"Love Paranoia" as written by and Kevin Parker....
I may not be as honest as I ought to be
Now that, when the walls go up
I said it didn't worry me
But it hit me like an arrow
Babe, to know, I could just be paranoid
Won't quell the desire to know
What was really going on
"Does it really fucking matter, babe?"
Is all you can ask me
Okay, fair play, here we go
I've heard those words before
Are you sure it was nothing
'Cause it made me feel like dying inside
Never thought I was insecure, but it's pure
Didn't notice until I was in love for real
Am I really gonna cross the line
Just to find what you're typing?
If only I could read your mind
Oh, I'd be fine
I'd be normal
Now's my time
Gonna do it
And suddenly I'm the phony one
The only one with a problem
True love is bringing it out of me
The worst in me, and I know now
Do you remember the time we were
The time we were by the ocean?
I didn't care if it was day or night
The world was right where I wanted
Girl, I'm sorry
Babe I'm really, really sorry
Now that, when the walls go up
I said it didn't worry me
But it hit me like an arrow
Babe, to know, I could just be paranoid
Won't quell the desire to know
What was really going on
"Does it really fucking matter, babe?"
Is all you can ask me
Okay, fair play, here we go
I've heard those words before
Are you sure it was nothing
'Cause it made me feel like dying inside
Never thought I was insecure, but it's pure
Didn't notice until I was in love for real
Am I really gonna cross the line
Just to find what you're typing?
If only I could read your mind
Oh, I'd be fine
I'd be normal
Now's my time
Gonna do it
And suddenly I'm the phony one
The only one with a problem
True love is bringing it out of me
The worst in me, and I know now
Do you remember the time we were
The time we were by the ocean?
I didn't care if it was day or night
The world was right where I wanted
Girl, I'm sorry
Babe I'm really, really sorry
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"Love/Paranoia" as written by Kevin Parker
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The relationship has turned sour, they have started distancing themselves from each other - "when the walls go up" - and the he wasn't "as honest as he ought to be" when he said "it didn't worry me", but it's actually hurting him - "hit me like an arrow"
"does it really fucking matter?" is the response he gets when he starts becoming concerned about what's happening to them, and so he becomes even more despondent - "okay, fair play, here we go"
The more this happens (and it's happened many times before), he becomes more insecure (which being "in love for real" has brought out) and thinks there is someone else in her life. He want's to "cross the line" of trust and check what she's typing to others - once trust is lost, everything is lost.
And so, the final verse is remembering how good they used to be and how much he would give to go back there. He ends with saying he's sorry since he knows that he's become paranoid, which will most probably lead to the end of their relationship
To me it sounds like his lover has done something to make him unsure whether all of her love belongs to him (my guess would be that she talked to another guy, maybe an ex with unresolved issues) Sounds like when he asks her what is going on she says "does it really fucking matter"
Which of course sounds like there really is something else going on, which spins him into a spiral of paranoia. In short his extreme feelings of love for her drive him crazy and make him insecure.
To me it sounds like his lover has done something to make him unsure whether all of her love belongs to him (my guess would be that she talked to another guy, maybe an ex with unresolved issues) Sounds like when he asks her what is going on she says "does it really fucking matter"
Which of course sounds like there really is something else going on, which spins him into a spiral of paranoia. In short his extreme feelings of love for her drive him crazy and make him insecure.