for her at all, just worrying, so she says "it's enough when I say so."

    "Hold me
    Whatever lies beyond this morning
    Is a little later on
    Regardless of warnings the future doesn't scare me at all
    Nothing's like before "

    Again, she's not worried about what's in store for them later (whereas he probably is.) She's just happy in the moment and wants to be held.
    Flag Omgwowon January 14, 2012   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:Great song, but the part about her father has absolutely nothing to do with the game.
    Flag MollyMelancholyon February 07, 2011   Link
  • 0
    My Interpretation:canonical meaning aside, i think it's about a girl losing her virginity. it's about feeling totally natural (simple and clean) even though she is engaging in a morally impermissible act (e.g. religion, marriage, social reasons, parental reasons, etc). also, "hold me/whatever lies beyond this morning/is a little later on" is pretty much exactly how you feel when you wake up next to someone. so i suppose i'm a dicksucking fag for liking this song, whatever.
    Flag buggie92on January 25, 2011   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:The beat that begins the chorus and the "Hold me, whatever lies beyond this morning..." verse sounds like a sound effect from the game.

    But I haven't played it in six years, so I wouldn't know. :I
    Flag Polygraphon June 09, 2010   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:This song is about a boy complicating a relatonship and by doing so he's making her feel like those things are more important that her and thats why she feels "simple and clean"
    Flag ttishy15on February 02, 2010   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:nice song but no way good enough for kingdom hearts...
    Flag byron77on June 08, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:to above...its not about that AT ALL. it's called 'simple and clean,' because that's the kind of relationship she wants...
    Flag killstaron March 09, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:You know I've always wondered why this song is the theme to the first KH. The lyrics do not fit in with the game...Like at all. It's about a girl who's remembering a guy who left her because she's too demanding...Well the English version is anyway.
    Flag MissMageon December 18, 2008   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:haha this is my boyfriends favorite song =/ and he is pretty punk emo, so Im charmed by his romantic side =]]. And now that I heard it I love it. I havent even played KH, and yeah...its Disney haha.

    Ive listened to her more now, and my all fav song by her is Devil inside.
    Flag Carricrisson November 19, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:it's so seductive!! lol for reel it's beautiful
    Flag sweetserenade809on October 21, 2008   Link

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