Do You Love Me? Lyrics
You like the way the wheels roll
You like my seven inch leather heels
And goin' to all of the shows, but
really love me
You like the credit cards and private planes
Money can really take you far
You like the hotels and fancy clothes
And the sound of electric guitars, but
Do you love me, I mean like do you
Really love me
All of the fame and the masquerade
You like the concerts and studios
And all the money, honey, that I make, but
Do you love me, really love me
Make you look just like a queen
Even the fans, they know your face
From all of the magazines, but
Do you love me (do you love me)
Do you love me (do you love me)
Really love me (really love me)
I want to know
Do you love me (do you love me)
Do you love me (do you love me)
Do you love me (do you love me)
I mean like do you
Really love me (really love me)
I want to know
Do you love me (do you love me)
Do you love me (do you love me)
Do you love me (do you love me)
I mean like do you
Really love me (really love me)
I want you to (do you love me, do you love me)
I need you to (do you love me, do you love me)
And you know I'm so tired of everybody sayin' it
And you know, (do you love me, do you love me)
I just gotta know if you really really really, really love me
(Do you love me, do you love me)
So come on, do you love me (do you love me)
I need you to
Do you love me (do you love me) I want you to
Do you love me (do you love me) I need you
Really love me (do you love me)
I want to know
Do you love me (do you love me) do you, do you
Do you love me (do you love me)
I just got to have some love (do you love me, do you love me)
I just got to have some love (do you love me)
I just got to have some love, love, love, love, love
This is a rockstar questioning whether a girl who he really loves, loves him for being him or for the money, glamor and fame only.
The meaning is pretty evident. I love how the line "do you love me" is repeated. It shows how desperate the singer is. It's pretty amazing that a man who has all the renown and stardom in the world would really care that much about whether one person loved him.
This is very likely one of the first songs ever written addressing what we now know as the "incel" phenomenon.
Paul's 2014 memoir "Face the Music" spends a lot of time detailing how he was an extremely insecure teenager and had a very warped view of relationships. This spiralled into his adult life as he was often extremely skeptical of women's intentions, and saw how they reacted to his (and others) newfound fame. Paul vocalizes this on the final track of 1976's "Destroyer."
This song is about a girl that likes His lifestyle not him as a person.