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You Don't Know Love Lyrics

You don't know love like you used to
You don't feel love like you did before

You ran with the dead today
With the moles from the CIA
They see more than you ever see
Headlights in your rear view mirror
A panther's eyes as he preys on fear
You hunt for love, you electioneer

You ran with the dead today
Fill the cemeteries where ghosts still play
Before you run look out further away
One look at the soaring sight
Every little thing you die to hide
You know the truth when you lie


You don't know love like you used to
You don't feel love like you did before
You don't feel love like you used to
You don't feel love like you did before

You don't know love like you used to
You don't feel love like you did before
You don't know love like you used to
You don't feel love like you did before
You don't know love like you used to
You don't feel love like you did before
You don't know love like you used to
You don't feel love like you did before

You don't know love like you used to
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Correct lyrics from the cd's booklet

You don't know love like you used to You don't feel love like you did before

You ran with the dead today With the moles from the C.I.A. They say more than you ever say Headlights in your rear view mirror A panther's eyes as he preys on fear Your hunt for love, you electioneer

You ran with the dead today Through the cemeteries where ghosts still play The more you ran love got further away One look and I saw inside Every little thing you’d die to hide You were the truth when you lied

You don't know love like you used to You don't feel love like you did before You don't know love like you used to You don't feel love like you did before

You don't know love like you used to You don't feel love like you did before You don't know love like you used to You don't feel love like you did before You don't know love like you used to You don't feel love like you did before You don't know love like you used to You don't feel love like you did before

You don't know love like you used to

This is a song about politicians in my opinion - about how they loose their innocence and don't feel and know love like they did before as all they care about is how they will get more votes. The reference to C.I.A. at the beginning shows its interference with politicians and probably its guidance. Politicians hunt for love (e.g. votes) as they electioneer. But the more they run (the more they try to get votes) the more they become resentful. And once people look at them they discover that they are lying and trying to hide the truth.

Agreed. The CIA, not know to many, is not autonomous and is simply a compartmentalised spider's web of corruption and surveillance. Working alongside the Mossad, MI-6 etc.

I love how the Editors have been reading up on this stuff and expressing it to their audience.

I think it's obvious that this song has a political subtext like "Eat Raw Meat". By the way, the lyrics from the booklet are different: it's "a panther's eyes as he PRAYS on fear", "the more you ran, love got further away", "one look and I saw inside"... Well just read the damn booklet that comes with the CD and stop uploading wrong lyrics.

Maybe it's about a spy whose job forces him to lie, cheat, fake, pretend, etc. He has to push his family and friends away to keep them from harm. He does things that he feels are wrong but he ignores his conscience and just obeys orders blindly. Eventually, he becomes some kind of robot who can't feel anything.

The "headlights in your rear view mirror" line gives me a cinematographic image of him runnig away from everything in his car, with other agents chasing him in the dark. Maybe he has realized that he doesn't want to be a spy anymore, but that's not a kind of job one can quit easily... Very James Bond-like, anyway.

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great song! I have no clue what it's about, perhaps running away from your problems?

Cover art for You Don't Know Love lyrics by Editors

"You Don't Know Love"

You don't know love like you used to, You don't feel love like you did before...

You ran with the dead today With the moles from the CIA, They see more than you ever see.

Headlights in your rear view mirror A panther's eyes as he preys on fear, You hunt for love, you electioneer.

You ran with the dead today Through the cemeteries where ghosts still play The more you rack, look out further away.

One look and I soar inside Every little thing you die to hide You were the truth... when you lies.

You don't know love like you used to... You don't feel love like you did before, You don't know love like you used to... You don't feel love like you did before.

You don't know love like you used to... You don't feel love like you did before, Oh, you don't know love like you used to... You don't feel love like you did before.

Oh, you don't know love like you used to... You don't feel love like you did before, Oh, you don't know love like you used to... Oh, you don't feel love like you did before!

...You don't know love like you used to.

This are more correct than the posted one... make corrections ;)

 
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