What does "but it's more than one and one makes two" mean?

Asked by pcmonkey (427

) April 19th, 2013 from iPhone

In the song, Wanted by Hunter Hayes, the lyrics say
“Like everything that’s green girl I need you. But it’s more than one and one makes two. But put aside the math and the logic of it. Gotta know you’re wanted too.” When he says “like everything girl I need you”, I’m assuming he’s making a reference to plants and what not because it would be impossible to survive without them. But then he says “but it’s more than one and one makes two.” That makes no sense to me whatsoever. One does not make two, it makes one. Please help me understand this.

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It means that something is not as simple/straightforward/black & white as it may appear, in this instance, relationships.

ucme (50047

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I read it as …But it’s more than 1 + 1 makes 2.., and not …But it’s one [comma] and one makes two…
In other words: “The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.”
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rebbel (35553

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@rebbel Please listen to the song. I honestly doby think he says plus instead of and.

pcmonkey (427

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@pcmonkey I am sure he doesn’t sing plus, but that is how I read it.
If only for it to make sense (to me).

rebbel (35553

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It’s like… you know the phrase “One and one make two”? Well, this is more than that. It’s more than “One and one make two”.

I know the way his voice pauses a bit makes it sound like he’s singing “It’s more than one. And one makes two.” AND, more importantly, he used “makes” instead of “make”. So, it is a little confusing. The reason for this is pretty simple: songwriters do not make good grammarians.

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@glacial Thank you.

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