Every time I think of you
I feel shot right through with a bolt of blue
It's no problem of mine
But it's a problem I find
Living a life that I can't leave behind
But there's no sense in telling me
The wisdom of the fool won't set you free
But that's the way that it goes
And it's what nobody knows
Well every day my confusion grows

Every time I see you falling
I get down on my knees and pray
I'm waiting for that final moment
You say the words that I can't say

I feel fine and I feel good
I'm feeling like I never should
Whenever I get this way
I just don't know what to say
Why can't we be ourselves like we were yesterday
I'm not sure what this could mean
I don't think you're what you seem
I do admit to myself
That if I hurt someone else
Then I'll never see just what we're meant to be

Every time I see you falling
I get down on my knees and pray
I'm waiting for that final moment
You say the words that I can't say

Every time I see you falling
I get down on my knees and pray
I'm waiting for that final moment
You say the words that I can't say



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Track duration: 03:54

"Bizarre Love Triangle" as written by Stephen Paul David/hook Morris

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    Memory:I adore this song, it always used to be one of mine and my ex's favourite songs but ironically, he was a piece of shit and I ended up in a bizarre love triangle with my current boyfriend of 4 years. Couldn't be happier. It always makes me think of how even though my ex treated me like a piece of shit it was still hard to leave him, because we'd been together for a long time and I wasn't sure of what laid ahead. Especially with 'Every time I see you falling, I get down on my knees and pray. Waiting for that final moment, You say the words that I can't say.'
    You look for the confirmation that you love them and they love you, and you finally do something about it. It's a really confusing feeling.
    Flag DizzyKitsuneon April 25, 2013   Link
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    General Comment:Given their roots in Joy Division, this New Order song sounds upbeat but it's introspective. For me, it's our bizarre love triangle with life and death.
    Flag robshihon April 18, 2013   Link
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    General Comment:The drug parallels to the lyrics are interesting but here is my take:
    This song is about a person already in a relationship who falls in love with another person who they have already known and is not sure how to handle it. The perspective being from the person who now has to choose between which person to be with.

    "living a life that I cant leave behind" refers to not being able to break up with the person they are in a long term relationship with.

    "but thats the way that it goes / and its what nobody knows / and everyday my confusion grows" refers to how he feels about this new person and the possibility of romance; confusion plays a large part in the decision making process since he is keeping two people in mind.

    "i feel fine / and i feel good / Im feelin like i never should / whenever i get this way i just dont know what to say / why cant we be ourselves like we were yesterday"
    He knows he shouldnt feel this way about a new 'lover; while hes already in a relationship...he wishes he and the new 'lover' could go back to just being friends but its too addictive....

    and finally "every time i see you falling / i get down on my knees and pray / im waiting for the final moment / you say the words that i cant say"
    He is speaking to his friend/lover and wishing they would be the one to make it official because he cant bear to come out with admitting hes in love with someone new when hes already in the middle of a relationship.

    or its probably totally off!!
    Flag bichonfrison January 26, 2013   Link
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    My Opinion:This song is quite literally about being in a "love triangle." How I take it is that a girl that he is in love with has a boyfriend but is fooling around with him. I'll take it line by line.....

    Every time I think of you
    I feel shot right through with a bolt of blue
    It's no problem of mine
    But it's a problem I find
    Living a life that I can't leave behind

    so this part is basically about how sad and frustrated he is being stuck in this complicated relationship. However, he can't leave it behind because he's in too deep, even though sometimes he wishes he could.

    But there's no sense in telling me
    The wisdom of the fool won't set you free
    But that's the way that it goes
    And it's what nobody knows
    Well every day my confusion grows

    His friends tell him to get out of the relationship, but he doesn't listen to them. He's still confused though, but he needs to figure this out himself. so he can be "set free."

    Every time I see you falling
    I get down on my knees and pray
    I'm waiting for that final moment
    You say the words that I can't say

    He can't tell the girl he loves her because she has a boyfriend, so he has to wait until she tells him first. It's a complicated situation, and he tries not to get his hopes up because he knows that their relationship is just casual, but he secretly hopes that she loves him too.

