I Don't Love Anyone

Surprised that no one has said what I've always understood this song to be about! Stuart of B&S is a big fan of a 1980s group named Felt. Their singer, Lawrence, is a notorious eccentric. I remember reading an interview with him saying that he basically spent all day at home alone, reading books, washing his hair, and basically passing the time until he did band-related stuff at night.

I know that he hated Christmas and revealed that he spent the last Christmas at home alone, cooking and eating an entire turkey by himself. I don't know if he ever said the words "I don't love anyone" but it fits... but the REAL clincher is that Lawrence wrote a beautiful, delicate song called "The World Is As Soft As Lace." So I think that at the end of the song Stuart is marvelling at how someone could write a song such as that and ironically not love anyone at all.

I think this song is about a kid who has been rejected by a girl and who is now pretending he doesn't love the girl, even though he's heart broken.

the line about taking a hiding (taking a hiding is Scottish slang for being beaten) as a child is referring to him being beaten when he was younger and him learning to pretend he didn't care.

Its about covering up your vulnerabilities to the world.

I love this song. To me it seems like it's about somebody that's trying to sound all cool and mature but all he manages to do is be adorable. This is a good song to listen to when I'm in a bad mood, it just makes me feel like sulking makes you look silly.

I've always thought of the narrator as a young-ish person, maybe early 20s, who had a rough childhood ("one that that I learnt when I was still a child it's to take a hiding"), and probably had few friends ("... when I was still at school it's to be alone").

This has led him to put up this loving no-one front as a sort of defence against the world, to protect himself from people, because abused children can develop problems with being loved and accepting people, and to justify his loneliness.

I think it's actually a very sad song, despite the upbeat music. I like iamanartbitch's idea though, and the story about the 80s band loner is probably true, so its probably about that.

it seems like a kid that nobody likes, so he takes the better of it, by saying it's himself that don't like them. but it's so versatile, and that's just what i get from it

it seems like a kid that nobody likes, so he takes the better of it, by saying it's himself that don't like them. but it's so versatile, and that's just what i get from it

theme song of the day, i'd have to say. Wonderful song and best part.. "Out in the street today The kids are playing, having fun I pass them by I'm not a kid, no I don't love anyone"

To me, there are two ways of looking at this song.

The first way: it sounds like someone might have just asked the narrator why he doesn't love/appreciate them, so in the song, the narrator explains that it's nothing personal -- he doesn't love anyone at all. The person must be kidding themselves ("you're playing with yourself") if they think that the narrator might actually develop feelings for them.

Another way of looking at it, is that the narrator could be a young kid who doesn't have any friends/playmates, and tries to shrug it off by saying that he doesn't love anyone -- he doesn't like people in general -- as opposed to admitting that maybe nobody loves him. (basically what Powdhar said)

I'm almost positive this is about Holden Caulfield. I don't know about "the world is as soft as lace" part but if you've read the book the rest of the song makes total sense.

I think it's because those moods everyone goes through when we're mad at the human race and we think we don't love anyone. But deep down inside, everyone loves Christmas...