Love -> Building on Fire Lyrics

Lyric discussion by GrungyBeatle 

Cover art for Love -> Building on Fire lyrics by Talking Heads

When my love Stands next to your love I can't compare love When it's not love

(they are so in love they don't know the feeling of not being in love)

It's not love It's not love Which is my face Which is a building Which is on fire On fire

(he building on fire is his house, its his face bc the world sees his home life on fire with love)

When my love Stands next to your love I can't define love When it's not love

(he can't define love bc he is always in love and there is no , "no love")

It's not love It's not love Which is my face Which is a building Which is on fire

(the house is on fire with love and its something he shows the world w/ his face , it seems to be known)

I've got two loves I've got two loves And they go tweet, tweet, tweet, tweet, tweet, tweet, tweet, tweet like little birds

(his two loves are his children)

They're my two loves And they go tweet, tweet, tweet, tweet, tweet, tweet, tweet, tweet like little birds They're my two loves

(his children are his two loves that go about the house tweeting in an air of love)

Count them one, two loves Count them one, two loves Which is my face Which is a building Which is on fire, on fire

(he counts them one, two loves bc they are twins)

When my love Stands next to your love I can't define love When it's not love

(same as above, he is so in love , he's enmeshed in it)

It's not love It's not love Which is my face Which is a building Which is on fire

(same, his family life is on fire, he's in love w himself bc of it and he is so in love akin to flames. i suppose he lives with his twin flame)