I Want to Be Loved

The speaker is strongly attracted to someone and delights in her voice, touch, kisses, and small gestures. Yet his admiration is mixed with frustration: she often fails to show up for a date or gives someone else attention when he asks her to dance. The emotional movement is from praise and excitement to a clear complaint: affection and physical closeness are not enough; he wants to feel genuinely chosen and cared for.

Images such as a “spark” in her eye and her voice being like an angel make his attraction sound powerful and almost overwhelming. Saying her touch “drives me insane” is an idiom meaning it excites him intensely, not that he literally loses his mind. “Snub” means to deliberately ignore or dismiss someone, so even when she passes him without acknowledging him, he still admires her.

The repeated request to be loved can suggest a desire for emotional commitment or attention, rather than only kisses and hugs. But the lyrics do not explain exactly what kind of love he expects, or why she behaves this way. His tone may be playful and flirtatious, but the repeated contrast between his devotion and her unreliability also hints at real disappointment.