Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
I had forgiven you for tricking me again
But I have been tricked again,
Into forgiving you,
What is this? Are you some kind of hypnotist?
Waving your powers around - the sun eclipse behind the cloud
I thought I recognized your face
Amongst all of those strangers,
But I am the stranger now
Amongst all of the recognized
What is this, are you some kind of hypnotist?
Waving your powers around, the sun eclipse behind the cloud
But I have been tricked again,
Into forgiving you,
What is this? Are you some kind of hypnotist?
Waving your powers around - the sun eclipse behind the cloud
I thought I recognized your face
Amongst all of those strangers,
But I am the stranger now
Amongst all of the recognized
What is this, are you some kind of hypnotist?
Waving your powers around, the sun eclipse behind the cloud
Lyrics submitted by SpaceManSpiff
Are You a Hypnotist?? Lyrics as written by Wayne Coyne Steven Drozd
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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Awesome song. I love the way it shows the confusion and overwhelming feeling of giving yourself completely away to someone who will probably use you. I'm not really sure if that's what was intended by the artist, but that's sure what I got from it-- especially in the last stanza (i know that term's only approprate for poems, but..), where he realizes that really, his feelings of belonging were totally out of place. He saw her, thought he knew her (which, I believe, is a huge part of love.. maybe that's only my experience though), but now he realizes that really, everyone around him is together and he is the outsider.
I think the most beautiful part about the song is the way he poses his question, though. "Are you some kind of hypnotist?" He still thinks she's amazing (consider what comes to mind when you think of hypnotism), but he just can't believe what "her powers" have made him do. And at the beginning of the song, he tells us that she keeps "tricking" him-- that even once he feels himself finally loose of her spell, he is immediately caught right back up into the rush.
I love songs about love that never actually use the word.
good song, im always drugged when listening to this
This song is one of those that you have to play very loudly... and dance to. Or at least wave your arms in the air.
Definately a great song from a great album.
i can see an incredible video being made for this song, i can't explain it but they could make something incredibly trippy i'm sure...
not as if the song's disorienting enough. sounds the way love at first sight feels...
wow, i cant believe how lil posts this song has goten, it is AMAZNING, to me its pink floyd all over again
its about loving someone who manipulates and uses you
yes indeed. loving someone who manipulates and uses you. sucks. but for some reason you keep going back.
To ripelivejam:
Actually there is a video for this song. And yeah, it's real friggin trippy. It might give you a seizure with all the rapidly flashing colors.
I love the wordplay. I'm going to have to agree it's about letting someone trick you again and again, but still you let them trick you and you wonder if the person has magical powers because you just can't seem to catch onto their trickery.
you loved someone, they used you,and went away. Despite that, you still want them back, but they don't need you anymore. Good times...the song feels a lot better
So I decided to get super-duper high and watch the DVD that comes with the album. When it got to this song, the 5.1 mixed music and the flashing lights are designed to put one into a trance, and it feels like you can't control your own body.
"What is this, are you some kind of hypnotist," yeah has the one lyrical meaning, but when you experience the music the way they intended, it becomes your own lyric to Wayne Coyne.
Try it.