I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
Na na na na na na
Na na na na na na
I got a certain little girl she's on my mind
No doubt about it she looks so fine
She's the best girl that I ever had
Sometimes she's gonna make me feel so bad
Na na na na na na
Na na na na na na
Hush, hush
I thought I heard her calling my name now
Hush, hush
She broke my heart but I love her just the same now
Hush, hush
Thought I heard her calling my name now
Hush, hush
I need her loving and I'm not to blame now
(Love, love) they got it early in the morning
(Love, love) they got it late in the evening
(Love, love) well, I want that, need it
(Love, love) oh, I gotta gotta have it
She's got loving like quicksand
Only took one touch of her hand
To blow my mind and I'm in so deep
That I can't eat and I can't sleep
Na na na na na na
Na na na na na na
Listen hush, hush
Thought I heard her calling my name now
Hush, hush
She broke my heart but I love her just the same now
Hush, hush
Thought I heard her calling my name now
Hush, hush
I need her loving and I'm not to blame now
(Love, love) they got it early in the morning
(Love, love) they got it late in the evening
(Love, love) well, I want that, need it
(Love, love) oh, I gotta gotta have it
Na na na na na na
Na na na na na na
Na na na na na na
Na na na na na na
I got a certain little girl she's on my mind
No doubt about it she looks so fine
She's the best girl that I ever had
Sometimes she's gonna make me feel so bad
Na na na na na na
Na na na na na na
Hush, hush
I thought I heard her calling my name now
Hush, hush
She broke my heart but I love her just the same now
Hush, hush
Thought I heard her calling my name now
Hush, hush
I need her loving and I'm not to blame now
(Love, love) they got it early in the morning
(Love, love) they got it late in the evening
(Love, love) well, I want that, need it
(Love, love) oh, I gotta gotta have it
She's got loving like quicksand
Only took one touch of her hand
To blow my mind and I'm in so deep
That I can't eat and I can't sleep
Na na na na na na
Na na na na na na
Listen hush, hush
Thought I heard her calling my name now
Hush, hush
She broke my heart but I love her just the same now
Hush, hush
Thought I heard her calling my name now
Hush, hush
I need her loving and I'm not to blame now
(Love, love) they got it early in the morning
(Love, love) they got it late in the evening
(Love, love) well, I want that, need it
(Love, love) oh, I gotta gotta have it
Na na na na na na
Na na na na na na
Na na na na na na
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Hush Lyrics as written by Joe South
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It's rather creepy, actually. I feel that it's about a guy who is obsessed with the girl that broke up with him. She has moved on, and he hasn't.
"She broke my heart but I love her just the same now"
He's completely obsessed with her.
"...I'm in so deep That I can't eat and I can't sleep"
And he's haunted by thoughts of her, even though she's not around.
"Thought I heard her calling my name now"
He has been nearly driven mad by this obsession, perhaps even to the extent that he will "get her back", whether she's a willing participant or not.
"I need her loving and I'm not to blame now."
I wouldn't be too surprised if this song inspired "Tyler" by the Toadies -- another great, but creepy, obsession song.
I agree with machinenvy, you people are pretty thick if you can't see that's what it's about. And even if I'm wrong, I still think it's a great song....
Maybe the greatest love song ever. The meaning is obvious.
wouldn't really say that, but still a good song
love this song! totally reflects a certain addiction i have to a person no matter what they do!
hehe me too vavavoom
wow thats a weird interpretation, but thats what music is about, i think its more in the lines of Offsprings "self esteem" i see it as a man that may not be in love wit the girl but they keep hooking up for good ol booty calls:
Only took one touch of her hand To blow my mind and I'm in so deep
thats just how i read into it...
Great pumped up rendition of Joe South's original!! If you love this version, check out the original, because although I heard Deep Purple's version first, South's version clearly blew me away. The rawness was so awesome. Great song, and I also love the tie in with the Beatles (nanana's are from "A Day in the Life"). Good song.
Australian singer Russell Morris (of "The Real Thing" fame) did a good version of this song with his band called Somebody's Image before Deep Purple did theirs.
Give me a break, this song is a fairly obvious allegory (metaphor). It is not about a girl, it is about a drug.
"They got it early in the morning They got it late in the evening Well, I want that, need it Oh, I gotta gotta have it"
Who's "they"? The dealers.
Ha!