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I wanted to be with you alone
And talk about the weather
But traditions I can trace against the child in your face
Won't escape my attention
You keep your distance with a system of touch
And gentle persuasion
I'm lost in admiration, could I need you this much?
Oh, you're wasting my time
You're just, just, just wasting time
Something happens and I'm head over heels
I never find out 'til I'm head over heels
Something happens and I'm head over heels
Ah, don't take my heart, don't break my heart
Don't, don't, don't throw it away
Throw it away
Throw it away
I made a fire, I'm watching it burn (yeah)
I thought of your future
With one foot in the past, now just how long will it last?
No, no, no, have you no ambition? (Mmm, what's the matter with my?)
My mother and my brothers used to breathe in clean air
(Nothing ever changes when you're acting your age)
And dreaming I'm a doctor (nothing gets done when you feel like a baby)
It's hard to be a man when there's a gun in your hand
(Nothing ever changes when you're acting your age) oh, I feel so
Something happens and I'm head over heels
I never find out 'til I'm head over heels
Something happens and I'm head over heels
Ah, don't take my heart, don't break my heart
Don't, don't, don't throw it away
And this my four-leaf clover
I'm on the line, one open mind
This is my four-leaf clover
(La, la, la, la, la)
(La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la)
(La, la, la, la, la)
(La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la)
(La, la, la, la, la)
(La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la)
(La, la, la, la, la)
(La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la)
(La, la, la, la, la)
(La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la) in my mind's eye
(La, la, la, la, la) one little boy, one little man
(La, la, la, la, la)
Funny how time flies
And talk about the weather
But traditions I can trace against the child in your face
Won't escape my attention
You keep your distance with a system of touch
And gentle persuasion
I'm lost in admiration, could I need you this much?
Oh, you're wasting my time
You're just, just, just wasting time
Something happens and I'm head over heels
I never find out 'til I'm head over heels
Something happens and I'm head over heels
Ah, don't take my heart, don't break my heart
Don't, don't, don't throw it away
Throw it away
Throw it away
I made a fire, I'm watching it burn (yeah)
I thought of your future
With one foot in the past, now just how long will it last?
No, no, no, have you no ambition? (Mmm, what's the matter with my?)
My mother and my brothers used to breathe in clean air
(Nothing ever changes when you're acting your age)
And dreaming I'm a doctor (nothing gets done when you feel like a baby)
It's hard to be a man when there's a gun in your hand
(Nothing ever changes when you're acting your age) oh, I feel so
Something happens and I'm head over heels
I never find out 'til I'm head over heels
Something happens and I'm head over heels
Ah, don't take my heart, don't break my heart
Don't, don't, don't throw it away
And this my four-leaf clover
I'm on the line, one open mind
This is my four-leaf clover
(La, la, la, la, la)
(La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la)
(La, la, la, la, la)
(La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la)
(La, la, la, la, la)
(La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la)
(La, la, la, la, la)
(La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la)
(La, la, la, la, la)
(La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la) in my mind's eye
(La, la, la, la, la) one little boy, one little man
(La, la, la, la, la)
Funny how time flies
Lyrics submitted by numb, edited by rockoperajon, Scribbles92
Head Over Heels Lyrics as written by Roland Orzabal Curt Smith
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Royalty Network
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I could go on for days about what I think this song means, but here's my nickle version.
Obviously he's talking about a girl, and his intense attraction to her, but everything is not right. He can't get as close to her as he wants. She has problems too, he can see it in the child in her face.
This is the perverbial classic dysfunctional relationship, neither party can get close enough despite the fact that they "feel so..." head over heels.
He knows what's going to happen, he sees it. But he embraces his future, even calling on luck to see him through.
But the end of the song is the most profound, the very end where he says
In my minds eye
One little boy One little man
Funny how... Time flys....
Now the reason that's so important is that in the song Broken we hear the same ending, but with a twist; the line is "One little boy anger one little man" and that's the clue.
This isn't about love with a woman, it's about how love with a woman doesn't work because he keeps finding women who are emotionally detatched and broken. The same as it was with his dad. In his minds eye, he can see this relationship and who it mirrors. At the time of the writing of this song, he already had the solution, and was hiding it between a couple different tracks.
And funny how times flies? How would you feel if you woke up as an adult and realized you had been reliving your childhood over and over again, and your lover was a karmic representation of your father?
I would run away and join a carnival if that was me.
Oh wait, I did that...
Thank you for reading, I hope you got something out of this. I did. :)
@Shaku55 you're wrong -<br /> he's object is male
What’s gender got to do with it? It’s still a love song about the psychology of falling head over heels.<br /> <br /> Unless you’re Roland or Curt, the authors - in which case my apologies, and great song.
@Shaku55 You are 100% on the money. This is all about dysfunctional relationships. \r\n\r\nI was just listening to the song and reflecting on it\'s meaning (and relevance to me). It seemed so obvious that I thought I\'d confirm my understanding!\r\n\r\nI\'ve always thought him singing \'this is my four leaf clover\' is actually him referring to the song. That is, a reference to him recognizing he winds up in these sorts of relationships and calling it out in the words of the song. He doesn\'t quite know what to do about it so that\'s what song writers do. Now he has done so, he\'s \'on the line\' with \'an open mind\' as to how to deal with it further.\r\n\r\nSomeone was asking about the gun metaphor (and not understanding it) but I\'ll put that as a reply to their post.\r\n\r\nKeep up the good (lyrical) work!