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Dangerous (feat. Joywave) Lyrics
How could you know, how could you know?
That those were my eyes
Peepin' through the floor, it's like they know
It's like they know I'm looking from the outside
And creeping to the door, it's like they know
And now they coming, yeah, now they coming
Out from the shadows
To take me to the court because they know,
That I shut this down, 'cause they been watching all my windows
They gathered up the warrant, 'cause they--
You understand, they got a plan for us
I bet you didn't know that I was dangerous
It must be fate, I found a place for us
I bet you didn't know someone could love you this much
How could they know, how could they know
What I've been thinking?
But they're right inside my head because they know
Because they know, what I've been hidin'
They're right under my bed, they're in control
Here they come, yeah here they come
Out of the shadows
To take me to the court because they know
That I shut this down, 'cause they been watching all my windows
They gathered up the warrant 'cause they--
I've gotta get out of here
Sink down, into the dark
(Keep on running)
I've gotta get out of here
(keep on running)
Sink down, into the dark
You understand, they got a plan for us
I bet you didn't know that I was dangerous
It must be fate, I found a place for us
I bet you didn't know someone could love you this much
Nobody's listening when we're alone
Nobody's listening, there's nobody listening,
No one can hear us when we're alone
No one can hear us, no, no one can hear us
And I've gotta get out of here
Sink down, into the dark
(Keep on running)
I've gotta get out of here
(Keep on running)
Sink down, into the dark
You understand, they got a plan for us
I bet you didn't know that I was dangerous
It must be fate, I found a place for us
I bet you didn't know someone could love you this much
That those were my eyes
Peepin' through the floor, it's like they know
It's like they know I'm looking from the outside
And creeping to the door, it's like they know
Out from the shadows
To take me to the court because they know,
That I shut this down, 'cause they been watching all my windows
They gathered up the warrant, 'cause they--
I bet you didn't know that I was dangerous
It must be fate, I found a place for us
I bet you didn't know someone could love you this much
What I've been thinking?
But they're right inside my head because they know
Because they know, what I've been hidin'
They're right under my bed, they're in control
Out of the shadows
To take me to the court because they know
That I shut this down, 'cause they been watching all my windows
They gathered up the warrant 'cause they--
Sink down, into the dark
(Keep on running)
I've gotta get out of here
(keep on running)
Sink down, into the dark
I bet you didn't know that I was dangerous
It must be fate, I found a place for us
I bet you didn't know someone could love you this much
Nobody's listening, there's nobody listening,
No one can hear us when we're alone
No one can hear us, no, no one can hear us
And I've gotta get out of here
Sink down, into the dark
(Keep on running)
I've gotta get out of here
(Keep on running)
Sink down, into the dark
I bet you didn't know that I was dangerous
It must be fate, I found a place for us
I bet you didn't know someone could love you this much
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Incredibly catchy. Lyrics are repetitive and paranoia-laced though. The lyrics are probably about a man who just wants to get away from everyone except his lover. "Windows" and "Wall" may have to do with privacy-invading social media sites like Facebook.
It sounds like it's about paparazzi ("Oh now they're coming, now they're coming to take me out of the shadows, to take me to the club because they know I shut it down"), and about relationships where people get spied on by others who tease them about being in love.
Seeing as Big Data is based on the theme of distrust for technology, the internet, the cloud, etc. and man's relationship to it, this song also clearly follows this theme. It's about someone's paranoia about his privacy from his owned technological devices, "How could they know? How could they know?" shows this as it seems like a paranoia-induced panic, highlighted by it's repetition. It later expresses the said paranoia from the lyrics, "sink down into the dark" suggesting it's reached a point where the man has turned off his devices so there is no way he can be watched. (I should express that these are the meanings of the song, as said by Alan Wilkis himself, though I've added some own interpretations of some lyrics)
The song is definitely about spying, especially government spying, on what people are doing/saying over the phone/looking up on the internet.