You Don't Know Love Lyrics

Lyric discussion by wave_of_castration 

Cover art for You Don't Know Love lyrics by Editors

Correct lyrics from the cd's booklet

You don't know love like you used to You don't feel love like you did before

You ran with the dead today With the moles from the C.I.A. They say more than you ever say Headlights in your rear view mirror A panther's eyes as he preys on fear Your hunt for love, you electioneer

You ran with the dead today Through the cemeteries where ghosts still play The more you ran love got further away One look and I saw inside Every little thing you’d die to hide You were the truth when you lied

You don't know love like you used to You don't feel love like you did before You don't know love like you used to You don't feel love like you did before

You don't know love like you used to You don't feel love like you did before You don't know love like you used to You don't feel love like you did before You don't know love like you used to You don't feel love like you did before You don't know love like you used to You don't feel love like you did before

You don't know love like you used to

This is a song about politicians in my opinion - about how they loose their innocence and don't feel and know love like they did before as all they care about is how they will get more votes. The reference to C.I.A. at the beginning shows its interference with politicians and probably its guidance. Politicians hunt for love (e.g. votes) as they electioneer. But the more they run (the more they try to get votes) the more they become resentful. And once people look at them they discover that they are lying and trying to hide the truth.

Agreed. The CIA, not know to many, is not autonomous and is simply a compartmentalised spider's web of corruption and surveillance. Working alongside the Mossad, MI-6 etc.

I love how the Editors have been reading up on this stuff and expressing it to their audience.