Windswept
Bryan Ferry & Roxy Music Lyrics
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I can hear nothing
Windswept is the sand
Oh baby show me more
I can see nothing
Windswept is the shore
Heatwave to nightshade
Oh I'm feeling swept away
With a low whisper
Windswept on the air
You say it's nothing
But a game to play
Oh I'm feeling swept away
Slow baby you can take your time
I can hear nothing
Windswept is on the tide
A feeling only or state of mind
You can take me high mama
Mama take me high
In Bryan Ferry's song Windswept, the lyrics appear to be about being taken away by someone or something, swept up in the moment, and consumed by the feeling. The opening lines 'Oh baby do it again and again, I can hear nothing' suggest that the singer is so enamored with their partner that nothing else can distract them from the experience. The lines 'Windswept is the sand, Oh baby show me more, I can see nothing, Windswept is the shore' compare the feeling of being swept away to the wind blowing and moving everything around, with the lover being the force that moves the singer forward.
Later in the song, when the singer says 'oh I'm feeling swept away', it implies that they are giving in to the experience and being taken for a ride. The line 'You say it's nothing, but a game to play', suggests that the experience may not be as serious to the partner as it is to the singer, but regardless they are being consumed by it. The final lines 'Slow baby you can take your time, I can hear nothing, Windswept is on the tide, A feeling only or state of mind, You can take me high mama, Mama take me high', reinforce the idea that the singer is being carried away by something bigger than themselves, and is asking their partner to take them to another level of experience.
Line by Line Meaning
Oh baby do it again and again
Asking the lover to repeat the intimate act multiple times.
I can hear nothing
The experience is so intense that nothing else matters or can distract from it.
Windswept is the sand
The sensation is powerful and forceful like being at the mercy of windswept sand.
Oh baby show me more
Encouraging the lover to amplify the sensual experience.
I can see nothing
The intensity of the experience is so powerful that vision is blurred, nothing else is in focus.
Windswept is the shore
The power of the experience is like standing on a shoreline being battered by windswept waves.
Heatwave to nightshade
Juxtaposing extreme conditions implying the extremity of the physical sensation experienced - from the heatwave of passionate activity to the cooling effect of a nightshade herb or drug.
Oh I'm feeling swept away
The physical sensation is so intense that one feels swept away by it, powerless to resist.
Oh baby don't leave me there
Begging the lover not to interrupt the intense feelings or withdraw from the experience.
With a low whisper
The overwhelming sensation is so potent that communication is reduced to a whisper.
Windswept on the air
The experience is ephemeral, like wind on the air, hard to hold or pin down.
You say it's nothing
The lover tries to downplay the experience even though it is all-consuming.
But a game to play
Claiming the experience is just a game or a pastime to maintain distance or detachment.
Oh I'm feeling swept away
Reiterating how the sensation is so overwhelming it leaves one powerless.
Slow baby you can take your time
Asking the lover to slow down and prolong the intensely pleasurable experience.
I can hear nothing
Again emphasizing that the sensation is all-encompassing, nothing else is relevant or distinguishable.
Windswept is on the tide
Comparing the physical response to being taken away by the tide, like a helpless piece of driftwood.
A feeling only or state of mind
Acknowledging that such overpowering feelings may be just in one's head or a construct of the mind.
You can take me high mama
Addressing the lover as 'mama' and pleading to take the experience to the highest level.
Mama take me high
Reiterating the request for the lover as 'mama' to escalate the experience.
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Written by: BRYAN FERRY
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@saiwan3621
Oh, baby, do it again and again
I can hear nothing
Windswept is the sand
Oh, baby, oh show me more
I can see nothing
Windswept is the shore
Heatwave to nightshade
Oh I'm feeling swept away
Oh I'm
Oh I'm swept away
Oh I'm
Oh, baby, don't leave me there
With a low whisper
Windswept in the air
You say it's nothing
But a game to play
Oh I'm feeling swept away
Slow, baby, you can take your time
I can hear nothing
Windswept is the tide
A feeling only or a state of mind
Gonna take me high, mama
Mama, take me high
Oh I'm swept away
Oh baby
Oh I'm swept away
Oh baby
Oh I'm swept away
Oh baby
Oh I'm swept away
@cardinacheung5673
To me he is the sexiest man alive,his music his voice everything about him gives me butterfly, his music is good for my soul
@sabinescheer7803
Cardina, you are so right…. I feel the same ❤
@cantFogetThemGreatyears
Something tells me your women in your late 50s😂
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@elisapaim8198
Verdade....muito sexy bryan ferry
@lesliegrace5681
Barishnikov measures up nicely too 😍
@Straight2TheHeart
35 years and I still get tears in my eyes. The saxophone sounds so beautifully sad.
@Cloudsagain1
47 years for me ! Just for the joke, passion is for ever, and timeless, anyway !
@romariovenancio6554
34 for me. And i agree with all. Don't know why he always makes me cry, tears of emotion i guess.if i could i would pay just to have a chat with him.
@paullonergan1589
Gosh this track blows you away, almost turkic in its middle Eastern overtones hauntingly interspersed throughout, ably accompanied by McKay's soul searchingly piercing alto sax sound, endearingly windswept assisted dolcet tones of the grandmaster himself, Bryan Ferry, bearing all the hallmarks of a true masterpiece of a track from the Boy's and Girls album.