Rapture
Kraków Loves Adana Lyrics

The opening lines of "Rapture" by Kraków Loves Adana is a request for guidance towards a new path. The singer needs direction on what's next and what's best. The following line takes a nostalgic turn and talks about putting a cassette tape in the tape deck. It's almost as if the singer wants to go back to a time when things were simpler, where the sound of a cassette tape could evoke emotions of pure bliss. Kraków Loves Adana uses this seemingly nostalgic sentiment to create a feeling of comfort in the listener.

The song then takes a melancholic turn "hear the voices weep, let the sad poets sing me to sleep," indicating that the next best thing for the singer would be to embrace sadness and enter a dreamlike state that will ultimately take her/him to a place of tranquillity. Despite the sadness in the song, there is an underlying sense of rebellion, as the singer's heart is described as a rebel heart. The chorus repeats that this is the rapture of the heart, which means it's an emotional experience or release. The singer's heart experiences a moment of intensity and ecstasy that transcends the themes of sadness.

The second verse talks about the difficulty of life, of having to choose between two evils - dying young or dying first, indicating the inevitability of death or something unwelcome happening. The singer then, in a way, accepts these difficulties and chooses to carry them along like a stone in his/her shoe, suggesting it's something that should be embraced and carried forward. This acceptance of pain and defeat gives the singer some form of comfort and inner strength.