This song from Frozen musical is a dialogue that Anna has with Elsa after finding her in the North Mountain where she escapes after her powers are revealed to the people of Arendelle. Anna wants Elsa to come back to their kingdom but the latter is strongly against it.

The song begins with each expressing her point of view to the other person.

Elsa: Standing frozen in this life I’ve chosen
Please, don’t find me, the past is all behind me
Leave me in the snow, let me go

Anna: No, Elsa, wait, don’t go!
Elsa: I’m just trying to protect you!
Anna: You don’t have to protect me! I’m not afraid!
Elsa: What do you want, Anna?

Anna: This. Just you and I talking and chatting and taking up space

They try hard to make the other see the situation from her vantage point. Elsa is convinced that she is doing what is best for her sister even as Anna pleads with her not to shut her out again. The song builds up as both siblings voice their deepest fears in harmony.

Anna & Elsa: I can’t lose you, not again
I can’t lose you like then

Here are two sisters who are both afraid of losing the other but each views that loss differently. Elsa fears losing her sister by harming her with her powers while Anna considers loss as being closed off from each other. These lyrics struck me as they closely parallel the quandary in our real world relationships. We often shield our loved ones thinking that we are protecting them when that action of protection itself ends up causing a rift.

The antidote to this dilemma is also hidden in the same song. The war of words grows to a crescendo, finally ending with this.

Anna & Elsa: If you loved yourself the way I do
Then you’d see why I can’t lose you

These two lines are worth repeating and remembering.