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Stay Hungry Lyrics

I think that we can signify our love now,
Ooh girl, you can initiate an impulse of love.

Stay hungry, Stay hungry, Stay hungry
Move a muscle, move a muscle, move a muscle.
Make a motion, make a motion, make a motion.
Pull it tighter, pull it tighter, pull it tighter.
Double beatin', double beatin', double beatin'
Double beatin', double beatin', double beatin'
Palpitation, palpitation, palpitation.
Stay hungry, Stay hungry, Stay hungry.

Here's that rhythm again.
Here's my shoulder blade.
Here's the sound I made.
Here's the picture I saved.
Here's that rhythm again.
Here's my shoulder blade.
Here's the sound I made.
Here's the picture I saved.
Here I am.
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This is about sandwich preparation.

Cover art for Stay Hungry lyrics by Talking Heads

Stay hungry, stay hungry, stay hungry-Name of 1977 bodybuilding move starring Arnold was "Stay Hungry"

Move a muscle, move a muscle, move a muscle.-obviously about bodybuilding Make a motion, make a motion, make a motion.-bodybuilding Pull it tighter, pull it tighter, pull it tighter.-posing in bodybuilding

Palpitation, palpitation, palpitation.-heart accelerating due to physical effort Stay hungry, stay hungry, stay hungry.-movie title again

Here's that rhythm again. Here's my shoulder blade.-back bose in bodybuilding Here's the sound I made.-perhaps grunting Here's the picture I saved.-bodybuilding pictures

Cover art for Stay Hungry lyrics by Talking Heads

First comment. Cool. No idea what it's about but the music on this track is really cool.

Cover art for Stay Hungry lyrics by Talking Heads

I think this one's quite simple. This (phenom genius) artist is prompting someone else (their partner) into a (more?) physical relationship - immediately.

Play it again, a bit louder (feel it), and imagine you're singing this to your partner, just before the act. Of (certainly intense) love.

OK, now read the words as you play it, one more time. You tell ME what this song means!

Thanks, and to DB, of course.

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This is absolutely about things getting physical in a relationship.

"we can signify our love now" -- as in consummate.

"you can initiate an impulse of love" i.e. an erection.

The entire second stanza is about the sex act itself, and the wonderful third stanza (which, in purely musical terms is one of my all-time favorites from the T Heads, and on the album segues right into "Take Me To the River") conveys that marvelous sense of being in that connected moment with your lover as you build and feel so together.

Killer song!

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More of a groove song, lyrics are just part of the beat.

 
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