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.
Automatic (automatic, automatic, automatic)
Automatic (automatic, automatic, automatic)
You're automatic and your hearts like an engine (whoa-oh)
I die with every beat
You're automatic and your voice is electric (whoa-oh)
Why do I still believe?
It's automatic everywhere in your letter (whoa-oh)
A lie that makes me bleed
It's automatic when you say things get better (whoa-oh)
But they never
There's no real love in you
There's no real love in you
There's no real love in you
Why do I keep loving you?
Feels automatic, counting cars on a crossroad (whoa-oh)
They come and go like you
Feels automatic, watching faces I don't know (whoa-oh)
Erase the face of you
It's automatic, systematic, so traumatic
You're automatic
There's no real love in you
There's no real love in you
There's no real love in you
Why do I keep loving you?
Automatic (automatic, automatic, automatic)
Automatic (automatic, automatic, automatic)
Automatic (automatic, automatic, automatic)
Automatic (automatic, automatic, automatic)
Each step you make
Each breath you take
Your heart, your soul
Remote-controlled
This life is so sick
You're automatic to me
(There's no real love in you)
(There's no real love in you)
There's no real love in you
There's no real love in you
There's no real love in you
There's no real love in you
There's no real love in you
Why do I keep loving you?
Automatic (automatic, automatic, automatic), there's no real
Automatic (automatic, automatic, automatic), love in you
Automatic (automatic), why do I
Automatic (automatic), keep loving you?
Automatic
Automatic (automatic, automatic, automatic)
You're automatic and your hearts like an engine (whoa-oh)
I die with every beat
You're automatic and your voice is electric (whoa-oh)
Why do I still believe?
It's automatic everywhere in your letter (whoa-oh)
A lie that makes me bleed
It's automatic when you say things get better (whoa-oh)
But they never
There's no real love in you
There's no real love in you
There's no real love in you
Why do I keep loving you?
Feels automatic, counting cars on a crossroad (whoa-oh)
They come and go like you
Feels automatic, watching faces I don't know (whoa-oh)
Erase the face of you
It's automatic, systematic, so traumatic
You're automatic
There's no real love in you
There's no real love in you
There's no real love in you
Why do I keep loving you?
Automatic (automatic, automatic, automatic)
Automatic (automatic, automatic, automatic)
Automatic (automatic, automatic, automatic)
Automatic (automatic, automatic, automatic)
Each step you make
Each breath you take
Your heart, your soul
Remote-controlled
This life is so sick
You're automatic to me
(There's no real love in you)
(There's no real love in you)
There's no real love in you
There's no real love in you
There's no real love in you
There's no real love in you
There's no real love in you
Why do I keep loving you?
Automatic (automatic, automatic, automatic), there's no real
Automatic (automatic, automatic, automatic), love in you
Automatic (automatic), why do I
Automatic (automatic), keep loving you?
Automatic
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Bill has stated that this song is about an 'emotionless human'.
I don't remember seeing that interview.<br /> <br /> I remember Tom saying that it was more like a relationship that becomes too routine and 'automatic' and how for a relationship that's a bad thing. It was in the Viva Live interview. (youtube.com/watch)
The boys have said that it's about automatic love but also automatic people, like in the music industry; they wrote it as a love song probably, but it can be interpreted either way. So saying the song is about an "emotionless human" isn't really too far off.
I didn't expect something like this from Tokio Hotel, but I like it. And it's catchy too :)
Well...aside from the first comment ^_^ ... ... ...
It seems though as if other people influence who this song is directed to( who bill is speaking to) but they don't seem to care how they are affected by others. They might have been different in the past (erase the face of you).
this leaves the teller of this story heartbroken yet still attached (why do i keep loving you?)
well....anyway,
GREAT SONG!!! I got chills when i first heard it, considering it sounded like tokio hotel almost went SCENE on us all D:
idk im only a teenager from the school of the arts.
have a nice day ppl
XP
I think this song is about someone with automatic feelings toward someone. So the person is just so sick of having an automatic relationship and so they just want to brake it off.
my favourite TH song :)
It's weird for me because it's like the song is talking about me because this is what a boy I know is accusing me of. o.o Kinda trippy. Didn't think I could relate to this.
I love this song. I wasn't really into Tokio Hotel before I heard it, but I really like them now! :]] The lyrics are amazing. And Bill's voice is chilling!
ii think this song is about an undecisve heartless hot n cold girl, that he cnt stop loving. her actions become so preidictable that they just becom "automatic", bt he keeps coming to her. She alwys leaves bt she comes back which maks her hot nd cold. i love this song becuz i knew sum1 lyk that nd its truly my favorite song...without a doubt.
First off, not what I expected from TH, but I really liked the song when I first heard it. You really have to listen to get the chorus right though. Bill is basically saying that someone clearly is emotionless, robotic, and that he knows he's wasting his time with whoever. You really have to watch the video to get the full impact of lyric and meaning. Bill's amazing with his vocals in this piece.
I love this song, it's been my favourite song for about 6 months now.
Well, to me, this is what it means:
You can keep on loving someone, no matter what. It's automatic loving them ... you just can't remember doing anything except that. And they don't even love you back, but you keep on loving them, and you just don't know why. You can try anything to forget them, but in the end, your heart always go back to them. And you don't even want to love them anymore, but that's all you have.
This is from personal experience. My favourite part is the last chorus and the outro ... they just sound so desperate, like there's nothing left inside you except loving them. You've become automatic. <3