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.
I be on the hotline like every day
Making sure the DJ know what I want him to play
You know I got my top back and my beat low
Rocking my stunner shades and turning up my radio
Turn up my radio (radio, radio)
I think I'm in love with my radio
'Cause it never lets me down
And I fall in love with my stereo
Whenever I hear that sound (oh)
Whenever I hear that sound (oh)
Whenever I hear that sound
You're the only one that papa allowed to hang out in my room
With the door closed, we'd be alone
And mama never freaked out when she heard it go boom
'Cause she knew we were in the zone
Hold him in my arms and look out of my window
(Under the moonlight)
And he'd be keeping me calm, so I'd never let him go
He's got a place in my heart
I think I'm in love with my radio
'Cause it never lets me down
And I fall in love with my stereo
(With my stereo, oh oh)
Whenever I hear that sound (oh whoa, whoa)
(Oh, oh, oh whoa, whoa)
Whenever I hear that sound (oh whoa, whoa)
(Oh, oh, oh whoa, whoa)
Whenever I hear that sound
When I get into my car, I turn it up
Then I hear vibrations all up in my trunk
And the bassline be rattling through my seats
Then that crazy feeling starts happening, oh
I get butterflies when I hear the DJ
(Playing the stuff I like)
And I fall deeper in love with every song he plays
He's got a place in my heart
I think I'm in love with my radio (with my radio)
'Cause it never lets me down (no no, no, no, no)
And I fall in love with my stereo (with my stereo)
Whenever I hear that sound (ohh, oh whoa, whoa)
(Oh, oh, oh whoa, whoa)
Whenever I hear that sound (oh, oh whoa, whoa)
(Oh, oh, oh whoa, whoa)
Whenever I hear that sound
I be on the hotline like every day
Making sure the DJ know what I want him to play
You know I got my top back and my beat low
Rocking my stunner shades and turning up my radio
Turn up my radio (radio, radio)
I think I'm in love with my radio
'Cause it never lets me down
And I fall in love with my stereo
Whenever I hear that sound (oh whoa, whoa)
(Oh, oh, oh whoa, whoa)
Whenever I hear that sound (oh whoa, whoa)
(Oh, oh, oh whoa, whoa)
Whenever I hear that sound
Oh whoa, whoa
Oh whoa, whoa
Oh whoa, whoa, whoa
Making sure the DJ know what I want him to play
You know I got my top back and my beat low
Rocking my stunner shades and turning up my radio
Turn up my radio (radio, radio)
I think I'm in love with my radio
'Cause it never lets me down
And I fall in love with my stereo
Whenever I hear that sound (oh)
Whenever I hear that sound (oh)
Whenever I hear that sound
You're the only one that papa allowed to hang out in my room
With the door closed, we'd be alone
And mama never freaked out when she heard it go boom
'Cause she knew we were in the zone
Hold him in my arms and look out of my window
(Under the moonlight)
And he'd be keeping me calm, so I'd never let him go
He's got a place in my heart
I think I'm in love with my radio
'Cause it never lets me down
And I fall in love with my stereo
(With my stereo, oh oh)
Whenever I hear that sound (oh whoa, whoa)
(Oh, oh, oh whoa, whoa)
Whenever I hear that sound (oh whoa, whoa)
(Oh, oh, oh whoa, whoa)
Whenever I hear that sound
When I get into my car, I turn it up
Then I hear vibrations all up in my trunk
And the bassline be rattling through my seats
Then that crazy feeling starts happening, oh
I get butterflies when I hear the DJ
(Playing the stuff I like)
And I fall deeper in love with every song he plays
He's got a place in my heart
I think I'm in love with my radio (with my radio)
'Cause it never lets me down (no no, no, no, no)
And I fall in love with my stereo (with my stereo)
Whenever I hear that sound (ohh, oh whoa, whoa)
(Oh, oh, oh whoa, whoa)
Whenever I hear that sound (oh, oh whoa, whoa)
(Oh, oh, oh whoa, whoa)
Whenever I hear that sound
I be on the hotline like every day
Making sure the DJ know what I want him to play
You know I got my top back and my beat low
Rocking my stunner shades and turning up my radio
Turn up my radio (radio, radio)
I think I'm in love with my radio
'Cause it never lets me down
And I fall in love with my stereo
Whenever I hear that sound (oh whoa, whoa)
(Oh, oh, oh whoa, whoa)
Whenever I hear that sound (oh whoa, whoa)
(Oh, oh, oh whoa, whoa)
Whenever I hear that sound
Oh whoa, whoa
Oh whoa, whoa
Oh whoa, whoa, whoa
Lyrics submitted by tonyxthrashdown
Radio Lyrics as written by Richard Preston Butler James Scheffer
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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do you think she's substituting the radio with a boy?
Yes and No. I think B. wrote the song that people could substitute it for a boy. But i think she literally means radio and her love for music and beats.