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Half in love and half in hate
Someone told me it is late
Late on earth he said, maybe
late in you
And late in me
Darker than it has to be
Tell me just another lie
Now we're woven under ice
Tell me that there is no other
I am a child - Be my mother
If you lie, babe - If you bother
Since you raised that wall around you
Since I lost you
I have found you strange
And I could swear for sure
Haven't seen that girl before
Half in love and half at war
Hey, you're looking strange
And everything you do
Girl, it seems arranged
Dark words drift away
I have nothing more to say
Soon this moon will rise
And in this stony night
I have to see your face
See the lines that make you old
Stony silence, touched by gold
Everything's too late
Too late for love, and suddenly
Too late for hate
There's only one thing left to do
I have to face this other you…
There's only one thing left to do
I have to face this other you…
Other you
Someone told me it is late
Late on earth he said, maybe
late in you
And late in me
Darker than it has to be
Tell me just another lie
Now we're woven under ice
Tell me that there is no other
I am a child - Be my mother
If you lie, babe - If you bother
Since you raised that wall around you
Since I lost you
I have found you strange
And I could swear for sure
Haven't seen that girl before
Half in love and half at war
Hey, you're looking strange
And everything you do
Girl, it seems arranged
Dark words drift away
I have nothing more to say
Soon this moon will rise
And in this stony night
I have to see your face
See the lines that make you old
Stony silence, touched by gold
Everything's too late
Too late for love, and suddenly
Too late for hate
There's only one thing left to do
I have to face this other you…
There's only one thing left to do
I have to face this other you…
Other you
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Half in Love Half in Hate Lyrics as written by Ole Olsen Morten Harket
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While many believe "Half in Love, Half in Hate" is just a song about a girl, I am of the opinion that this song is Morten addressing and questioning the God of the Bible, that to him HE is a God not only of love but also of hate (in direct contrast to Christian beliefs that God is good and there is no darkness in HIM), even to the point of calling HIM a liar ("Tell me just another lie / Tell me there is no other") where "other" I believe refers to the "other life" as Christians believe in life after death with Jesus Christ (resurrection and judgement).
Interestingly, in many of Morten's photos around that time, he was always photographed wearing the "Ankh", a pagan symbol worn in ancient mystical religions (Egyptians, Babylonians, etc.) who believe in reincarnation (i.e. no ascension and judgement and thus again in direct contrast to Christian beliefs). Many of the album's songs are just Morten being plainly thankful for "seeing the light" (induction into the occult), in such songs as "Tell me what you see", "Wild seed", "Lord", etc. and it couldn't get any more obvious in a less known single that Morten had sung, "Gospel from a Heathen", which is not contained in this album.