Drop Your Guard
Jasmine Thompson Lyrics
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Why do you always hide from me
How do you keep
All your troubles underneath
Emotion is a wild thing
I'm trying not to feel it
We get on
Yeah somehow we get by
Love runs deep
Deeper than the darker sea
So drop your guard
Why do you have to be so hard
Those paper dolls
Hold each other by the hand
One cut and they break
I'm trying to make you understand
Emotion is a wild thing
Together we can tame it
Look again
Don't you realise
It's in my eyes
Love runs deep
Deeper than the darker sea
So drop your guard
Why do you have to be so hard
I wasn't asking you to open up
To open up
It's not my business anyway
It's just that when you're hurting
It's like I'm always searching
For the right words to say
We have an unspoken rule
That you're always so cruel
Maybe I'm wrong to believe
But in my dreams
Our love runs deep
Deeper than the darker sea
So drop your guard
Why do you have to be so hard
Our love runs deep
Deeper than the darker sea
So drop your guard
Why do you have to be so hard
The lyrics of Jasmine Thompson’s song Drop Your Guard express a plea from the singer to a person who seems to always hide their troubles under the surface. The singer seems to be in a relationship with this person, and they are trying to deepen their emotional bond. They use the metaphor of paper dolls holding hands to describe the fragility of feeling, and the difficulty in maintaining that bond when one of them is being hard and defensive. They implore this person to trust them, to drop their guard, and to be vulnerable because love, according to the singer, runs deep, deeper than the darker sea.
The theme of the song is about the importance of emotional vulnerability in a relationship. The singer values the unspoken rule of exposing their feelings in order to deepen the bond between them. The song suggests that unless they are able to trust one another and speak honestly about their feelings, the relationship may break, just like the paper dolls that are delicate and easily broken. The singer wants them to tame their emotions together and seek to understand one another through verbal unfoldment. The lyrics remind us that love may take many forms - deep, passionate, sacrificial, and forgiving. What is important is that both people in the relationship are willing to be vulnerable with each other and to nurture their bond.
Line by Line Meaning
Still waters run deep
You have a deep and complex personality that is difficult to understand through your calm exterior.
Why do you always hide from me
I want you to open up to me and stop keeping secrets from me, as it is preventing us from growing closer.
How do you keep all your troubles underneath
You are hiding your problems and emotions from me, making it difficult for me to support you.
Emotion is a wild thing, I'm trying not to feel it
Feelings are intense and unpredictable, and I am attempting to suppress them in order to avoid any negative consequences.
We get on, Yeah somehow we get by, We're alright 'cause
Despite our challenges, we have been able to maintain our relationship and it is still going strong.
Love runs deep, Deeper than the darker sea, So drop your guard, Why do you have to be so hard
Our love is profound and enduring, and I am asking you to let down your defenses and be more open with me.
Those paper dolls, Hold each other by the hand, One cut and they break
Our relationship is fragile and can easily be damaged if we do not care for it properly and support each other during difficult times.
I'm trying to make you understand, Together we can tame it, Look again, Don't you realise, It's in my eyes
I am attempting to help you recognize that we can face our problems together and that I am here for you, as I am displaying emotions through my eyes.
I wasn't asking you to open up, To open up, It's not my business anyway
I was not trying to pry into your personal issues, but rather simply wanted you to know that I am here for you.
It's just that when you're hurting, It's like I'm always searching, For the right words to say
When you are in pain, I feel helpless and want to find the right way to comfort and support you.
We have an unspoken rule, That you're always so cruel, Maybe I'm wrong to believe, But in my dreams
You tend to be emotionally distant and hurtful with your words, although I still hold out hope for a deeper emotional connection with you.
Our love runs deep, Deeper than the darker sea, So drop your guard, Why do you have to be so hard
Our love is profound and enduring, and I am asking you to let down your defenses and be more open with me.
Our love runs deep, Deeper than the darker sea, So drop your guard, Why do you have to be so hard
Our love is profound and enduring, and I am asking you to let down your defenses and be more open with me.
Contributed by Hannah M. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@KingDiddi
Hi Jaz.
Do you remember the 9th of October 2010?
Open Mic UK 2010, Guildhall, Plymouth, UK ?
And now.....
Look at you.... look at this video.....
You´ve been grown up so quick. You looks like 19 or 20.
It´s unbelievable what happend to your voice, your tone, your styling, everything of you in the last 4 years.
That´s completely stunning to me :-)
Every time i hear this song i close my eyes, calm down from my daily stress
and get so relaxed, leaving me sitting here with goosebumps.
Thank you very much for this.
Hope to hear more of you in the near future.
Sincerely yours.
@RobertGold
I have the opportunity to listen to Drop Your Guard often (it is the first song in her album Another Bundle of Tantrums). I received a different perspective a few days ago.
Jasmine when you sing any song regardless of how difficult, it occurs as anything but complex as you simply touch or hold each note with ease. It was an eight-year-old who covered this song extremely well, that gave me a completely different perspective of your composition and songwriting.
Your creative capacity has a beautiful complexity to it. One of my other favorite singer/songwriters is Ella Henderson. Her style illustrates complexity where your writing and composition is every bit as complex, except the gentle ease in which you sing hides the extreme difficulty of the performance.
When Tally covered this song, her ability to effectively deal with the incredible number of note changes became apparent. This is an incredibly difficult song to sing.
Seeing this just gives me another distinction to revere you as an artist, Jasmine. Not that I required anything more... Kudos to Tally for taking it on and a special thanks as I now see something quite incredible in terms of quality in composing and songwriting :)
@smoothvibez6847
"Emotion is a wild thing.
I'm trying not to feel it."
Best part.
@dawidlubera6304
cure it ;) it is all possible ;)
@zmeil
Man it,s not. Not possible. Ya know, tis too late once you have sensed a fibre of a vibe, it is how it starts, emotion. Yeah, all have it, all fough it, still best of you tries and will ever try, and never gets any closer
@annabelle__rose
This song got into my head yesterday, now I'm just binge watching old videos of Jasmine's. Ahh the memories.
@zmeil
Me too, three, five and forever, male love fury The guess
@SL_Derby
This song is played regularly on my local radio station 106.9 FM in Jackson Michigan, USA.
@TantrumJas
elliot 82 wow! that's awesome! thank you for letting me know :)
@SL_Derby
Jasmine Thompson You're very welcome.
@legrandjluc105
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@anaramb
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