The Closer I Get To You
Flack Roberta Lyrics
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The more you make me see
By giving me all you got
Your love has captured me
Over and over again
I tried to tell myself that we
Could never be more than friends
The way you make me feel
Lying here next to you
Time just seems to fly
Needing you more and more
Lets give love a try (oh, oh, oh)
Sweeter than sweeter love grows
And heaven's there for those
Who fool the tricks of time
With the hearts of love they find true love
In a special way
The closer I get to you
The more you make me see
By giving me all you got
Your love has captured me
Over and over again
I try to tell myself that we
Could never be more than friends
And all the while inside I knew it was real
The way you make me feel
The closer I get to you
The more you make me see
By giving you all I got
Your love has captured me
The closer I get to you
The feeling comes over me (me too)
Pulling closer, sweet as the gravity
(The closer I get) to you
"The Closer I Get To You" is a romantic ballad performed as a duet by Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway. The song begins with Flack singing about how she's seeing things more clearly about a relationship now that she's gotten closer to her partner. She acknowledges how her partner's love is able to captivate her. She recalls trying to deny her feelings for the said partner while knowing all along their love was real.
In the second verse, Flack describes how her love for the partner continues to grow the more they spend time together. She recognizes that sometimes time can be an obstacle in love, but she and her partner have somehow managed to overcome it. As the song progresses, she realizes that the closer they get, the stronger the feeling of being together becomes.
The chorus repeats the idea that the closer she gets to her partner, the more he makes her see, and the more she is captured by his love. The song ends with a plea from both singers for each other to continue to draw closer, each expressing the gravity that their love holds on them.
Line by Line Meaning
The closer I get to you
The more intimate I become with you
The more you make me see
The more you reveal your innermost feelings to me
By giving me all you got
Through your complete and utter devotion to me
Your love has captured me
I am now absolutely and unquestionably in love with you
Over and over again
I keep trying but can't seem to shake the feeling
I tried to tell myself that we
I attempted to convince myself that our relationship was strictly platonic
Could never be more than friends
We were never meant to be romantically involved
And all the while inside I knew it was real
Despite my internal contradiction, I knew our love was genuine
The way you make me feel
You elicit emotions in me that I never knew existed
Lying here next to you
Being physically close to you
Time just seems to fly
It seems as though time passes faster when we are together
Needing you more and more
I am growing increasingly dependent on you
Lets give love a try (oh, oh, oh)
We should explore the possibility of falling in love
Sweeter than sweeter love grows
Our love is getting stronger and more intense
And heaven's there for those
Those who love earnestly are rewarded in the afterlife
Who fool the tricks of time
Those who defy the constraints of time
With the hearts of love they find true love
Those who love with pure intentions find genuine love
In a special way
In a way that is unique to us
The feeling comes over me (me too)
I experience intense feelings when I am close to you
Pulling closer, sweet as the gravity
I feel an irresistible pull towards you, like the force of gravity
(The closer I get) to you
The more emotionally connected I become to you
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: James Mtume, Reggie Lucas
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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