That’s All – Genesis

Sometimes I come across some lyrics that just sum things up.

I could leave but I won’t go
Though my heart might tell me so
I can’t feel a thing from my head down to my toes
So why does it always seem to be
Me looking at you, you looking at me
S’always the same, it’s just a shame, that’s all

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Truth is I love you
More than I wanted to
There’s no point in trying to pretend
There’s been no-one who
Makes me feel like you do
Say we’ll be together til the end

“That’s All” dwells in the can’t live with you, can’t live without you relationship limbo that many other songs have inhabited.
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But why does it always seem to be / Me lookin’ at you, you lookin’ at me, the narrator complains, evoking how they are unable to communicate their way through their conflicts. Indeed, the lack of a middle ground seems to be dooming their chances: Taking it all instead of taking one bite. Still, in the bridge, he admits that his feelings for her are too strong to simply write off this affair: Truth is I love you / More than I wanted to do.

The Story and Meaning Behind “That’s All,” the First of Many 1980s Top-10 U.S. Hits by Genesis