Jack White

Connected by Love

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Connected by Love Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Woman, don't you know what I'm suffering from?
Ease my pain, make it wash on with the rain
Relieve me and put it up on your shelf
Take it away, and give it to somebody else

[Chorus]
'Cause I know we're connected by love
Yes, I know we're connected, connected, connected by love
Yeah, I wanna be directed by your love
Connected by love

[Verse 2]
Friend of mine, you seem to know me best
You chose me out of all of the rest
Take me home with you, and help me forget
Let's take the worst and somehow turn it into the best

[Chorus]
'Cause I know
We're connected, we're connected
We're connected by love
Yes, I know
We're connected, we're connected
We're connected, connected, connected by love
We're connected, we're connected
Yeah I can't be rejected by your love
We're connected, we're connected
Yes
Woo!

[Organ & Guitar Solo]

[Bridge]
What have I done?
I have pushed away everyone
Help me forget
Let's put it all to bed
Forgive me, and save me
From myself
Don't forsake me, woman
And go and choose somebody else

[Chorus]
'Cause I know
We're connected, we're connected
We're connected by love
We're connected
Yes, I know
We're connected, we're connected
We're connected, connected, connected by love
Yes, I'm infected, I need to be protected by your love
We're connected, we're connected
We're connected, we're connected
Connected, connected by love

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mellow_harsher On Mar 23, 2018

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[Verse 1]
Woman, don't you know what I'm suffering from?
Ease my pain, make it wash on with the rain
Relieve me and put it up on your shelf
Take it away, and give it to somebody else

[Chorus]
'Cause I know we're connected by love
Yes, I know we're connected, connected, connected by love
Yeah, I wanna be directed by your love
Connected by love

[Verse 2]
Friend of mine, you seem to know me best
You chose me out of all of the rest
Take me home with you, and help me forget
Let's take the worst and somehow turn it into the best

[Organ & Guitar Solo]

[Bridge]
What have I done?
I have pushed away everyone
Help me forget
Let's put it all to bed
Forgive me, and save me
From myself
Don't forsake me, woman
And go and choose somebody else

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2018-03-23 15:40:19

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by themindshaft

8y ago

So I know Jack has said this one is fictional, but if I may bend the definition of "fictional" a little bit, I kind of feel like this is about the fans. IIRC, Jack was getting quite a bit of negative publicity in 2014-2015, and this could be about needing a way to get his feelings out into music ("relieve me and put it up on your shelf", i.e., let me record it and I hope you'll buy it) but also consciously knowing that it was time for him to take a break. The actual phrase "we're connected by love" might be a reference to being connected by music, emotion, and humanity, and the hope that that connection still exists even though he hasn't released anything in a while. Having this as the first song on the new record, as well as the first single, could be a way of saying "I'm sorry I was so inactive for so long, I hope you still care about me, because I still care about you guys".

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