Love Is Strong
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Your love is strong and you're so sweet
You make me hard, you make me weak
Love is strong and you're so sweet
And someday babe, we got to meet

A glimpse of you was all it took
A stranger's glance, it got me hooked
And I followed you across the stars
I looked for you in seedy bars

What are you scared of, baby?
It's more than just a dream
I need some time
We make a beautiful team, a beautiful team

Love is strong and you're so sweet
And someday babe, we got to meet
Just anywhere out in the park
Out on the street and in the dark

I followed you through swirling seas
Down darkened woods with silent trees
Your love is strong and you're so sweet
You make me hard, you make me weak

What are you scared of, baby?
It's more than just a dream
I need some time
We make a beautiful team, beautiful

I wait for you until the dawn
My mind is ripped, my heart is torn
Your love is strong and you're so sweet
Your love is bitter and taken neat

Love is strong, yeah [(you're so sweet)]
Love is strong, oh
You're so sweet
Love is strong
You've gotta meet, whoa yeah
[(You're so sweet)]
[(You're so sweet)]




[(Got to meet)]
[(You're so sweet)]

Overall Meaning

The Rolling Stones' song "Love Is Strong" speaks about a powerful and sweet love that makes the singer both strong and weak. The lyrics emphasize the idea that love is a feeling that can take a hold of you and make you do things you might not typically do. The singer describes how they followed their love across the stars and sea and even through dark woods with silent trees. The love they have is bitter and taken neat, showing that it may not always be easy, but it is strong.


The lyrics also suggest that the singer's love interest may have some reservations. They ask the question, "What are you scared of, baby? It's more than just a dream." This question shows that the singer recognizes that their love interest may be hesitant for a reason, but they believe that they could make a beautiful team.


Overall, "Love Is Strong" highlights the idea that love can be a powerful force in our lives, but it can also be a bit scary. Despite the fear, the song suggests that true love is worth pursuing.


Line by Line Meaning

Your love is strong and you're so sweet
Your love is potent and you are kind and pleasant


You make me hard, you make me weak
You arouse me and you also make me vulnerable


Love is strong and you're so sweet
Love is intense and you possess an endearing quality


And someday babe, we got to meet
One day we must finally meet


A glimpse of you was all it took
A brief look at you was enough for me to be hooked


A stranger's glance, it got me hooked
The look of a stranger made me enamored


And I followed you across the stars
I pursued you through galaxies


I looked for you in seedy bars
I searched for you in shady establishments


What are you scared of, baby?
Why are you fearful, darling?


It's more than just a dream
Our connection is more than an illusion


I need some time
I require some time to understand our bond


We make a beautiful team, a beautiful team
We complement each other excellently


Just anywhere out in the park
Anywhere, even in the park


Out on the street and in the dark
On the street and in the dark


I followed you through swirling seas
I pursued you through tumultuous waters


Down darkened woods with silent trees
Through dark forests with quiet trees


Your love is strong and you're so sweet
Your love is powerful, and you possess an endearing quality


You make me hard, you make me weak
You arouse me and also make me vulnerable


I wait for you until the dawn
I patiently await your arrival until sunrise


My mind is ripped, my heart is torn
My thoughts are torn apart, and my heart aches


Your love is bitter and taken neat
Your love is bitter and consumed without any additives


Love is strong, yeah [(you're so sweet)]
Love is intense and undeniably powerful


Love is strong, oh
Love is robust and enduring


You're so sweet
You are kind, pleasant, and charming


Love is strong
Love is powerful and influential


You've gotta meet, whoa yeah
We absolutely must meet


[(You're so sweet)]
You are kind, pleasant, and charming


[(Got to meet)]
We must meet


[(You're so sweet)]
You are kind, pleasant, and charming




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tnreddogg

Came here to pay respects...Requiescat In Pace, Charlie. Class act all the way around.

at the SARS benefit show in Toronto. This is how Neil Peart described it:

A short, older man stepped up to me, sticking out his hand and saying something I couldn't hear. Thinking "Now who's THIS?" I took out one of my ear monitors and said "Sorry, I couldn't hear you."
He spoke again, smiling, "Hello, I'm Charlie Watts."
"Oh!" I said, taken aback, "Hello." And I shook his hand.
He asked if we were going on soon, and I said yes, any minute, and he said, with a twinkle, "I'm going to watch you!"
I suppose if I could have felt more pressured, that might have done it, but I was already at maximum intensity - there was no time to think of Charlie Watts and the Rolling Stones, watching them on The T.A.M.I Show or Ed Sullivan when I was twelve-and-a-half, hearing Satisfaction snarling down the midway at Lakeside Park, Gimme Shelter at the cinema in London, listening to Charlie's beautiful solo album, Warm and Tender, so many times late at night in Quebec, or any of the other million times Charlie Watts and his band had been part of my life.
Geddy e-mailed me later and mentioned that scene:

"BTW, I will never forget that moment before we went onstage when Charlie Watts came over to shake your hand (at the worst possible moment!) and watching your face go through all the motions of... a. who is this old guy? b. what does he want? c. oh for god's sake it's Charlie Watts!"



Robert Wiesler

The best band on this planet
A very good and very underrated song
from a very good and very underrated album
The video is great too
The most funny thing is:
When this came out everybody said
"They are too old "
And now 25 later they are still on top
I hope they come back to Europe soon
I will be there for sure
You must see them live if you can
It will change your life



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The Rolling Stones

A glimpse of you was all it took 
A stranger's glance, it got me hooked 

Tom Magerl

And sweet...

Invictus & André Wall

Nice...

Catherine A. Montgomery

I love you guys!! "What are you scared of baby? It's more than just a dre-eam....I need some time...." Los Angeles "Ruby" xoxo

Sherry Clark

I love The Stones but that picture is indecent.

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Anthony Williams

One of the most original and unique videos ever made. Classic Stones.

JenOfAmara

Thank David Fincher for that

Master Mystery

rest in peace, Charlie Watts. You were great. We'll never forget about you and your music

tnreddogg

Came here to pay respects...Requiescat In Pace, Charlie. Class act all the way around.

at the SARS benefit show in Toronto. This is how Neil Peart described it:

A short, older man stepped up to me, sticking out his hand and saying something I couldn't hear. Thinking "Now who's THIS?" I took out one of my ear monitors and said "Sorry, I couldn't hear you."
He spoke again, smiling, "Hello, I'm Charlie Watts."
"Oh!" I said, taken aback, "Hello." And I shook his hand.
He asked if we were going on soon, and I said yes, any minute, and he said, with a twinkle, "I'm going to watch you!"
I suppose if I could have felt more pressured, that might have done it, but I was already at maximum intensity - there was no time to think of Charlie Watts and the Rolling Stones, watching them on The T.A.M.I Show or Ed Sullivan when I was twelve-and-a-half, hearing Satisfaction snarling down the midway at Lakeside Park, Gimme Shelter at the cinema in London, listening to Charlie's beautiful solo album, Warm and Tender, so many times late at night in Quebec, or any of the other million times Charlie Watts and his band had been part of my life.
Geddy e-mailed me later and mentioned that scene:

"BTW, I will never forget that moment before we went onstage when Charlie Watts came over to shake your hand (at the worst possible moment!) and watching your face go through all the motions of... a. who is this old guy? b. what does he want? c. oh for god's sake it's Charlie Watts!"

tim smith

@tnreddogg high hi

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