Usher – Climax lyrics

A boy and a girl. They've been together for a while. Through the years, they've seen hard times. They're only human, so like anyone else, they've made mistakes. Mistakes that they've forgiven, but not forgot even though they've tried there hardest to. After everything's build up, a past full of love and hate. They want each other more then anything in the world, but they're both finding it hard to trust each other and move past the insecurities they've brought upon each other. They love each other more than anything, but how can they be happy when they're constantly thinking about the past?

I think this song is about how he and a girl are in are in a relationship for a long period of time. He loves her, and she loves him. However, trouble between them begins to happen, and the stress and pressure of their troubles causes him to want to leave her. So they break up. As time goes on, he realizes that dating other people isn't helping his empty heart. He hasn't seen her around like he used to see her and they don't talk at all. Later he finds out she has relocated somewhere else. All this time he is missing her, wanting her, and crying over her because he still loves her deeply and wants her back. 10 months or more go by with absolute no contact with her, and then one day he decides to randomly give her a phone call. He calls telling her that he still loves and misses her. He says he still wants to be with her. She listens to what he says and her heart longs for him like its been longing for him. Although she still loves him with all her heart, she tells him that they've reached a climax. Basically she thinks that it's time to move on from him although she still loves him. He wishes he didn't leave her or end the relationship. He realized he made a big mistake in leaving her, seeing how he still loves her and can't move on but she is taking a big step foward and finally moving on. He wishes they could get back together because they both still love each other but realizes the love of his life has walked away and he'll never ever have her back. They've reached the climax. They move their seperate ways, hearts still full of love, as well as pain.
Advice to those going through tough times: fight! Fight the problems you might face with your boyfriend or girlfriend. Don't ruin something speacial because times get tough. You'll regret it later. Whether you're the person who left the love of your life or you're the one sitting and having to tell the love of your life you've reached a climax and you don't want to be with them anymore despite still loving them and longing for them.

Many people think the song "climax" by usher is about s** it's not! Its really about an ultimate experience or lack thereof or a finale of an experience of love and life. When you are in a relationship or what you figure to be in a relationship and its kinda reached the climax to where you want it to go. You have to let it go if you are not going to commit. That's what the song is about! Its my fav. Its about reaching the peak. The "climax" of an relationship its up to you do we commitment or like the song says "do we separate". It's up to you!

Seems to me they are at a cross roads of a long, love&hate filled relationship. They don't know if they can live with each other any longer but can't imagine ending it. So they take a break to figure out the future and bam, outta nowhere he meets another girl that is everything he's wanted the ex to B. But, he's still not sure what to do, he doesn't want to give up on the ex until she tells him she's definitely done or they agree to end it. But this amazing new chick is weighing heavy on his mind. Finally he decides he's not waiting on a mutual decision and he's giving in.

I love this record maybe more than anything else usher has done to this point. That's a monumental statement considering the many monstrous he has had in his stellar career. I appreciate his growth as an artist and as a man. We(men) suffer and hurt for love and its often misinterpreted or sadly not recognized at all. I salute you usher for taking what seems at first to be another tired s** song(only because of the title) and gave it such meaning, feeling and something relatable. I hope that you continue to share your pain, experiences and eloquently vocalize our vulnerablities and angst. Kp.