Caught in the Wave: NIKI’s “Tsunami"
NIKI’s “Tsunami” paints a visceral picture of love that hits deeply, captures, and bewilders you – like a tsunami. As someone who’s been in a relationship for a year, this song hits home. This was the first song that I dedicated to my partner and it brings me back to the time I was over filled by love during the first months of our relationship .
“A roaring tsunami, you came crashing in like an act of God”. The first line of the song creates a vivid image of how the ice is broken. It makes it clear how love is portrayed as a relentless force throughout the song. NIKI’s lover enters her life like a tsunami-wave which is a passionate and devastating force. The song illustrates love that is terribly breathtaking, overwhelming, and leaves you in a drastically different state of being.
“Shake my earth, suck the air out, burn me down.” The kind of love that these words describe is wishful and dangerous. It isn't kind or soft, but there's a transforming quality about it. Nimble and dumbfounded as one was, it feels impossible to ever reach a stage of normalcy again.
One of the most powerful lyrics is, “It’s like you’ve known me through all my past lives, what an evil thought.” This connects to the part where NIKI has to talk about an individual and try to explain something that is almost unreal - the all-consuming connection. This sense of self-doubt and sentiments of fate come alive in the chorus, “I’m going under, storm, lightning, thunder. I’m drowning in the deepest of truths.” Through these lines, the listeners can experience NIKI’s confessional-like vulnerability, admitting how powerful love can be and saying how tough it can get to feel so loved.
Even when she is trying to resist, she openly accepts, “I swore I wouldn’t curl up in the palm of your hand... but there’s nothing I can do.” It is the fight to control the power that love has over unforgiving surrender. The repeated stammering of “F**k, I think I’m falling for you” captures the side of romance that is at times extremely exciting and frightening all at once.
Finally, NIKI hints at a rather sober phrase highlighting, “I’m tired of playing pretend, I Wanna jump right off the deep end.” Feeling a sense of relief knowing that it is okay to feel whatever comes one’s way.
The song speaks to anyone who has experienced the call of love, a feeling that can be utterly transforming. It serves as a reminder of the wild and breathtaking chaotic feelings I felt when I fell for my partner which till date, are as deeply intense.
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