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.
Hydrogen in our veins
It cannot hold itself
Our my blood is pouring
And the pressure in our bodies
That echoes up above it is exploding
And our particles they're burning up
Because they yearn for each other
And although we stick together
It seems that we are stranging one another
Feel it on me love
Feel it on me love
Feel it on me love
(Strangeness and charm)
See it on me love
See it on me love
See it on me love
(Strangeness and charm)
An atom to atom oh can you feel it on me love
A pattern to pattern oh can you see it on me love
Atom to atom oh what's the matter with me love
Strangeness and charm
It started from your arms and it's a catalyst
You're a chemical that burns there's nothing like this
It's the purest element but it's so volatile
An equation heaven sent, and you'll forever inject
Strangeness and charm
Feel it on me love
Feel it on me love
Feel it on me love
(Strangeness and charm)
See it on me love
See it on me love
See it on me love
(Strangeness and charm)
An atom to atom oh can you feel it on me love and
A pattern to pattern oh can you see it on me love
Atom to atom oh what's the matter with me love
Strangeness and charm
It started from your arms and it's a catalyst
You're a chemical that burns there's nothing like this
It's the purest element but it's so volatile
An equation heaven sent and you'll forever inject
Strangeness and charm
Strangeness and charm
Strangeness and charm
Strangeness and charm
Strangeness and charm
Strangeness and charm
Strangeness and charm
Strangeness and charm
Strangeness and charm
Strangeness and charm
It started from your arms and it's a catalyst
You're a chemical that burns there's nothing like this
It's the purest element and it's so volatile
An equation heaven sent and you'll forever inject
Feel it on me love
Feel it on me love
Feel it on me love
(Strangeness and charm)
See it on me love
See it on me love
See it on me love
(Strangeness and charm)
Feel it on me love
Feel it on me love
Feel it on me love
(Strangeness and charm)
See it on me love
See it on me love
See it on me love
(Strangeness and charm)
Oh, oh, down, down down down
Oh, oh, down, down down down
Oh, oh, down, down down down
Oh, oh, down, down down down
It cannot hold itself
Our my blood is pouring
And the pressure in our bodies
That echoes up above it is exploding
And our particles they're burning up
Because they yearn for each other
And although we stick together
It seems that we are stranging one another
Feel it on me love
Feel it on me love
Feel it on me love
(Strangeness and charm)
See it on me love
See it on me love
See it on me love
(Strangeness and charm)
An atom to atom oh can you feel it on me love
A pattern to pattern oh can you see it on me love
Atom to atom oh what's the matter with me love
Strangeness and charm
It started from your arms and it's a catalyst
You're a chemical that burns there's nothing like this
It's the purest element but it's so volatile
An equation heaven sent, and you'll forever inject
Strangeness and charm
Feel it on me love
Feel it on me love
Feel it on me love
(Strangeness and charm)
See it on me love
See it on me love
See it on me love
(Strangeness and charm)
An atom to atom oh can you feel it on me love and
A pattern to pattern oh can you see it on me love
Atom to atom oh what's the matter with me love
Strangeness and charm
It started from your arms and it's a catalyst
You're a chemical that burns there's nothing like this
It's the purest element but it's so volatile
An equation heaven sent and you'll forever inject
Strangeness and charm
Strangeness and charm
Strangeness and charm
Strangeness and charm
Strangeness and charm
Strangeness and charm
Strangeness and charm
Strangeness and charm
Strangeness and charm
Strangeness and charm
It started from your arms and it's a catalyst
You're a chemical that burns there's nothing like this
It's the purest element and it's so volatile
An equation heaven sent and you'll forever inject
Feel it on me love
Feel it on me love
Feel it on me love
(Strangeness and charm)
See it on me love
See it on me love
See it on me love
(Strangeness and charm)
Feel it on me love
Feel it on me love
Feel it on me love
(Strangeness and charm)
See it on me love
See it on me love
See it on me love
(Strangeness and charm)
Oh, oh, down, down down down
Oh, oh, down, down down down
Oh, oh, down, down down down
Oh, oh, down, down down down
Lyrics submitted by ImARobotMachine, edited by tokataro, PoetryBird, cactuar, Peachre
Strangeness and Charm Lyrics as written by Paul Epworth Florence Welch
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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I honestly don't know what she's saying after 'An equation heaven sent' but I don't think it rhymes with 'inject'.
Anyway this is a lovely song, I was kind of expecting it to actually have some higher level scientific metaphors in it but they aren't there really. i think the point of the song is 'I'm so in love with my boyfriend, it's so magical a bit like science which is also kind of magical cos i don't know much about it'. And I don't mean that in a sneering nasty way, but she's obviously watched a couple of science documentaries then written a love song.