Girlfriend
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The singer addresses a woman who already has a boyfriend and urges her to make their relationship known. He sounds confident and playful, but the situation carries tension: he wants her to choose him, while her current partner may not know what is happening. By the end, he imagines them as boyfriend and girlfriend, though the lyrics do not say that she has actually made this choice.
The saved letters are presented as evidence of the womanโs feelings: the singer wants to show her boyfriend โhow you feel inside.โ This suggests that private messages could reveal a relationship kept secret. The phrase โwhen the wind is freeโ gives their late-night meetings a sense of openness or secrecy, but its exact meaning is unclear. โHe may never let you goโ could mean the boyfriend might try to keep the relationship going if he does not learn the truth.
The songโs light, bouncy sound contrasts with its potentially uncomfortable subject: asking someone to leave a partner and treating her choice as already settled. The repeated claim that she will be โonlyโ his girlfriend may express romantic certainty, but it could also sound possessive. Because we hear only the singerโs perspective, we cannot know what the woman wants or how she views either relationship.