Ho Hey

This song is about unrequited love. He has been dumped by his girl or "sweetheart". He tries to tell her (or convince her) that he's trying to be a better man , "I've been trying to do it right". He says, "I been living a lonely life" (He's lonely). He's depressed about their break-up "I've been sleeping in my bed". Besides the chorus, this the only statement in the entire song that he repeats twice. By repeating it twice, he is emphasizing his point. As if he's saying to her, did you mean me? I can't even get out of bed because I'm so depressed about our breakup.

So show me family All the blood that I will bleed I don't know where I belong I don't know where I went wrong But I can write a song

"So show me family", he's cynically saying to her, show me your allegiance or loyalty to me. He saying I was faithful to you but you left me and that's not what families are supposed to do to one another. It’s a ‘blood is thicker than water’ kind of mentality. He says, "show me..All the blood that I will bleed" meaning show me how long and how much I will have to suffer from this breakup. He's asking her, how long are you going to leave me because I'm going to keep "bleeding" (or suffering) until you return. He states, "I don't know where I belong" meaning that without her he doesn't know where else he fits in, which implies that life without her has lost all meaning to him. He refers to the first stanza by stating, "I don't know what I did wrong" echoing the statement, "I've been trying to do it right". Basically, he's asking what did I do that was so wrong that you feel the need to leave me?

I belong with you, you belong with me You're my sweetheart I belong with you, you belong with me You're my sweet

He is asking her to listen to reason, "I belong with you and you belong with me because you're my sweetheart." The term "sweetheart" is a term of endearment often used by people when referring to a childhood or long term relationship. This term indicates that his feelings towards her run deeper than they would towards just casual girlfriend. He views her as a long term romance.

I don't think you're right for him Think of what it might have been if we Took a bus to Chinatown I'd be standin' on Canal and Bowery And she'd be standin' next to me

She's moved on and he doesn't think "she's right" for her new man because he feels that she is only right for him. He asks her to "think of what might have been" if they had taken a bus to Chinatown". His next statement is written as though he's day dreaming, "I'd be standin' on Canal and Bowery" (a famous engagement ring store in NYC) and his sweetheart would be "standing" next to him as they picked out an engagement ring together. He's basically asking her to think about how different their lives would currently be if they had become engaged. When he states, "she'd be standing next to me", it is unclear as to whether she left him because he wouldn't propose to her when he had the chance or if she broke up with him before he had the chance to propose.

I belong with you, you belong with me You're my sweetheart I belong with you, you belong with me You're my sweetheart

Again, he is trying to convince her to see reason-we belong together.

Love we need it now Let's hope for some Cause oh, we're bleedin' out

He's finishing his conversation with her by saying. We both need love now. By stating," let's hope for some because we're bleedin' out", he's saying, let’s hope for some love from each other in our relationship together because we are both (bleeding) suffering and being emotionally drained in our current circumstances. Again, he reiterates, we belong together because we're "sweethearts". Note that for each stanza, the melody is played with base keys and with a slower tempo depicting his depressed state but the chorus is played with treble clef keys and at a faster tempo indicating his hopeful desire to reunite with his sweetheart.

I belong with you, you belong with me You're my sweetheart I belong with you, you belong with me You're my sweet