Why Can't This Be Love

The speaker feels an unusually powerful attraction and wonders whether it can become love. The excitement is mixed with uncertainty: the feeling arrives strongly, but the speaker does not know where to begin or whether the relationship will last. By the end, the repeated question sounds less like doubt about the emotion itself and more like a plea for confirmation.

Several expressions make the feeling vivid. “Winding me up inside” suggests growing excitement or nervous energy, as if the encounter is turning the speaker’s emotions like a mechanism. Saying this experience “blows” earlier love “away” means it feels stronger than anything remembered before. “Only fools rush in” is a familiar warning against falling in love too quickly, while “time will tell” recognizes that the relationship’s strength cannot yet be known.

The lyrics balance caution with determination. The speaker knows that intense feelings alone cannot prove lasting love, yet also believes that taking a chance is necessary—“you’ve got to run to win.” The line about not getting “hung up on the line” may suggest refusing to remain stuck waiting or uncertain, though its exact meaning is unclear. Overall, the song presents new love as exhilarating and risky, without resolving whether this particular feeling will endure.