Lyrics for Lollipop as interpreted by Pebble

Lollipop Lyrics
Hey, what's the big idea?

Yo Mika.

I said,
sucking too hard on your lollipop,
or love's gonna get you down,
I said,
sucking too hard on your lollipop,
or love's gonna get you down.

Sucking too hard on your lollipop,
or love's gonna get you down,
sucking too hard on your lollipop,
or love's gonna get you down.
Say love, say love,
or love's gonna get you down.
say love, say love,
or love's gonna get you down.

I went walking in with my mama one day,
when she warn me what people say,
live your life until love is found,
'cause love's gonna get you down.
Take a look at the girl next door,
she's a player and a down right whore,
Jesus loves her, she wants more,
oh bad girls get you down.

Singing,
Sucking too hard on your lollipop,
or love's gonna get you down,
sucking too hard on your lollipop,
or love's gonna get you down.
Say love, say love,
or love's gonna get you down.
say love, say love,
or love's gonna get you down.

Mama told me what I should know,
too much candy gonna rot your soul,
if she loves you, let her go,
'cause love only gets you down.
Take a look at the boy like me,
never stood on my own two feet,
now I'm blue, as I can be,
oh love couldn't get me down.

Singing,
sucking too hard on your lollipop,
or love's gonna get you down,
sucking too hard on your lollipop,
or love's gonna get you down.
Say love, say love,
or love's gonna get you down.
say love, say love,
or love's gonna get you down.

I went walking with my mama one day,
when she warn me what people say,
live your life until love is found,
or love's gonna get you down.

Singing,
sucking too hard on your lollipop,
or love's gonna get you down,
sucking too hard on your lollipop,
or love's gonna get you down.
Say love (say love), say love (say love),
or love's gonna get you down.
say love (say love), say love (say love),
or love's gonna get you down.

Mama told me what I should know,
too much candy gonna rot your soul,
if she loves you, let her go,
'cause love only gets you down.

Whoa-oh, whoa-oh, whoa-oh, lollipop.
Whoa-oh, whoa-oh, whoa-oh, lollipop.

Sucking too hard on your lollipop,
or love's gonna get you down,
say,
sucking too hard on your lollipop,
or love's gonna get you down.

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Goofy_Girl
02-02-2007

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Mika said in an interview that this was his favourite song off the album.

...
he said it was a message to his sister!!
the interview-ee was a bit shocked and was like "oooh you filthy person".

: P ha ha MIKA rules he's fan-daby-doobly-doooo

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MariaK
02-08-2007

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It is a message to his little sister not to have sex too soon! That's what it is.

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heyjuderefrain
02-16-2007

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its a great song, you can tell they love it when they perform.
MIKA's brilliant. and its a very good message. lol.

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SSSSSKKKKKx027
02-19-2007

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ahahaha, I love this song. It's a message pretty much not to be a whore and take things slow, i agree with MariaK, but the song is just so good. I love Mika.

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Funkyblueeyes
03-06-2007

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This song means happy to me =P
Because it's very bippity boppity and listening to the little kid say that one verse always makes me smile haha!

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schock
03-17-2007

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I Find It Interesting. Sucking To hard On Your Lollipop... That Just Interests Me.. Now, I Think That Means That You Should Take Your Time Finishing Your Lollipop. The Lollipop Symbolizes Innocence. Basically, I Believe This Saying Is Talking About Taking Your "Sweet" Time With Falling In Love. Loves Gonna Get You Down. This Is In Direct Phrasing With Bad Girls Are Gonna Get You Down. One Might Put These Together And Think That These Two Lines Mean Overall Love Makes You Sad.

I Find This Very Ironic However. The Song Is Talking About Never Finding Love, And If You Do, Don't Love Back. The Song Has Sad Lyrics. However The Songs Rhythm And Beat Is In The Form Of Happy Music.

This Rarely Happens In Music.

It's Like Singing A Song About 9/11 To The Rhythm Of When The Saints Go Marchin' In.

Overall I Think This Song Is Appealing To Us Because It Reminds Us Of Our Innocence. The Ironic Lyrics And Beat Also "Tickles" Our Sensories. When Something Is Funny, It Is Usually Because The Opposite Of What Should Happens, Happens.

A Song With Sad Lyrics And A Happy Beat Means That Our Brain Interprets The Song As Being Funny.. And When Something Is Funny, It Makes Us Happy.

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FireAtTheDisco
03-19-2007

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So.Bloody.Catchy. It's pretty much about takin' it slowwwww.

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Mika_love
03-26-2007

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i cannot listen to this song without dancing.

its just saying dont be too quick to fall in love. enjoy your innocence while you still can.

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ellisha89
03-28-2007

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LOVE IT! such a bobby song! god this boy is great! and there is only more greatnes to come from him!

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bluchickenlvr04
03-29-2007

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okay no one has fixed the lyrics so I'll have to.

