More songs by The Black Keys
Description
Paralysis is not always about the body - sometimes it's about the heart, stuck between fear of the unknown and a thirst for simple human warmth. Here, anxiety coexists with a naive belief that a kiss can mend any crack, like a child's grazed knee.
The music sounds like a request, repeated obsessively: make it so it doesn't hurt so much, make it so I can breathe. And in this mantra, you hear not weakness, but sincerity - because admitting that you need someone by your side is much harder than hiding behind a mask of strength.
Lyrics and translation
Original
Paralyzed
We all need a savior
It’s human behavior
We fantasize
A life without heartache
But people make mistakes
And they can change
Colors right before your eyes
Life it can be so strange
Baby if I’m good
Maybe then you could
Kiss it and make it better
Kiss it and make it better
Won’t you kiss it make it better
For me
Mesmerized
By all that’s before me
But when it gets stormy
I’m terrorized
Fear of the unknown
Scared to be alone
And broken down
Stranded in some unknown town
On my knees in the night
You that I bleed too
That’s why I need you
To kiss it and make it better
Kiss it and make it better
Won’t you kiss it make it better
For me
Kiss it and make it better
Kiss it and make it better
Won’t you kiss it make it better
For me
Kiss it and make it better
Kiss it and make it better
I’m indebted to you forever
’Cause you kiss it and make it better
For me