Lane Brody - Over you

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Over you (Lane Brody)Any fool can see that love is blindAnd here I am to prove it one more timeForget about my prideI didn't mean to catch you by surpriseAnd I hope that isn't pitty in your eyesI've tried so hard to stay awayAnd keep you off my mindI know I should, But it's no good...'Cause time goes by and I'm not...Over youI'd gladly be a fool, and love again...If there's a chance of you mind see meTouch me, want me, ever need meI'm still going crazy...Over you...And now I'm never getting over you...One more cup of coffee, then I'll go...But there's just one thing I thought you ought to know ...The days go by, but nothing's changedI'm still here, for the takingAnd just in touch, we mean so muchTo one whose heart is breaking...Over youI'd gladly be a fool, and love again...If there's a chance of you mind see meTouch me, want me, ever need me...I'm still going crazy...Over youI know I'm never getting over you...Over youI'd gladly be a fool, and love again...I know I'm never getting over you...• • • •I searched some dictionaries and couldn't get a precise meaning for over you in the song's context... Would someone please help?

Clive · Accepted Answer

Hi,

The phrase 'get over something/somebody' refers to a situation that has caused you great emotional distress. eg

Tom loves Mary.

Mary leaves Tom.

Tom is greatly distressed for a year.

But after a year, Tom feels OK again.

We can say that 'Tom has got over Mary', or 'Tom is over Mary'.

Another example.

Tom's mother dies.

He is very, very upset. He sobs 'I will never get over this'.

Best wishes, Clive

Paultx · Answer

Thanks, Clive. And what about I'm still going crazy over you?

Clive · Answer

Hi,

'Get over somebody/something' is an idiom.

'Tom has got over Mary'.

Here, think of Tom's love for Mary as an obstacle, a mountain, that he has to get over.

I'm still going crazy over you?

This is not really an idiom. 'Over' here just has the meaning of 'about'.

Clive

Paultx · Answer

Clive, coincidentally or not, I just found something like that in other song's lyrics:

Crazy
IceHouse

I've got a pocket
full of holes
head in the clouds
the king of fools
you've got a ribbon of rainbows
the sun in your eyes
burning through
could be I'm happy and sad
could be I'm losing my head
over you

well, you've gotta be crazy, baby
to want a guy like me
yeah, you've gotta be out of your mind
crazy
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Could it be lyricists tend to associate madness and the like with over you? (just kidding =)

Clive · Answer

Hi,

Could it be lyricists tend to associate madness and the like with over you? (just kidding =)

As I said, this is not really an idiom. 'Over' here just has the meaning of 'about'.

In your example, the "madness" part is conveyed by the phrase 'losing my head'.

Clive

Anonymous · Answer

"Over" has many meanings as a preposition.

One of them is "done with", "finished with". "past". I believe that sense coves most of the uses in the song, including the "get over you" usage and the "I'm over you" usage.

In "I'm still going crazy over you" and "whose heart if breaking over you", "over" is used as preposition meaning "because of".

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