You know the rules_#metaphor and so do I
A full commitment's what I'm thinkin' of
You wouldn't get this from any other guy

I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling
Gotta make you understand

Never gonna give you up_#metaphor
Never gonna let you down_#metaphor
Never gonna run around and desert you_#metaphor
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye_#metaphor
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you

We've known each other for so long
Your heart's been aching_{#personification}, but you're too shy to say it
Inside, we both know what's been going on_#metaphor
We know the game and we're gonna play it_#metaphor

And if you ask me how I'm feeling
Don't tell me you're too blind to see_#metaphor

Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you

Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you

We've known each other for so long
Your heart's been aching, but you're too shy to say it
Inside, we both know what's been going on
We know the game and we're gonna play it

I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling
Gotta make you understand

Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you

Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you

Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you

Description

Strangers are people are unfamiliar with each other

Meaning

They are not unfamiliar with the relationship of love in between them

Description

Giving up refers to to stop hoping for someone to do something

Meaning

The singer will never stop anticipating for the person he is singing to , to do an action

Description

To let someone down is to fail to support someone as they expected to

Meaning

The singer is implying that he will not fail to help the person he is singing to

Description

To run around is to get from one location to another

To desert someone is to abandon them

Meaning

The singer is implying that he will never abandon the target and talk to other people while leaving them behind

Description

To say goodbye is to express wishes at the end of the conversation or when you are parting ways

Meaning

The singer will never part ways with the target or end their relationship with one another

Description

Aching is the act of experiencing a dull pain

Meaning

Hearts can't physically ache but in this case the targets heart has been experiencing a mental pain

Description

To play a game is to engage in an activity that has specific rules set

Meaning

The "game" the singer is referring to is the "game" of love. The singer is implying that him and the target knows how the relationship of love in between them works and the rules and boundaries they set for each other

Description

To be blind is to have a disability to see most of the things happening around them

Meaning

The singer is saying that the target should not say that they are unable to see how the singer is feeling hence the target has to ask how the singer is feeling in the previous line

Description

A rule is a specifically set guidelines for different actions and activities

Meaning

The singer is suggesting that the target knows the standards they expect from each other

And, the singer is also implying that they have been in a relationship before as some of the lyrics say that they "know the game"

of their relationship and they should continue it and not end it.