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, I, I can't get full
Please could you take my shakes
And would you hold them still
My words fell into the road
I saw it starting to happen
And I could not collect them
Before they were rolled
I could not collect them
Before they were rolled
You love, you love, you love
I hate the way you love
I hate the way you love
May I look into your glass
Because I need some reflection
Yeah, I know it won't last
And look it's over already over
And I did not have the heart
No I did not have the heart
I was loosing a button
Right from the start
I was loosing a button
I was coming apart
I was coming apart
You love, you love, you love
I hate the way you love
I hate the way you love
I know I've seen you before
You bored me then and now you just bore me some more
The clock gets locked, locked
Tick tick, tick-tick-tick, stop, stop
And now I can't get full
Please could you take my shakes
My eyes feel spikey and small
And I can't get no picture on them at all
I can't get no picture on them at all
You love, you love, you love
I hate the way you love
I hate the way you love
Please could you take my shakes
And would you hold them still
My words fell into the road
I saw it starting to happen
And I could not collect them
Before they were rolled
I could not collect them
Before they were rolled
You love, you love, you love
I hate the way you love
I hate the way you love
May I look into your glass
Because I need some reflection
Yeah, I know it won't last
And look it's over already over
And I did not have the heart
No I did not have the heart
I was loosing a button
Right from the start
I was loosing a button
I was coming apart
I was coming apart
You love, you love, you love
I hate the way you love
I hate the way you love
I know I've seen you before
You bored me then and now you just bore me some more
The clock gets locked, locked
Tick tick, tick-tick-tick, stop, stop
And now I can't get full
Please could you take my shakes
My eyes feel spikey and small
And I can't get no picture on them at all
I can't get no picture on them at all
You love, you love, you love
I hate the way you love
I hate the way you love
Lyrics submitted by trnwrck, edited by mygreentoxic
I Hate the Way You Love Lyrics as written by Alison Mosshart Jamie Hince
Lyrics © WARP MUSIC LIMITED, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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<3 Love this song.
it almost sounds like "Scissor Sisters hates you" but i don't know any connection between the two groups
anyways, this song is just lovely and in your face
I had the feeling that the song is supposed to be a parody of how bands when they perform in a city always so something like "WE LOVE YOU NEW YORK CITY". I guess the parody itself is that the city hates them. But still they want them to go on and earn their cheers.
And the line wouldn't logically be "Seven Sisters"...seriously?
what is this?
London hates you Paris hates you New York hates you L.A. hates you Detroit hates you Moscow hates you Rio hates you Georgia hates you
But they love it when you muscle on Yeah they love to see you muscle on
Berlin hates you San Francisco(?) hates you Brooklyn hates you London hates you
And they make you stand still like a hummingbird, sing like a hummingbird, stand still like a hummingbird.