In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
All: Well it's true that we love one another
Holly: I love Jack White like a little brother
Jack: Well Holly I love you too but there's
Just so much that I don't know about you
Holly: Jack give me some money to pay my bills
Jack: All the dough I give you Holly
You been using on pain pills
Holly: Jack will you call me if you're able?
Jack: I got your phone number written
In the back of my bible
Holly: Jack I think your pulling my leg
And I think maybe I better ask Meg
Meg do you think Jack really loves me?
Meg: You know, I don't care because
Jack really bugs me
Why don't you ask him now?
Holly: Well I would but Meg
I really just don't know how
Meg: Just say 'Jack , do you adore me?'
Jack: Well I would Holly but love really bores me
All: Then i guess we should just be friends
Jack: I'm just kidding Holly
You know that I'll love you 'til the end
All: Well it's true that we love one another
Holly: I love Jack White like a little brother
Jack: Well Holly I love you too but there's
Just so much that I don't know about you
Holly give me some of your English lovin'
Holly: If I did that Jack I'd have one in the oven
Why don't you go off and love yourself
Jack: If I did that Holly there won't be anything
Left for anybody else
Holly: Jack it's too bad about the way you look
Jack: You know I gave that horse a carrot
So he'd break your foot
Meg: Will the two of you cut it out
And tell 'em what it's really all about
All: Well it's true that we love one another
Holly: I love Jack White like a little brother
Jack: Well Holly I love you too but there's
Just so much that I don't know about you
Holly: I love Jack White like a little brother
Jack: Well Holly I love you too but there's
Just so much that I don't know about you
Holly: Jack give me some money to pay my bills
Jack: All the dough I give you Holly
You been using on pain pills
Holly: Jack will you call me if you're able?
Jack: I got your phone number written
In the back of my bible
Holly: Jack I think your pulling my leg
And I think maybe I better ask Meg
Meg do you think Jack really loves me?
Meg: You know, I don't care because
Jack really bugs me
Why don't you ask him now?
Holly: Well I would but Meg
I really just don't know how
Meg: Just say 'Jack , do you adore me?'
Jack: Well I would Holly but love really bores me
All: Then i guess we should just be friends
Jack: I'm just kidding Holly
You know that I'll love you 'til the end
All: Well it's true that we love one another
Holly: I love Jack White like a little brother
Jack: Well Holly I love you too but there's
Just so much that I don't know about you
Holly give me some of your English lovin'
Holly: If I did that Jack I'd have one in the oven
Why don't you go off and love yourself
Jack: If I did that Holly there won't be anything
Left for anybody else
Holly: Jack it's too bad about the way you look
Jack: You know I gave that horse a carrot
So he'd break your foot
Meg: Will the two of you cut it out
And tell 'em what it's really all about
All: Well it's true that we love one another
Holly: I love Jack White like a little brother
Jack: Well Holly I love you too but there's
Just so much that I don't know about you
Lyrics submitted by ruben
It's True That We Love One Another (feat. Holly Golighty) song meanings
Add Your Thoughts
36 Comments
Add your thoughts
Log in now to tell us what you think this song means.
Don’t have an account? Create an account with SongMeanings to post comments, submit lyrics, and more. It’s super easy, we promise!
More Featured Meanings
Standing On The Edge Of Summer
Thursday
Thursday
The Night We Met
Lord Huron
Lord Huron
This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
Mountain Song
Jane's Addiction
Jane's Addiction
Jane's Addiction vocalist Perry Farrell gives Adam Reader some heartfelt insight into Jane’s Addiction's hard rock manifesto "Mountain Song", which was the second single from their revolutionary album Nothing's Shocking. Mountain song was first recorded in 1986 and appeared on the soundtrack to the film Dudes starring Jon Cryer. The version on Nothing's Shocking was re-recorded in 1988.
"'Mountain Song' was actually about... I hate to say it but... drugs. Climbing this mountain and getting as high as you can, and then coming down that mountain," reveals Farrell. "What it feels to descend from the mountain top... not easy at all. The ascension is tough but exhilarating. Getting down is... it's a real bummer. Drugs is not for everybody obviously. For me, I wanted to experience the heights, and the lows come along with it."
"There's a part - 'Cash in now honey, cash in Miss Smith.' Miss Smith is my Mother; our last name was Smith. Cashing in when she cashed in her life. So... she decided that, to her... at that time, she was desperate. Life wasn't worth it for her, that was her opinion. Some people think, never take your life, and some people find that their life isn't worth living. She was in love with my Dad, and my Dad was not faithful to her, and it broke her heart. She was very desperate and she did something that I know she regrets."
When We Were Young
Blink-182
Blink-182
This is a sequel to 2001's "Reckless Abandon", and features the band looking back on their clumsy youth fondly.
Just A Little Lovin'
Dusty Springfield
Dusty Springfield
I don't think it's necessarily about sex. It's about wanting to start the day with some love and affection. Maybe a warm cuddle. I'm not alone in interpreting it that way! For example:
"'Just a Little Lovin’ is a timeless country song originally recorded by Eddy Arnold in 1954. The song, written by Eddie Miller and Jimmy Campbell, explores the delicate nuances of love and showcases Arnold’s emotive vocals. It delves into the universal theme of love and how even the smallest gesture of affection can have a profound impact on our lives." https://oldtimemusic.com/the-meaning-behind-the-song-just-a-little-lovin-by-eddy-arnold/
i think this is Jack just playing on the whole sisiter/wife debate, and it's hilarious!
holly golightly is a solo artist... and since when did london become hooker central?!
dude sweet! billy childish played in my uncle's band the singing loins! this means i'm only four steps away from the white stripes! sha-wing!
"Holly give me some of your English lovin'
If I did that Jack I'd have one in the oven Why don't you go off and love yourself?
If I did that Holly there won't be anything Left for anybody else"
Strangely dirty for the White Stripes, but hilarious.
okay people... i just love this song cause it's so goofy and funny... it's great
it's true; it's got an such a fun, innocent feel to it, a nice note to end the album on
who' Holly?
who' Holly?
holly golightly was the name of Audrey Hepburns character in the movie Breakfast at Tiffany's, old old great great movie. It makes me think that maybe it's just some hooker jack found in London when they were making this record, and he decided to have a duet with her. apparently, ive heard, london has great hookers.
holly was in some obscure band here in the uk i think, i think she may have sang and played guitar