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.
Sitting Here in this white patterned room
Imagining I'm a meteor flying out through the distant space
How does tiny speckle earth destroy tomorrow
So capable of so many things
Why make life taking planes
I believe, that when you lose your root
Choose the sunlight
It could be your guide
No more political dreams
Not another excuse
Don't need another love song when you the love bomb
[Chorus:]
To just blow us away
To freakin' blow the lights out
Turning night to day
Hear it from miles away
Just to make it right now
Fuck what the government says
We gotta save some lights now
Is that OK?
Can't you see?
This is the Truman show baby
Cause when they fight who dies is you
Oh what if you unscrew me
We've got the same gears and same tools
But how you gonna catch up with your head hanging down
What'cha see staring at the ground
I believe, even without a clue
You've got sunlight
And it can be your guide
No more political dreams
Not another excuse
Don't need another love song when you the love bomb
[Chorus]
[Bridge:]
I'm trying to imply the few,
By removing propaganda but,
The must of fused a dove with super-glue,
I'm tryin' to take a machine apart yea,
What I'm simply trying to do
Is have the business take a pause,
I've been down every avenue,
But every body's good as gone
[Chorus]
Imagining I'm a meteor flying out through the distant space
How does tiny speckle earth destroy tomorrow
So capable of so many things
Why make life taking planes
I believe, that when you lose your root
Choose the sunlight
It could be your guide
No more political dreams
Not another excuse
Don't need another love song when you the love bomb
[Chorus:]
To just blow us away
To freakin' blow the lights out
Turning night to day
Hear it from miles away
Just to make it right now
Fuck what the government says
We gotta save some lights now
Is that OK?
Can't you see?
This is the Truman show baby
Cause when they fight who dies is you
Oh what if you unscrew me
We've got the same gears and same tools
But how you gonna catch up with your head hanging down
What'cha see staring at the ground
I believe, even without a clue
You've got sunlight
And it can be your guide
No more political dreams
Not another excuse
Don't need another love song when you the love bomb
[Chorus]
[Bridge:]
I'm trying to imply the few,
By removing propaganda but,
The must of fused a dove with super-glue,
I'm tryin' to take a machine apart yea,
What I'm simply trying to do
Is have the business take a pause,
I've been down every avenue,
But every body's good as gone
[Chorus]
Lyrics submitted by jjjonatron
Love Bomb Lyrics as written by Pharrell Williams Chad Hugo
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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I think when people hear this song, they must be confused about what it means, but the beauty of the song is that you can interpret it the way you like it.
Many people are saying it's an anti-war/anti-government song, but I think it's more of a cry of frustration.
I feel a little crazy too, thinking that a lot of my efforts are futile. The lyrics seem to proclaim that the hippie-style "peace and love" doesn't really do it ("don't need another love song" and "they must've fused a dove with superglue"), and even the political course doesn't get it done either. In the end, we're all the same, so it seems silly that we would get caught up in these "avenues" of what would make the world better off.
Even the protests, the anti-war propaganda is in the end propaganda--something that needs to be dismantled like the rest of the "machine" of war. Not that anti-war is bad, but it's become something that doesn't mean "peace."
I think the chorus is something of a plea to find some magical bomb that will get rid of all the mazes and routes that aren't really cutting it. The government and a lot of sane, intelligent people say that it's impossible: that we need to do this or do that to guarantee peace, but a love bomb could just blow away all the walls we built up between us and let us see the inner workings of each other. Something like, what's the point of taking a side, if in the end, it's creating more separation between people? And, then the separation becomes the reason why we can't get along. I love the rhetorical "Is that okay?" line.
It's a great song and tells a great story.