1. it's "Yeah, love's gonna get you down"

2. "she's a player and a down right bore,
Jesus loves her, she wants more"

3. "too much candy gonna rot your soul"

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bluchickenlvr04
03-29-2007

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also...

"oh love come and get me down"

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bluchickenlvr04
03-29-2007

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Okay my bad. He says bore on the cd and whore in concert.

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thatoneperson823
04-04-2007

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it definitely is "bore" and not "whore" . . it makes more sense, and bluchickenlvr04 is right about those lines as well.

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fxcking_turtle
04-04-2007

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CATCHY AS HELL.
His whole album is like this,
I'm betting 20 bucks.
And this is my fave song from him
The beat is so catchy,
and the lyrics make me laugh.
(L)

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mikalover
04-10-2007

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I liked this song the most at first and then it just sort of went less happy to more sadity sad sad as i heard the words more. i still like it tho...! I really want 2 go and see him in concert!

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tomboz
04-24-2007

Rated +1 
GR8 SONG! Yer, his says 'bore' on the album and 'whore' live.

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sunnysenny
04-26-2007

Rated -1 
Great song.
I agree with schock that the lollipop is a metaphor for innocence. I don't, however, think it's literally about taking things slow, but more figuratively about being careful about giving away your heart.

I think the irony of sad lyrics with happy music is purposeful. When I felt like my love life was plotting against me, I listened to this song and I felt happy. This song does not create pity for failure in love, but instead makes it easy to swallow.

For that reason, the sexual conotations of this song could be the opposite of taking this slow. In fact, I think if you analyze this song from a sexual perspective, it could mean that you shouldn't be scared about getting your heart broken by the person you have sex with, but instead should be prepared for it and don't treasure love or physical virginity to much. However, I don't think the purpose of this song is sexual, and I disagree with the first few people who commented on this song.

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pluto
05-17-2007

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i think its basically about holding on too tightly to the one you love, ie 'sucking to hard on your lollipop'
because then it says about 'if she loves you, let her go'
as opposed to the theory about not losing your innocence too soon...

if you suck too hard on your lollipop love's gunna get you down.

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ccbubblegum
06-03-2007

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"Jesus loves her, she wants *moooore*" is pretty darn funny.

Okay, I don't understand this:

Take a look at a boy like me,
Never stood on my own two feet,
Now I'm blue, as I can be,
Oh, love couldn't get me down!

If love couldn't get him down, why is he blue?

Alternate interpretation: I sometimes hear it as "love, COME GET ME DOWN!" He's always been real dependent on his lovers ("never stood on my own two feet") and now he's not in a relationship so he's blue and he's saying, as he does throughout the rest of the song, that love gets you down, but it's *love*, so you want it to get you down! Thus adding a layer of unexpected depth!

I don't think the explanation he gave about telling his little sister not to have sex makes much sense, in context. If he had just left out the part I quoted above it would have all tied in together for a single (and depressingly conservative >:| ) message. I also kinda think he just really really wanted to work a song around this particular double entendre so there's not any sort of strongly intended meaning at all besides "Go get up and dance to a guy singing about lollipops! go do it! right now!" but that doesn't really come off well in interviews so he was like "UH, UH, MY SISTER"

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dangerousandrogyne
07-10-2007

Rated +2 
I think the song is about not getting obsessed with love (sucking too hard on the lollipop) because it will break your heart. Instead, you just "live your life until love is found" and think about other things, moving along until you find something that works for you. So, don't spend your whole life searching for love, or you'll forget to live it and ultimately be disappointed by the results of your search.

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sum1butno1
07-13-2007

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Before reading this page, I had a very dfferent idea of what this song was about. Going with what Schock was saying (though why the hell did you capitalize every damn word?), I also thought the contrast between lyrics and music was interesting, because the lyrics were so cynical seeming and hopeless while the music was very happy and energetic. I first thought that the song was claiming that entering into a committed relationship was only setting yourself up for pain and heartbreak, much more than it was worth. The lines "Suckin' too hard on your lollipop, oh love's gonna get you down" and "too much candy's gonna rot your soul" then meant that striving for love was just going to cause you to become bitter (because the relationship will inevitably fail to satisfy the need for love) and a more miserable person. As in, the more/harder you try the worse it gets.

However, after hearing what he had to say about it, reading the lyrics out of the actual booklet, and seeing the picture behind said lyrics, I am more than willing to believe that the song's meant to convince his sister to save herself sexually.

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aly_rae
08-08-2007

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I think it's more along the lines about falling in love at a young age. He says it's no good because you can get hurt, or crave it, and wear it thin by going for it to much, not just mentally but physically.

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IhavNoIdea
09-15-2007

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I feel so stupid! My ex-boyfriend gave me this CD 3 weeks before he dumped me unexpectedly... And 5 months later I still can't get over him... Love really got me down. I should have just listened to Mika.... ='(

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_planecrash
10-05-2007

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This song is addictinggg.

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renny714
11-08-2007

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My theme song for the summer!
I don't want to waste my holidays worrying about some unrequited love.
Woo woo to Mika!

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