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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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I love you like a love song, baby.

What is the interpretation of the following sentence?

I love you like a love song, baby.

Does it mean that:

- she loves him like she loves love songs?

- she loves him like people love each other in love songs?

- or, perhaps, somethiing else (idiomatic)?
  

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Hi, In fact, it sounds metaphorical, and only the speaker would be able to describe the intended meaning best. However, as a reader I assume that the speaker loves his / her darling so much that such love can only be illustrated in love songs. I'd say that his / her love is actually indescribable.

— Regards

  • Hi, In fact, it sounds metaphorical, and only the speaker would be able to describe the intended meaning best.
  • However, as a reader I assume that the speaker loves his / her darling so much that such love can only be illustrated in love songs.
  • I'd say that his / her love is actually indescribable.
  • Regards
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Hi,

In fact, it sounds metaphorical, and only the speaker would be able to describe the intended meaning best.

However, as a reader I assume that the speaker loves his / her darling so much that such love can only

be illustrated in love songs. I'd say that his / her love is actually indescribable.

Regards
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Thanks, Regards, 'indescribable' is the right word indeed.

I wonder whether the idiom 'puppy love' could possibly be used as an analogy in this case.
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Hi,

In my opinion, no.

Regards
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"It was only Puppy Love" - a line from the song "Puppy Love" by Paul Anka written in 1960;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puppy Love%28song%29

Puppy love (puppy love)
I thought that I had
Fallen in love with you
But it was only puppy love
(Only puppy love)

Puppy love
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