Way You Move — Ben Wagner Lyrics

Song Facts:

• Artist: Ben Wagner


• Genre: Singer/Songwriter

Annotations and Meaning:

"Way You Move" is an ode to the charm and appeal of a fleeting moment between two people on a dance floor. The appeal of its lyrics represents attractiveness, movement, and profound effects on a gesture.
Actually, the line that reads "Well I saw you, setting the mood / Like a light in a smoking room," immediately places one in an intimate place as the metaphor for lighting alludes to the magnet nature of the person catching the singer's attention. This imagery sets a sultry and somewhat nostalgic tone, evoking a sense of classic romance and intrigue.

Dancing becomes a central metaphor in "Dancing to the blues like a disco groove, / Catching every eye".

It is not actually meant for dancing but to express an idea of freedom and identity. Opposing "blues" to a "disco groove," with the means of synthesis that points the fact, puts at juxtaposition a depth of feeling with playful energy, reflecting the complexities of the human experience.

The line "You just move, baby / Move any way you need" brings a sense of admiration and wonder from the speaker in how the loved one avails herself through dance. It speaks of the celebration of the independence of the other and the magnetic draw that uninhibited self-expression brings.

"The way you move is moving me" contains literal and figurative words. Literally, it explains how the dance makes the person feel. Figuratively, maybe an emotional and spiritual impact; the way the person moves does impact the singer. The movement is a repeated motif: "if you take me to the left, baby / take me to the right," echoing in its dizzying rise to and fro, playing at being led in dance, and thusly, in life. It symbolizes the readiness to follow the other in entrusting them with your direction and emotions. This carries a desire for connection that is deep and lasts a long time.

Essentially, "Way You Move" is a heartwarming discovery of the full intention of human contact, which is portrayed with a metaphor of dancing. Ben Wagner lays down a plot that goes further from the physicality of movement into an emotional feeling of being moved by another's essence. This is an out-and-out testimonial to the way in which love and attraction can be transforming: one is celebrating the very fact that the simple presence of somebody else is all it could take to get us off-course, being the cause for high spirits.