This song is timeless, and nearly 20 years after its creation, still possesses the mystique it did the first time i heard it ~1994. To me, at first blush, all those years ago, it had some kind of homo-erotic allure. The line "so that the others may do" tells of something which must be done for others to follow suit. It felt like like some kind of roxy-glam-pop invitation to sexual liberation.
Upon further introspection I think the song may not have an intrinsic meaning, but simply represents a sort of "holding open the door" for people who otherwise might be affronted by this song/band's unusual style. I know, as a sort of armchair rock-historian, that there have been few bands so daring and so true to the sound that wanted to emerge from within, whether the creator wanted it or not. This band handled it with elegance and grace seldom, if ever, seen.
She was someone that you wanted
Someone that you'll never know now
And you know you won't resist
For going down
And now I'm falling
Into this world I don't know
Can't go home
Home to the ghost
Keep it all with you
You can take it but you're never gonna see
All the lies that were spoken
Fixin' me to leave
But did we waste it
I want somebody to believe
That we were falling
Into the world
We tore the wings where we belong
And you're never gonna know until she's gone
That's why I'm still calling
Calling in the name of love
Never stop calling
Calling in the name of love
That's why I'm still calling
Calling in the name of love
Never stop calling
Calling in the name of love
It took three whole years to fall apart
And another ten years to mend our hearts
Is there someone that you wanted
Is there someone that you cannot live without
And I know you won't be sensed
That you never even had a doubt
And now you're falling
Into a river of the treasons that you cannot recall
You still hold on
Onto the ghost
It's another past lover
Someone that you never understood
Even when it went sideways
Intentions were always good
Maybe it was true
I want somebody to believe
We were holding
Into the world we tore the wings where we belong
And your never gonna know until she's gone
That's why I'm still calling
Calling in the name of love
Never stop calling
Calling in the name of love
That's why I'm still calling
Calling in the name of love
Never stop calling
Calling in the name of love
It took three whole years to fall apart
And another ten years to mend our hearts
Someone that you'll never know now
And you know you won't resist
For going down
And now I'm falling
Into this world I don't know
Can't go home
Home to the ghost
Keep it all with you
You can take it but you're never gonna see
All the lies that were spoken
Fixin' me to leave
But did we waste it
I want somebody to believe
That we were falling
Into the world
We tore the wings where we belong
And you're never gonna know until she's gone
That's why I'm still calling
Calling in the name of love
Never stop calling
Calling in the name of love
That's why I'm still calling
Calling in the name of love
Never stop calling
Calling in the name of love
It took three whole years to fall apart
And another ten years to mend our hearts
Is there someone that you wanted
Is there someone that you cannot live without
And I know you won't be sensed
That you never even had a doubt
And now you're falling
Into a river of the treasons that you cannot recall
You still hold on
Onto the ghost
It's another past lover
Someone that you never understood
Even when it went sideways
Intentions were always good
Maybe it was true
I want somebody to believe
We were holding
Into the world we tore the wings where we belong
And your never gonna know until she's gone
That's why I'm still calling
Calling in the name of love
Never stop calling
Calling in the name of love
That's why I'm still calling
Calling in the name of love
Never stop calling
Calling in the name of love
It took three whole years to fall apart
And another ten years to mend our hearts
Lyrics submitted by birman-kai, edited by Yatata
Calling in the Name of Love Lyrics as written by Patrick J Grossi
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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