it is for me the eventual truth
of that look of the lioness to her man across the Nile
it is that look of the lioness to her man across the Nile
wanna feel my heart break if it must break in your jaws
want you to lick my blood off your paws
you can't get her fast enough(x6)
I will swim to you(x4)
whether you save you me
whether you savage me
want my last look to be the moon in your eyes
want my heart to break if it must break in your jaws
want you to lick my blood off your paws
it is for me the eventual truth
it is that look of the lioness to her man across the Nile(x2)
and you can't get here fast enough(x6)
I will swim to you(repeat)



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Lioness song meanings
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    General Comment:agreed. most romantic song ever.
    Flag thuglifeforevson February 13, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:What I love about this song is that it puts simply, the basics of courting/passion. A person can take a billion cliche love settings/situations or what would be deemed "romantic" for the present times and fill billions of tunes with those useless words, however none of those would even compare to this song. So simple. So beautiful. So true. This song says everything that needs to be said about attraction without overdoing it.
    Flag britbachon August 01, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:most romantic song of all time. period.
    Flag lllaurenon February 14, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:I wish I was a lioness...
    Flag milk_and_honeyon February 12, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:this song is sweet as hell yo
    Flag tumultbeingon September 05, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:i don't think i can put into words how much i love this song...its totally amazing
    Flag dinger5842on August 27, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:I just found this song.

    I think it's about putting your trust in somebody so implicitly because you love them, that no matter what might happen to you in their hands - like if they break your heart... then it's like, if he was going to get his heart broken, he'd want it to be by her.

    "whether you save you me
    whether you savage me "


    or... actually... thinking about it...


    "wanna feel my heart break if it must break in your jaws"

    could also mean that his heart WILL be broken in her (metaphorical, presumably) jaws, and if it happens, he wants to be able to feel it. dunno quite what that would mean...
    Flag Bohemianon May 23, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:this is his response/imagined situation of a poem written by Gwen Harwood called The Lion's Bride.
    the Lion has a feeder who he loves, and thinks she loves him, then one day she comes into the cage with her wedding dress on, and the lion thinks she's a ghost, so he kills her as a meal for his 'bride' who ironically he just killed.
    he told me so once.
    Flag aminaon May 20, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:want my last look to be the moon in your eyes. i wonder who/what inspired him to write this song- because it is Brilliance.
    Flag eeriemilyon January 29, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:I heard Mr. Molina gets angry if you request him to play this at his shows. Does anyone know anything about this?
    Flag pac43764on December 27, 2005   Link

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