    I feel fine and I feel good
    I'm feeling like I never should
    Whenever I get this way
    I just don't know what to say
    Why can't we be ourselves like we were yesterday

    When the girl asks him how he feels about their relationship he says that he's fine and he's good, but on the inside he really isn't and he would almost prefer just being friends to heartbreak.

    I'm not sure what this could mean
    I don't think you're what you seem
    I do admit to myself
    That if I hurt someone else
    Then I'll never see just what we're meant to be

    She decides to call off their casual relationship so she can just be with her boyfriend. He doesn't know if they'll be able to date in the future, but still hopes for it. He considers finding a rebound, but knows that if he did that it would just send the wrong message to the girl he really cares about, that he's a player. He wants there to be a possibility of dating this girl in the future, and hopes that the girl thinks the same thing. He still secretly loves her and hopes that she'll break up with her boyfriend.

    wheww that was long... but basically sums it up!
    Flag rollah11on October 29, 2012   Link
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    My Interpretation:Esta canción trata sobre un amor no totalmente correspondido, desde el punto de vista del tercero en la relación. La persona que esta esperando la decisión concreta de la chica/chico que le hace sentir de esa forma.

    Every time I think of you
    I feel shot right through with a bolt of blue

    El coro:

    Every time I see you falling
    I get down on my knees and pray
    I'm waiting for that final moment
    You say the words that I can't say

    Expresa ese sentimiento de espera (y desesperación al mismo tiempo) por el que la otra persona por fin se decida a decirle lo que éste tanto quiere pero no puede decir.

    I feel fine and I feel good
    I'm feeling like I never should
    Whenever I get this way
    I just don't know what to say
    Why can't we be ourselves like we were yesterday

    Esta última parte trata sobre un sentimiento de arrepentiemiento por causar muy probablemente algun problema en la otra persona.

    Y si, me recuerda a alguien :(
    Flag Juan2Threeon September 06, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:I hate the song because it's someone Bible, but I do appreciate its creativity...and the band is EXCELLENT. I don't think it's necessarily about drugs. It can be about any vice or vices. Anytime attention is divided failure is usually the result. As for it being about relationships, there's no such thing as a "love triangle." Love is not hurtful or cruel.
    Flag Jeffreystumpon July 31, 2012   Link
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    Song Meaning:Bizarre Love Triangle = Drugs, Sex/love, Rock n Roll
    Flag jhchoustonon November 23, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:I agree with a21rweiss (2009). It is a song of sadness, not joy. And in the literal sense there is no such thing as a "love tiangle." True love does not involve three and never shall. If anyone believes it does s/he needs to check the ego at the door :) Extremely fascinating song, though.
    Flag MaryMaryQuiteContraryon August 24, 2011   Link
  • +3
    General Comment:i first heard this song about 6 yrs ago when i was in a relationship with a man who was engaged. it spoke volumes to me because i was, in fact, living in the bizarre love triangle, so to speak. the song was sang through his POV (in my imagination)... the words "I'm waiting for that final moment, You say the words that I can't say" meant he was waiting, kinda hoping and praying, i would break it off. that i might tell him i've had enough, i can't do this anymore... so he wouldn't have to carry on with another woman and have the guilt from his unfaithfulness... he couldn't break it off with me because the longer we were together the more he realized he wasn't happy with the woman he was engaged to... i was ruining everything by making him more aware. another reason he could never say goodbye to me first was the passion we had between us was something he had lost with his wife to be. that one phrase is the whole song to me.
    Flag dsp2883on August 03, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:{I sing this song this way}, for example:
    I think of you, I feel shot right through with a bolt of nitrogen
    And it's no problem of mine, but it's a problem I find .. fuckin' a life that I
    can't leave behind. And there's no sense in tellin' me, the wisdom of the fool won't set you free; and that's the way that it goes, and it's what nobody knows, well every day my erection grows.
    Every time I see you falling, I ... get down on my knees and pray. I'm waiting for that final moment, .. you say the words that I can't say.
    I feel fine and I feel good. I'm feeling like I fuckin' never should - wheveneer I get this wayI just don';t know that to say, why can't we be ourselves like we were yesterday, etc .
    Flag sanTitoon March 02, 2011   Link

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