[Verse 1]
Yeah
On a plane overlookin’ the ocean
Lately, I’m just tryna live in the moment
Certain people I needed just couldn’t stick around
If they ain’t see the vision, I bet they feel …
[Verse 1]
He just wanna be recognized by the OGs
And spray paint in the alleyway while he smokes weed
Middle finger up like, “Fuck the judge and the police”
Runnin’ through the streets …
[Verse 1]
Yeah
It’s been a while since I spoke to you, everything seems different now
I’m tryna focus, you’ve been out of frame, but it’s crazy how I see the picture now
It’s …
[Intro]
All these days I’m thinking of you
You’re leaving me behind
I’ll put it all behind
Just to be close to you
[Pre-Hook]
Everybody knows you don’t feel how I feel about you, girl
Everybody knows …
[Verse 1]
Yeah, you said you need some assurance, I wrote this song for you
I’ve been stressin’ and I don’t know how to talk to you
I’ve been dealin’ with pressure, our …
If you could take my pulse right now
It would feel just like a sledgehammer
If you could feel my heart beat now
It would hit you like a sledgehammer1
I don’t admit it
I play it cool
But every minute
That I’m with you2
I feel the fever and I won’t lie
I break a sweat
My body’s telling
All the secrets I ain’t told you yet3
Oh oh
I struggle to contain
Whoa oh
The love that’s in my veins
Oh oh
And how it circulates
Oh oh4
If you could take my pulse right now
It would feel just like a sledgehammer
If you could feel my heart beat now
It would hit you like a sledgehammer
You’re taken over the beat of my body
You just don’t let up, don’t let up
You’re taken over the beat of my body
But you lift me up, lift me up5
If you take my pulse right now
It would feel just like a sledgehammer
So close together
So far apart
You’re turning me on
And my fire’s waitin’ for your spark6
Oh oh
I struggle to contain
Whoa oh
The love that’s in my veins
Oh oh
And how it circulates
Oh oh
If you could take my pulse right now
It would feel just like a sledgehammer
If you could feel my heart beat now
It would hit you like a sledgehammer
You’re taken over the beat of my body
You just don’t let up, don’t let up
You’re taken over the beat of my body
But you lift me up, lift me up
If you take my pulse right now
It would feel just like a sledgehammer
The truth is out
No stopping now
I’m getting closer
I’ve had enough
Undress my love
I’m coming over7
If you take my pulse right now
It would feel just like a sledgehammer, oh
And if you take my pulse right now
It would feel just like a sledgehammer, hammer, oh
If you take my pulse
If you could take my pulse right now
It would feel just like a sledgehammer
If you could feel my heart beat now
It would hit you like a sledgehammer
You’re taken over the beat of my body
You just don’t let up, don’t let up
You’re taken over the beat of my body
But you lift me up, lift me up
If you take my pulse right now
It would feel just like a sledgehammer
A sledgehammer is a massive, heavy tool used to smash structures like brick walls with kinetic force. In other words, Fifth Harmony is singing about a thumping pulse.
This stanza reveals why the pulse is so strong. One’s pulse tends to increase when around a significant other or somebody that is romantically enticing.
Sweats and a heavy pulse are among the many outward signs that someone is attracted to another person.
This stanza is about the connection between love and the physiological things going on in one’s body that prove someone is enticed by another person.
These lyrics indicate that the loved is also attracted to the lover. The feeling is mutual, which gets the pulse beating even harder.
A fire needs a spark to be kindled properly. Once the fire is kindled though, it can spread rapidly. In other words, unless there is a mutually desirable relationship, the effects of love won’t flourish.
“Undress my love / I’m coming over” links the romantic feelings to sexual pleasure.
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