The Brian Jonestown Massacre

If I Love You

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If I love you
If I love you girl I want you to know
That I'm never ever lettin' you go

If I show you
If I show you
If I show you 'cause I want you to know
It's the only way I'm lettin' you flow

If I tell you
If I told you like I told you before and I'll tell you again
I really want you as my love and my very best friend
'Cause I love you
Yes I love you
Yes I love you
Yes I...

If I love you
If I love you girl I want you to know
It's the only way I'm lettin' you flow
So I tell you that I love you
And I told you before and...
'Cause I love you
Yes I love you
Yes I love you
Yes I love...

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ecorchee1 On Apr 27, 2008

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by BoyInTheBrightBlueJeans

15y ago

I think this song deals in terms of communication that transcend the audio-linguistic plane of human perception, reaching the twisted claw of muddy loathing into the ethereal lantern-light of who-what-when-where-why and pulling from the foggy ruins of somewhere a memory so richly sad in inclination that the glistening eyes of the prophets gleam in the stardust of the seven seas as thousands of children drown happily, content due to their Buddhist roots, embracing death as one would an old friend, with open arms and an expectant heart, and meeting Deepak Chopra in a field of corn where an elf is measuring the length of his stiff member and reciting biblical passages from a drooled-on notebook titled; "Where Thej Wild Things Aren't" or something.

But I could be wrong. These things are pretty subjective.

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