When I'm Small

these are the lyrics in the CD cover:

Lucy's underground she's got a mouth to feed Am I underground or am I in between Lucy's underground she's got a mouse to feed Am I underground or am I in too deep

Show me love you've got your hand on the button now sure enough you've got your hand on the button now

Lucy's underground she's never coming back Am I still alive or has the light gone black Take me underground take me all the way bring me to the fire throw me in the flames

So show me love you've got your hands on the button now sure enough you've got your hands on the button now

I'd rather die I'd rather die than to be with you

llamaperson those are the correct lyrics. If you watch her sing it acoustic version you can easily tell what they lyrics are.

I think everyone has their own interpretation of a song, this is mine: It is about raw intense pain that someone has given you. She feels as if she is dead or dying from it. She is asking show me love, show enough. I need to feel something, because she feels like she is dying or that she is dead and "underground". Also going along with the underground...the pain that she feels is almost unbearable, she asks take me underground, take me all the way, bring me to the fire, throw me in the flames...In other words if this is the way She has to feel just kill her, because then she wouldn't have to feel this desperation. You can tell the intensity and desperation in her voice when she says "I'd rather die, I'd rather die, Than to be with you. This person has really broken her down and hurt her.

I am thinking that you've got your hand on the button now, is like knowing what buttons to push to get someone to do what you want or to get under their skin. As far as the having a mouth to feed...I am not sure about this part...but I am hoping some other people have an opinion on this song.

Phantogram said most of their songs came from dreams they had, partly. I did a little research. Absolutely love this song! My favorite on the album. Link below to watch the acoustic version.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8K8pAMkf2w

i like to imagine this song is about rise and fall of lucy, who was once in the sky with diamonds.

Lucy = Lucifer It's something i heard my GF call her mom once. I first thought it was in reference to Lucy in the sky (dreamer) only to find out she meant Lucifer (evil)

This song could mean a lot of things- it's very metaphorical. My take on it is that she's talking about LSD "Lucy" as it's most commonly taken as a square on paper "She's got a mouth to feed" From there she may be talking about how Lucy used to make her feel love, and now it has lost the magic. "Throw me in to the flames" section could mean wanting to feel the full effects. It also jives with the underground line, going from underground to the center of the earth- where it would be molten. "I'd rather die than to be with you" could be taken as 3rd person "I'd rather die than be with myself without feeling love"

This is what I believe the lyrics are (they make more sense too): Lucy's underground She's got a mouth to feed Am I underground Or am I in between

Lucy's underground She's got a mouth to feed Am I underground Or am I in too deep

Show me love You've got your hand on the button of Showing love You've got your hand on the button now

Lucy's underground She's never coming back Am I still alive Or has the light gone black

Take me underground Take me all the way And bring me to the fire Throw me in the flames

So show me love You've got your hand on the button of Showing love You've got your hand on the button now

I would rather die I would rather die Than to be with you

Oh...possibly the meaning of she got a mouth to feed is that she is doing what she has to do to survive this hell that she is in and the song title when I'm small...is like she feels meaningless to this person. Just an idea.

This is a break up song. The character Lucy is a name given to her heart/emotional afflictions prevalent during the relationship. Lucy has given herself completely to her partner, but, inferred, her partner hasn't reciprocated. In other words, she (the singer) has given her hearts complete love (Lucy), but her love hasn't. When Lucy goes underground, this is saying her heart is broken. The first verse is questioning weather she is distraught by it, and the second is confirming and also wishing to be let go of the pain. Her afflictions will cease given the expression of love ("you've got your hand on the button now") from the chorus. Finally at the end she can't take it anymore (I'd rather die).

I don't think it's a coincidence that a song featuring Lucy follows a track with diamonds in the title and lyrics.

I'm currently an inpatient in a mental unit for teenagers, and I've recently come across this song. This is how I interpret it:

Oh, oh, oh, oh, Oh, oh, oh, oh Lucy's underground She's got a mouth to feed Am I underground Or am I in between

In the unit I'm in, there is a girl called Lucy, who I'm guessing is Schizophrenic. I've never accepted that there's something wrong with me mentally, but Lucy has. I interpret the underground bit as being mentally ill. Am I underground? (Am I mentally ill?) Or am I in between?

Lucy's underground She's got a mouth to feed Am I underground Or am I in too deep

This bit I interpret as, am I actually mentally ill, and the reason why I haven't accepted it is because I'm 'in too deep'? As in I'm too busy living in my head and I've been living like this for so long that I don't see what it looks like from the outside, and how it isn't normal for other people.

Show me love You've got your hand on the button now Showin' love You've got your hand on the button now

I'm allowed home every weekend on 'leave', and when I have to go back Sunday night, my Mum walks me to the door and presses a button, which basically rings a bell, and then one of the nurses comes to let me in. I interpret this part as how even though I don't see it this way, my Mum is doing what she thinks is best for me by bringing me back there. She is 'showin' love'.

Oh, oh, oh, oh, Oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh, oh

Lucy's underground, She's never comin' back Am I still alive Or has the light gone black

This bit I interpret as Lucy will maybe be this way for her whole life, because if she does have Schizophrenia (I've never really asked her, but I think she has), then I may be wrong, but I think it's one of those things you have for life. This bit I see as can I ever be 'cured', or am I too far gone to come back? Is the old me still alive, or is she dead, and this is just how I am now?

Take me underground Take me all the way Bring me to the fire Throw me in the flame

Pretty much all the time I feel very suicidal, so I interpret this part as wanting to die. Not trying to help yourself or anything, but just going along with suicidal thoughts, because its the easier thing to do, and I don't really want to stick around any longer anyway.

So, show me love You've got your hands on the button now Showin' love You've got your hand on the button now

I'd rather die, I'd rather die, Than to be with you

I interpret this bit as I'd rather die than be with myself. My head is an extremely dark place, and I'd rather die, than have to be with me anymore.

Oh, oh, oh, oh, Oh, oh, oh, oh, (than to be with you) Oh, oh, oh, oh, Oh, oh, oh, oh, (I'd rather die) Oh, oh, oh, oh, Oh, oh, oh, oh, Oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh, oh

I know that when Phantogram wrote this song, they definitely didn't write it about me, but this is just my interpretation.