Taste
Lorna Vallings Lyrics
Jump to: Overall Meaning ↴ Line by Line Meaning ↴
would I be wanting more?
If I could have a taste of you
would I be addicted?
If I could have just a touch of you
Could I tear myself away?
PRE CHORUS:
that runs over and in your skin
With no consequence!
To be the liquid in your glass
That falls around your lips and mouth
Swallow me!
If I could have just a breath of you,
Would you, could you - infect me?
If I could have just a view of you
Would you leave your door ajar?
If I could have just a part of you
let me drink of your tides.
PRE CHORUS:
I would pray to be the rain
that runs over and in your skin
with no consequence
To be the liquid in your glass
that falls around your lips and mouth
Swallow me!
CHORUS:
And after would the silence stiffen, thicken?
Would I run home in the dark
with something stolen?
Would you be slinking in my conscience, laughing?
Would this hunger ever cease?
You are the cliff that I walk
Lord help me if I fall.
Are you more than my hunger?
Lord help me if I starve.
REPEAT VS 1. PRE CHOR AND CHORUS...
If I could have just a taste of you, would I be addicted?
The lyrics of the song "Taste" by Lorna Vallings describe the desire to possess someone or something that is so intense that it borders on addiction. The first verse poses the question of whether having just a taste, touch, or moment of the object of desire, in this case a person, would be enough or if it would only fuel the desire for more. The pre-chorus describes wanting to be so close to this person that it verges on being a part of them - like the rain that falls on their skin or the liquid in their glass that they swallow. The chorus questions the consequences of acting on this desire: will it lead to regret or to a deeper fulfillment? Will it satisfy the hunger or only intensify it?
Throughout the song, there is a sense of unrestrained passion and a feeling of being at the mercy of one's desires. The imagery that is used - rain, liquid, tides - all evoke a sense of being overwhelmed and consumed by something greater than oneself. The final lyrics of the song reveal the fear that comes with such intense desire: that falling from the "cliff" of passion will lead to a dangerous and destructive end. Overall, the song explores the complexity of desire and the consequences that come with giving in to it.
Line by Line Meaning
If I could have just a moment of you
would I be wanting more?
The singer wonders if a single moment with the person would be enough or if it would leave her wanting more.
If I could have a taste of you
would I be addicted?
The singer ponders if a mere taste of the person would be enough to cause an addiction.
If I could have just a touch of you
Could I tear myself away?
The singer questions if she would be able to control herself if she was given just one touch of the person.
I would pray to be the rain
that runs over and in your skin
With no consequence!
To be the liquid in your glass
That falls around your lips and mouth
Swallow me!
The artist desires to be so close to the person that she could become the rain that touches their skin or the liquid they drink.
If I could have just a breath of you,
Would you, could you - infect me?
The artist wonders if simply breathing the same air as the person would be enough to infect her.
If I could have just a view of you
Would you leave your door ajar?
If I could have just a part of you
let me drink of your tides.
The singer asks if the person would let her have even a small part of them, and compares it to being able to drink from their metaphorical tides.
And after would the silence stiffen, thicken?
Would I run home in the dark
with something stolen?
Would you be slinking in my conscience, laughing?
Would this hunger ever cease?
The singer worries about the consequences after she has had a taste of the person, questioning if it would leave her with guilt or if the hunger she feels would ever go away.
You are the cliff that I walk
Lord help me if I fall.
Are you more than my hunger?
Lord help me if I starve.
The artist recognizes the danger in her desires and questions if the person is more important than just being a source of her hunger.
If I could have just a taste of you, would I be addicted?
The artist repeats the earlier line, emphasizing her curiosity about being addicted to even the slightest taste of the person.
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind