Weight of Love Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Darrow 

Cover art for Weight of Love lyrics by Black Keys, The

Very simplistic and strong song

In my opinion it's a song about a guy looking back on their past relationship.

Starts off with him trusting the girl, thinking she was loyal and innocent. Afterwards coming to realization that she never was, followed by the the hope or perhaps belief that karma will come back around and get her back. Almost seems like other people such as mutual friends also see the wrong doing from this girl as well because even they are upset by her and don't want anything to do with her anymore.

The Chorus follows into the guy admitting that she'll be on his mind but he knows she'll never admit that she thinks about him. He also know's that she'll maintain her disloyal version of their relationship story and she won't admit or be truthful about it.

Dance all night is in reference to her partying and hooking up with other guys, she does this to fill a void though as she's never able to be alone. She's never had pure love because all her relationships are toxic or end with meaningless love. There's no cure for a girl who's constantly seeking attention from other men and unfaithful.

The Weight of Love to me in this situation is the after effect of a relationship. You carry the weight of the relationship as you look back into it and see exactly how it was. You always carry that weight around, no matter how amazing or awful that love was theirs always a bad part of it, which is the weight.

My Interpretation