“Hang on to Your Love” is Sade’s call for a partner to stay and build on the love in a relationship rather than taking the easy road of walking away. It appears the antagonist...
On “Soldier of Love”, Sade depicts herself as a soldier who has survived many defeats in love, but still maintains her zeal to love again.Just like a soldier could lose a body part in...
In this song, we see the singer lament over a broken relationship. Apparently, she loved her partner deeply yet ended up being hurt by him. Sade recalls that she gave this person her total...
In “By Your Side”, Sade promises never to leave her significant other but to always be present in every moment of his life, especially the low moments. This person, may have some doubts that...
The song “King of Sorrow” by Sade is themed on an internal conflict taking place in the singer’s mind. Though she appears to be addressing two people in the song by mentioning ‘You’ and...
The title of this song clearly depicts the message Sade seeks to get across; love has the power to conquer every form of pride. Here, the singer presents herself as someone who has been...
On this track, the singer asserts that nothing can possibly separate her from her partner because their love is extremely strong. The song takes the form of a conversation, where she tells her partner...
Paradise is often used in religious settings to depict an imaginary place full of happiness and delight. Sade, in this song, believes that life with that special person in her life will be just...
In “Smooth Operator”, Sade talks about a male who is good at playing women, yet is irresistibly attractive. She describes him as smooth because he can easily entice another girl while toying with the...
In “Your Love is King”, Sade confesses that she loves her partner above every other person or thing, while tactfully praising him for his prowess in the bedroom. The initial verses of the song...