Most Passionate Words Written for Another

So, I've decided to write up an article about passionate lyrics.  I've recently made a playlist on iTunes (which I do quite often to remind me of periods in my life) and on it I've included some of the most beautifully written songs.  I'm focusing more on lyrics, though the music, of course, makes or breaks a song.  These songs encompass all genres and I'm asking others on Twitter and Facebook to tell me what they would chose and why.  I guess the whole idea is that everyone wants something written about them.  But the passion involved in these songs makes you feel the love and desire and lust that was involved in the moment of writing the song.  Doesn't every woman want to be a muse?  I know whenever I've written a poem about someone (though I rarely tell them or let them read it), they have been beyond touched and flattered.  But these go beyond poetry and songwriting--these can make you weep or ache or touch yourself or want something more in your life.

Here are a few of my favorites:

A Hundred Kisses by She Wants Revenge

Shake off the rain and dry off


And come inside tonight

You don't have to be alone

You don't have to be, love

You've got the prettiest face that I ever did see

With eyes so sad

Like songs I swear I've known



And I hope to God that you're not pretending

Cause if you are I swear I don't know

What I'm gonna do



But I promise you that I'll be good to you

If you promise that you'll try to love me too

Somehow



(Chorus)

I'd steal a hundred kisses

Before you'd say goodbye

And then make a hundred wishes

In the name of you and I

Cause what we have is secret

So don't let no one know

The past can't come between us if we both just let it go

Today's the perfect day

Today's the day I tell you, oh

If you ever walk away

Then I would die right there for you



Give me your every breath and promise me your world

I don't ask for much at all

All I want is all you've got

Could you be that girl

Are you thinking of me

Or have I projected all of my hopes on you



And I know there'll be nights filled with tears

I know that there'll be fights and fears

But that's a part of it too



So do you think I have the slightest chance to be

Everything to you

Cause you mean everything to me



(Chorus)I'd steal a hundred kisses

Before you'd say goodbye

And then make a hundred wishes

In the name of you and I

Cause what we have is secret

So don't let no one know

The past can't come between us if we both just let it go

Today's the perfect day

Today's the day I tell you, oh

If you ever walk away

Then I would die right there for you

For you


Crack the Shutters by Snow Patrol

You cool your bed-warm hands down on the broken radiator,


And when you lay them freezing on me, I mumble "can you wake me later?"

But I don't really want you to stop and you know it so it doesn't stop you

And run your hands from my neck to my chest

Crack the shutters open wide, I wanna bathe you in the light of day

And just watch you as the rays tangle up around your face and body

I could sit for hours finding new ways to be awed each minute

Cuz' the daylight seems to want you just as much as I want you


It's been minutes, it's been days, it's been all I will remember

Happy lost in your hair and the cold side of the pillow

Your hills and valleys are mapped by my intrepid fingers

And in a naked slumber, I dream all this again


Crack the shutters open wide, I wanna bathe you in the light of day

And just watch you as the rays tangle up around your face and body

I could sit for hours finding new ways to be awed each minute

Cuz' the daylight seems to want you just as much as I want you
Crack the shutters open wide, I wanna bathe you in the light of day

And just watch you as the rays tangle up around your face and body

I could sit for hours finding new ways to be awed each minute

Cuz' the daylight seems to want you just as much as I want you
 
Golden Floor by Snow Patrol
 
Tell me that you want to dance


I want to feel your pulse on mine

Just treat me like a stolen glance

To yourself

A dark shape on a golden floor

A sleeping planet with a molten core

From above we'd cut a slow eight shape

And much more


I'm a peasant in your princess arms

Penniless with only charm

As we're leveled by the low, hot lights

And disarmed


I'm not afraid of anything even time

It'll eke away at everything but we'll be fine


I'm folded in the bread you made

You're cold until my body bathes

You in the heat I kept aside

All these days


I'm not afraid of anything even time

It'll eke away at everything but we'll be fine

Fix You by Coldplay

When you try your best but you don't succeed


When you get what you want but not what you need

When you feel so tired but you can't sleep

Stuck in reverse.


And the tears come streaming down your face

When you lose something you can't replace

When you love someone but it goes to waste

Could it be worse?


Lights will guide you home

And ignite your bones

And I will try to fix you


And high up above earth or down below

When you're too in love to let it go

But if you never try you'll never know

Just what you're worth


Lights will guide you home

And ignite your bones

And I will try to fix you


Tears stream, down your face

When you lose something you cannot replace

Tears stream down your face and I...


Tears stream, down your face

I promise you I will learn from my mistakes

Tears stream down your face and I...


Lights will guide you home

And ignite your bones

And I will try to fix you.

Pace is the Trick by Interpol

You can't hold it too tight


These matters of security

You don't have to be wound so tight

Smoking on the balcony


Well it's like sleaze in the park

You women, you have no self-control

We angels remark outside

You are known for insatiable needs

But I don't know a thing


I've seen love

And I follow the speed in the starlight

I've seen love

And I follow the speed in the star-swept night


Yeah, pace is the trick

And to all the corruption in man...


I see you as you take your pride, my lioness

Your defenses seem wise, I cannot press

And attention's at demise, my lioness

Can't you hurt it some, I think I hurt it


I've seen love

I follow the speed in the starlight

I've seen love

And I follow the speed in the star-swept night

And now I select you

Slow now I let you see how I stun

Now I select you

Slow now I bet you see how I stun


To all the destruction in man...

And to all the corruption in my hand...


And now I select you

Slow now, I let you see how I stun

Now I select you

Slow now, I bet you see how I stun

Now I select you

Slow now, I let you see how i stun

Now I select you

Slow now, I let you

I always follow the speed in the star-swept night


...you don't hold a candle