In October 2004, Etheridge was diagnosed with breast cancer, and underwent surgery and chemotherapy. At the 2005 Grammy Awards, she made a return to the stage and, although bald from chemotherapy, performed a tribute to Janis Joplin with the song "Piece of My Heart". Etheridge's performance was widely lauded, with India.Arie writing "I Am Not My Hair" about Etheridge. Later that year, Etheridge released her first compilation album, Greatest Hits: The Road Less Traveled. The album was a huge success, peaking at #14 on the Billboard 200, and going Gold immediately. Her latest release is 4th Street Feeling.
Etheridge is known for her mixture of "confessional lyrics, pop-based folk-rock, and raspy, smoky vocals." She has also been an iconic gay and lesbian activist since her public coming out in January 1993.
Like The Way I Do
Melissa Etheridge Lyrics
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You found out to love me you have to climb some fences
Scratching and crawling along the floor to touch you
And just when it feels right you say you found someone to hold you
Does she like I do
Baby tell me does she love you like the way I love you
Does she stimulate you, attract and captivate you
Like the way I do
Tell me does she want you, infatuate and haunt you
Does she know just how to shock and electrify and rock you
Does she inject you, seduce you and affect you
Like the way I do
Like the way I do
Can I survive all the implications
Even if I tried could you be less than an addiction
Don't you think I know there's so many others
Who would beg steal and lie, fight, kill and die
Just to hold you, hold you like I do
Baby tell me does she love you like the way I love you
Does she stimulate you, attract and captivate you
Tell me does she miss you existing just to kiss you
Like the way I do
Tell me does she want you, infatuate and haunt you
Does she know just how to shock and electrify and rock you
Does she inject you, seduce you and affect you
Like the way I do
Oh, nobody loves you, like the way I do
Nobody wants you, like the way I do
Nobody needs you, like the way I do
Nobody aches, nobody aches just to hold you
Like the way I do
No, no, no
Tell me does she love you like the way I love you
Does she stimulate you, attract and captivate you
Tell me does she miss you, existing just to kiss you
Like the way I do
Oh, tell me does she want you, infatuate and haunt you
Does she know just how to shock and electrify and rock you
Does she inject you, seduce you and affect you, baby
Like the way I do
No, like the way I do
Oh, ho, yeah
The lyrics to Melissa Etheridge's "Like The Way I Do" are about a woman who is telling her lover that she loves and wants him more than anyone else. She knows that he has found someone else but she doesn't believe that the new woman can love him the way she does. The lyrics are full of passion and intensity as the woman begs for her lover's attention while also acknowledging that she is addicted to him.
The opening line of the song, "Is it so hard to satisfy your senses?" sets the tone for the rest of the lyrics. The singer is questioning why her lover can't see that she is the one who truly satisfies him. She then goes on to say that she knows what it takes to love him, even if that means climbing over fences to get to him. The line "And just when it feels right you say you found someone to hold you" implies that the lover may have led the woman on or at least given her hope that they could be together.
The chorus of the song repeats the question "Does she like I do?" which shows the singer's insecurity and uncertainty about the lover's new relationship. She then goes on to ask if the new woman can love, stimulate, attract, captivate, seduce, and affect him like she can. The bridge of the song is where the singer acknowledges that she knows there are other people who want her lover too, but she is the one who "aches just to hold" him.
Overall, "Like The Way I Do" is a passionate and intense song about unrequited love and the pain of watching someone you love be with someone else.
Line by Line Meaning
Is it so hard to satisfy your senses?
Are your demands so high?
You found out to love me you have to climb some fences
You realized that our relationship requires some effort and compromise
Scratching and crawling along the floor to touch you
I'm willing to go to great lengths to be intimate with you
And just when it feels right you say you found someone to hold you
Just as we're connecting, you tell me you've found someone else
Does she like I do
Does your new partner love you like I do?
Baby tell me does she love you like the way I love you
Does your new partner love you with the same intensity that I do?
Does she stimulate you, attract and captivate you
Does your new partner excite and entice you like I do?
Tell me does she miss you existing just to kiss you
Does your new partner long for you to the point of needing only to kiss you?
Like the way I do
Like I do?
Can I survive all the implications
Can I withstand the potential consequences of our relationship?
Even if I tried could you be less than an addiction
Even if I wanted to stop loving you, could I?
Don't you think I know there's so many others
I'm aware that there are many people who want to be with you
Who would beg steal and lie, fight, kill and die
Who would do anything to have you
Just to hold you, hold you like I do
Just to be close to you like I am
Oh, nobody loves you, like the way I do
Nobody else loves you with the same intensity that I do
Nobody wants you, like the way I do
Nobody else wants you in the same way that I do
Nobody needs you, like the way I do
Nobody else feels they need you as much as I do
Nobody aches, nobody aches just to hold you
Nobody else has the same longing to hold you
Oh, tell me does she want you, infatuate and haunt you
Does your new partner have an intense desire and obsession for you like I do?
Does she know just how to shock and electrify and rock you
Does your new partner know how to excite, entice and thrill you like I do?
Does she inject you, seduce you and affect you, baby like the way I do
Does your new partner have the same all-consuming seductive and effect on you like I do?
No, like the way I do
No, they don't
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: MELISSA ETHERIDGE
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