Is It A Crime

The speaker misses someone who has lied to them and is now with another person. They know the relationship has caused pain, yet their feelings remain strong. The repeated question, “Is it a crime?” shows a conflict between what the speaker feels and what they think they should feel. Their longing also includes a wish to be wanted in return.

The speaker describes their love as wider than a lake and taller than a famous building, using size to suggest that the feeling is immense. The images of love diving, jumping, and rippling like the ocean make it seem active and hard to contain. The comparison of another person’s kisses to wine that is “not mine” suggests that the speaker feels excluded from an intimacy they once hoped to share.

The song can be heard as a plea for mutual love, but it does not promise that the other person will return. The speaker’s claim that the other person surely wants them back may express hope more than certainty. The lyrics leave open whether the question of crime is playful, anguished, or both; underneath it is a tender but painful struggle to accept desire that has not disappeared.