Archetypal Love Story:
This is the voice of the forsaken Divine Feminine, standing unapologetically in the cathedral of her own longing. She is the priestess who refused to make her love smaller to fit within rules, timelines, or titles. This isn’t heartbreak — it’s devotion unbound. The Lover here is vast, cosmic, and undone by her own truth: I love you bigger than the world, and no one gave me permission.
It is both confession and indictment.
Gems and Minerals Symbolism:
This song pulses with the deep, lunar gravity of black moonstone and obsidian. Black moonstone holds the sacred shadow of the Feminine — the unspoken, the too-much, the shamed ache. Obsidian protects, absorbs distortion, and helps the truth emerge whole. These stones together create a psychic altar for the feminine wound to speak without flinching.
West Coast Swing Usable Tidbit:
This is a slow blues number with room for stretchy tension, gliding connection, and sustained pauses — ideal for rolling count rhythms and fade-away whips. Let the dance breathe between lyrics, honoring the emotional undercurrent. Each rise in Sade’s vocal line gives permission for accented footwork or internal lead styling — particularly on “I could be the only one to love you like that.”
Use stillness. Let them feel you.
Symbolic and Spiritual Layers:
Is it a crime to love you more than you love me?
This is not a question — it’s a spell-breaking invocation. The song calls out a collective illusion: that to love deeply is weakness. Sade transmits an ancient code here — you are allowed to feel this much. It opens the Throat and Sacral gates, especially for women and femmes whose emotional intelligence has been punished or pathologized.
From The Way of the Heart, this is the teaching of holy witness: feel fully, speak with grace, and let love remain love, even when unreturned.
Next Steps for Embodiment:
- Dance to this song solo or with a partner in a dark room. Let your body move like it’s praying for release, not answers.
- Place black moonstone under your pillow tonight. Ask your dreams what you’re not allowing yourself to say.
- Write the question in your journal: Is it a crime to love like this? Then let your heart write the answer without editing.
This track opens the Portal of the Grieving Lover — powerful between 2:16AM and 2:44AM. Sage the space. Cry. Then rise.
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