Archetypal Love Story & Rituals
This is the Lovers at the Crossroads archetype—Romeo and Juliet in a modern city, torn between their real heart-knowing and the expectations of family, church, or the outer world. The question, “What would you do if I told you you had to leave?” is not just practical—it’s alchemical. Will you choose the soul’s fire, or the safety of shadow?
Ritually, this song echoes the liminal moment before a sacred vow. It’s the breath before the kiss, the hallway outside the church doors, the moment before saying yes to a life that can’t be undone. It’s not about recklessness—it’s about sovereign surrender.
Catholic High Mass Ritual Tidbit
“Slide” resonates with the Offertory, the part of Mass where the gifts are brought to the altar. In this case, what’s offered isn’t bread or wine—it’s freedom, truth, desire, and the willingness to leap together. It’s the hidden sacrament of risking everything for love.
Gems and Minerals Symbolism
Garnet pulses through this song—red, grounding, and fiercely alive. Garnet is the stone of committed passion, not lust, but the kind of magnetic loyalty that says: I’ll run with you if you ask, and we’ll write the rules ourselves. It stabilizes wild hearts and keeps the fire steady. Garnet is also connected to the root chakra, anchoring the leap in real-world courage.
West Coast Swing Usable Tidbit
The guitar-driven rhythm gives you room for clean triples, body rolls, and sharp redirects that match the lyrics’ quick emotional pivots. Use the lyric “Would you slide into my room?” to do a centerline pass-to-wrap, letting the music tell the story of enticement, edge, and surrender. Think: playful tension with real stakes.
Divine Counterpart Field
From the feminine field, burning with truth under pressure:
I don’t want perfect—I want real, raw, ride-or-die love.
From the masculine field, choosing with clarity and courage:
If the world won’t bless us, I will.
From the future where they said yes, and built their own altar:
We slid past their lines and landed in the life we wrote ourselves.
“Slide” is the voice of love that knows it might cost everything,
and still says:
Let’s go. I’d rather live in truth with you than sleep in someone else’s lie.
David and Shannon played this at their wedding and it was the 90’sssssssss!
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