Song Details
- Album Release Date: 2012
- Genre: punk-rock
Song Meaning of “How Deep Is Your Love? (A-Trak Remix)” by The Rapture
The Rapture’s ‘How Deep Is Your Love? (A-Trak Remix)’ paints a vivid picture of a troubled relationship, a lover’s plea for their relationship to rekindle. The lyrics are heavy with deep emotion and an almost desperate longing for the other’s feeling to be reciprocated. The A-Trak Remix opens the song with a bouncy, lively, upbeat tempo – an abrupt contrast to the melancholy words being sung. This juxtaposition could be a representation of how, when speaking of a romantic relationship, an individual can feel that tug between being optimistic and hoping that the bond they share with their partner can be fixed, and the darker, more pessimistic side, of the knowledge that things are unraveling.
Through each chorus, the question of ‘How deep is your love’ is repeated – a reminder that the past feelings they felt for each other can be relit and that they can still make it work, that it is indeed possible to save the relationship. Each line carries a weight of vulnerability and heartache as the lyrics go on to describe a grimly realistic situation, leaving questions such as ‘will our love just die in the night’ to linger in the mind of both the protagonist and the listener.
The Remix further emphasizes this tension by reaching a high-energy breakbeat climax before falling away into a calming lull.