Techno Ted may be a person who caused Chris incredible emotional pain & trepidation as well as moments of peace & happiness but now is removed and awaiting his fate. Darling may be a different person who is also free of him and can live her life free of Ted's tyranny. "In between all the laughing, and daydreams ... lies: a desert of truth" Lies are like a desert or the omission of Truth: Where there were Lies then Truth was absent. The song, "Techno Ted", may be a cathartic celebration of the downfall of this person.
You'll get your money
I'll get my friends
Hard living's forgiven
In the end
You got your troubles
I got mine
On a clear day I can
Read your mind
Ooh
It's like a battlefield inside
[Chorus]
You got to
Give a little love
Give a little love
Give a little love
To get a little love
Give a little love
Give a little love
I know you better
Than you want me to
Inside your pockets
And walking in your shoes
Ooh
It can get better if you try
[Chorus]
[Chorus 2]
I hope you
Give a little love
Give a little love
Give a little love
To get a little love
Give a little love
Give a little love
I keep you close
In my wildest dreams
My rearview mirror
And you're waving to me
Our last goodbye
[Chorus 2 x2]
I'll get my friends
Hard living's forgiven
In the end
You got your troubles
I got mine
On a clear day I can
Read your mind
Ooh
It's like a battlefield inside
[Chorus]
You got to
Give a little love
Give a little love
Give a little love
To get a little love
Give a little love
Give a little love
I know you better
Than you want me to
Inside your pockets
And walking in your shoes
Ooh
It can get better if you try
[Chorus]
[Chorus 2]
I hope you
Give a little love
Give a little love
Give a little love
To get a little love
Give a little love
Give a little love
I keep you close
In my wildest dreams
My rearview mirror
And you're waving to me
Our last goodbye
[Chorus 2 x2]
Lyrics submitted by southboundpachyderm
Give a Little Love Lyrics as written by Darren Emilio Lewis Iyiola Babatunde Babalola
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Spirit Music Group, Downtown Music Publishing, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Lyrics powered by LyricFind
Add your thoughts
Log in now to tell us what you think this song means.
Don’t have an account? Create an account with SongMeanings to post comments, submit lyrics, and more. It’s super easy, we promise!
More Featured Meanings
Techno Ted
Audioslave
Audioslave
The Night We Met
Lord Huron
Lord Huron
This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
Mental Istid
Ebba Grön
Ebba Grön
This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
Punchline
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran sings about missing his former partner and learning important life lessons in the process on “Punchline.” This track tells a story of battling to get rid of emotions for a former lover, whom he now realized might not have loved him the same way. He’s now caught between accepting that fact and learning life lessons from it and going back to beg her for another chance.
Amazing
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran tells a story of unsuccessfully trying to feel “Amazing.” This track is about the being weighed down by emotional stress despite valiant attempts to find some positivity in the situation. This track was written by Ed Sheeran from the perspective of his friend. From the track, we see this person fall deeper into the negative thoughts and slide further down the path of mental torment with every lyric.
i saw Jenny perform this the other day and it was incredible - it was more to show off her voice.
She said it was written for the other main guy (B-man?).
anyway i think its awesome - no point just doing the same old same old.
lol
hahaha the whole album is a mess, doesn't fit together, the lyrics are weak as hell, and the rhythms of the songs make me want to throw my ipod across the room
this whole album kind of makes me want to cry... why rilo kiley why?
the lyrics on the album are so lackluster! She has immense vocal talents but when she uses them on crap that is 80% of "Under The Blacklight" it makes me ashamed to admit I was a fan of RK.
There is nothing wrong with changing your sound, but the fact that this goes along with the new record company change, it makes me question their devotion to music vs. money.
lyrics are bad, but i like the song....
lyrics suck. you can def hear their hop hop producer, mike enziodo or whatevers voice on this track even more than the rest.
and though i hated it when i first bought the cd, this song has been stuck in my head for the past couple of days.
why is rilo kiley doing r&b? the new album is terrible!! Too bad they went on the overprocessed route like everyone else. :(
I agree, Heather!
what the hell happened? there's like 2 songs that are substantial on under the blacklight. the rest just makes me wonder what the hell happened to rilo kiley. sure, jenny lewis' voice may be stronger, but i like the old stuff.
stop bitching..