Heartless

I submitted these lyrics a very long time ago, but I happened to come across this song again just looking through my iTunes. I think it's quite simple actually, well, the meaning of it that is to say. The narrator is saying that he feels like a robot, or if you want to be imaginative, then he's saying he is literally a robot. Haha. And because he's a robot, he doesn't understand the concept of love. It's not in his programming to be able to comprehend such a complex thing. Like the narrator says, this could be lucky that he...

I submitted these lyrics a very long time ago, but I happened to come across this song again just looking through my iTunes. I think it's quite simple actually, well, the meaning of it that is to say. The narrator is saying that he feels like a robot, or if you want to be imaginative, then he's saying he is literally a robot. Haha. And because he's a robot, he doesn't understand the concept of love. It's not in his programming to be able to comprehend such a complex thing. Like the narrator says, this could be lucky that he can't understand love, but then the only purpose of his existence would be to work. In the chorus, the narrator seems to be speaking to someone and trying to tell them to love him because even though he may appear heartless, he's not, he's "so, so far from heartless," in fact. He apparently loves someone and he wants them to say that they love him, too, which he implies by saying, "tell me back, tell me back." He goes on to say, "there's no program yet, but I tell you I think I'm in love." Again, this is a reference to his "robotic", stoic state, but here, he's saying that even though he hasn't been programmed to be able to understand love that he legitimately thinks that he is in love. "I'm finding that love is a choice and not a law." This is basically saying that he thinks that love is something that everything can feel, even robots. Love is a choice of our being, not based on who or what we are. That's my take on it, I suppose. Hope this helps.