Tidal Wave
21.Sub Focus feat. Alpines Lyrics

You can't just give it away
Love cannot be given away easily without any feelings or emotions attached to it.

Like it means nothing
Love is not something that can be treated lightly or with carelessness.

Love isn't a game where,
Love should not be treated like a competition or a game with winners and losers.

You win something
Love should not be about gaining or achieving something at someone else's expense.

I'm tired of being
The artist is tired of feeling left out or excluded from the experience of love.

On the outside
The singer feels like an outsider to love and the emotions associated with it.

I want to know
The singer desires to understand and experience love for themselves.

What it's like
The artist wants to have firsthand knowledge and emotion of what love entails.

I'm tired of seeing
The artist is weary of witnessing other people experience love without being able to feel it themselves.

All of the signs
The artist is aware of the cues and actions that indicate someone is in love, but they cannot relate to them personally.

I want to feel
The singer desires to have a tactile and emotional connection to love.

Us collide
The artist wants to experience passion and intensity through a physical and emotional connection with a romantic partner.

Your love washes over
The singer is describing the emotions they feel when experiencing love from their partner.

Like a tidal wave
The love that the singer feels is intense and can feel overwhelming, like a powerful force of nature.

I feel the impact
The singer experiences a significant effect, both physically and emotionally, when they collide with their partner's love.

As we collide
The artist refers to the intense connection they feel with their partner as if they are physically colliding with each other.

All the games we play
The artist is alluding to the manipulative and insincere behavior that can sometimes be associated with romantic relationships.

You're fooling nobody
The singer is implying that their partner's behavior is transparent and they are not really fooling anyone with their actions.

If it makes you feel good
The singer is suggesting that their partner's manipulation comes from a desire to feel good about themselves rather than from genuine love for the singer.

When you're hurting somebody
The artist implies that the manipulative behavior of their partner is causing emotional pain for them or others involved in the relationship.

Ey ah, ey ah ah, ey ah, ay ah ah
These lines are repeated as part of the song's refrain and are not directly related to the song's meaning in the traditional sense.

I feel the impact
The artist again describes the significant emotional and physical effect that love has on them.

As we collide
The singer refers again to the intense connection and passion that can be felt in a romantic relationship.