We don't want to sleep tonight
Still young like that I count the lines
Beside your mouth that smiles now
My arms reach up as you go down
With buried heads we both forget
All of the past and its regret
Wind picks up the window shakes
But we won't hear the morning break

You will cry
And I will cry
Because all the love's
Alive tonight

Neighborhoods will try to dream
While you and me we hold and lean
Onto bodies slick and charged
Together just one beating heart
All around us quiet now
We hear the leaves fall to the ground
Morning light upon our bed
An ally while I catch your breath

You will cry
And I will cry
Because all the love's
Alive tonight


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    My Interpretation

    This is such a gorgeous song. Yes, it's definitely about sex (and a possible reference to cunnilingus too "my arms reach up as you go down") but it's much more than just a song about sex. It's about the connection between two people, "together just one beating heart". Things happen around them (wind shakes, leaves fall, the neighbourhood sleeps) but no notice is taken. Nor do they think about the past. They are both completely involved and enwrapped in each other and nothing else. It's a beautiful thing. Stars have captured a deep and personal moment in two people's lives. So yes, it's about sex, but it's not just about sex, it's about the emotional connection and love shared between the couple in question as they make love.

    I've edited the lyrics as they were a tad incorrect (even a missing line) so they should be alright now. :)

    60_miles_an_houron April 08, 2012   Link

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