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 be on the hotline like every day
Making sure the DJ know what I want him to play
You know I got my top back and my beat low
Rocking my stunner shades and turning up my radio
Turn up my radio (radio, radio)
I think I'm in love with my radio
'Cause it never lets me down
And I fall in love with my stereo
Whenever I hear that sound (oh)
Whenever I hear that sound (oh)
Whenever I hear that sound
You're the only one that papa allowed to hang out in my room
With the door closed, we'd be alone
And mama never freaked out when she heard it go boom
'Cause she knew we were in the zone
Hold him in my arms and look out of my window
(Under the moonlight)
And he'd be keeping me calm, so I'd never let him go
He's got a place in my heart
I think I'm in love with my radio
'Cause it never lets me down
And I fall in love with my stereo
(With my stereo, oh oh)
Whenever I hear that sound (oh whoa, whoa)
(Oh, oh, oh whoa, whoa)
Whenever I hear that sound (oh whoa, whoa)
(Oh, oh, oh whoa, whoa)
Whenever I hear that sound
When I get into my car, I turn it up
Then I hear vibrations all up in my trunk
And the bassline be rattling through my seats
Then that crazy feeling starts happening, oh
I get butterflies when I hear the DJ
(Playing the stuff I like)
And I fall deeper in love with every song he plays
He's got a place in my heart
I think I'm in love with my radio (with my radio)
'Cause it never lets me down (no no, no, no, no)
And I fall in love with my stereo (with my stereo)
Whenever I hear that sound (ohh, oh whoa, whoa)
(Oh, oh, oh whoa, whoa)
Whenever I hear that sound (oh, oh whoa, whoa)
(Oh, oh, oh whoa, whoa)
Whenever I hear that sound
I be on the hotline like every day
Making sure the DJ know what I want him to play
You know I got my top back and my beat low
Rocking my stunner shades and turning up my radio
Turn up my radio (radio, radio)
I think I'm in love with my radio
'Cause it never lets me down
And I fall in love with my stereo
Whenever I hear that sound (oh whoa, whoa)
(Oh, oh, oh whoa, whoa)
Whenever I hear that sound (oh whoa, whoa)
(Oh, oh, oh whoa, whoa)
Whenever I hear that sound
Oh whoa, whoa
Oh whoa, whoa
Oh whoa, whoa, whoa
Making sure the DJ know what I want him to play
You know I got my top back and my beat low
Rocking my stunner shades and turning up my radio
Turn up my radio (radio, radio)
I think I'm in love with my radio
'Cause it never lets me down
And I fall in love with my stereo
Whenever I hear that sound (oh)
Whenever I hear that sound (oh)
Whenever I hear that sound
You're the only one that papa allowed to hang out in my room
With the door closed, we'd be alone
And mama never freaked out when she heard it go boom
'Cause she knew we were in the zone
Hold him in my arms and look out of my window
(Under the moonlight)
And he'd be keeping me calm, so I'd never let him go
He's got a place in my heart
I think I'm in love with my radio
'Cause it never lets me down
And I fall in love with my stereo
(With my stereo, oh oh)
Whenever I hear that sound (oh whoa, whoa)
(Oh, oh, oh whoa, whoa)
Whenever I hear that sound (oh whoa, whoa)
(Oh, oh, oh whoa, whoa)
Whenever I hear that sound
When I get into my car, I turn it up
Then I hear vibrations all up in my trunk
And the bassline be rattling through my seats
Then that crazy feeling starts happening, oh
I get butterflies when I hear the DJ
(Playing the stuff I like)
And I fall deeper in love with every song he plays
He's got a place in my heart
I think I'm in love with my radio (with my radio)
'Cause it never lets me down (no no, no, no, no)
And I fall in love with my stereo (with my stereo)
Whenever I hear that sound (ohh, oh whoa, whoa)
(Oh, oh, oh whoa, whoa)
Whenever I hear that sound (oh, oh whoa, whoa)
(Oh, oh, oh whoa, whoa)
Whenever I hear that sound
I be on the hotline like every day
Making sure the DJ know what I want him to play
You know I got my top back and my beat low
Rocking my stunner shades and turning up my radio
Turn up my radio (radio, radio)
I think I'm in love with my radio
'Cause it never lets me down
And I fall in love with my stereo
Whenever I hear that sound (oh whoa, whoa)
(Oh, oh, oh whoa, whoa)
Whenever I hear that sound (oh whoa, whoa)
(Oh, oh, oh whoa, whoa)
Whenever I hear that sound
Oh whoa, whoa
Oh whoa, whoa
Oh whoa, whoa, whoa
Lyrics submitted by tonyxthrashdown
Radio Lyrics as written by Richard Preston Butler James Scheffer
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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