Neon Trees – Everybody Talks

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Hey baby won't you look my way
I can be your new addiction
Hey baby what you gotta say?
All you're giving me is fiction
I'm a sorry sucker and this happens all the time
I found out that everybody talks
Everybody talks, everybody talks

It started with a whisper
And that was when I kissed her
And then she made my lips hurt
I could hear the chit chat
Take me to your love shack
Mamas always gotta back track
When everybody talks back

Hey honey you could be my drug
You could be my new prescription
Too much could be an overdose
All this trash talk make me itchin'
Oh my my
Everybody talks, everybody talks
Everybody talks, too much

It started with a whisper
And that was when I kissed her
And then she made my lips hurt
I could hear the chit chat
Take me to your love shack
Mamas always gotta back track
When everybody talks back

Never thought I'd live
To see the day
When everybody's words got in the way

Hey sugar show me all your love
All you're giving me is friction
Hey sugar what you gotta say?

It started with a whisper
And that was when I kissed her
And then she made my lips hurt
I could hear the chit chat
Take me to your love shack
Mamas always gotta back track
When everybody talks back

Everybody talks, everybody talks
Everybody talks, everybody talks
Everybody talks, everybody talks back

It started with a whisper
And that was when I kissed her

Everybody talks, everybody talks back

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Track duration: 02:59

"Everybody Talks" as written by Tyler Glenn Tim Pagnotta

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  • +1
    General Comment:I think its how you'll be close friends with someone (or you might actually even like the person too) in a close circle of friends or perhaps a work place. And everyone starts to speculate as they can see this friendship or chemistry building away. And then it kinda makes you closer as you are both in the spot light and being targeted with everyones attention and interest with whats going on between you.
    Flag LambtonQon April 20, 2013   Link
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    My Interpretation:to me this song remind me about my life at the moment because i dated a guy who i counted as my best friend it was good... well actually fantastic then i guess i dunno i didnt like him like that i wanted to go back to being best friends as he is someone i care a lot about and i dont want to lose he is the sort of guy i would jump in front of a bullet for. he loves me and i nkow it a few times weve kissed and to everybody else that is wrong but if i ever had a soulmate it would be him only 1 of my other friends knows weve kissed to all my other friends it looks like were a couple sometimes and some of my other friends are warning me to stay away from him
    I found out that everybody talks

    Everybody talks, everybody talks

    It started with a whisper
    And that was when I kissed her
    And then she made my lips hurt

    maybe its wrong maybe its not what im doing but its so confusing and i have no idea what im doing can i please please have some advice and no hating me im already depressed enough
    Flagged ezmryderon February 11, 2013   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:My interpretation is that he likes this girl and is after her. She seems to like him too. But when things start to go beyond kissing she backtracks. I believe in this case the use of "Mama" means the girl he is kissing not someone's actual mother. Her excuse is that everybody talks and that's why she doesn't want to go further.
    "I'm a sorry sucker and this happens all the time" means he has heard this one before. Its not clear to me whether he believes her or not. Is she saying, "Everybody talks" to get out of going further? Or is he saying "everybody talks" meaning he agrees with her but who cares? Who is saying "everybody talks"? Depending on who is saying that would help me figure out more of the song.
    Flag michael14on February 01, 2013   Link
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    General Comment:I believe this is about a guy that really likes a girl, and she is always tells him she likes him. (tells him she wants to be with him in a whisper), but shes afraid of the rumors, so she keeps kissing him and he never gets to go all the way with her. Shes so worried about that she will get a bad reputation. This happens to him over and over with girls, because guys tell their friends and girls don't tell afraid of being labeled. All about shes a sl_t rumor.
    Flag lastsongon January 15, 2013   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:This song actually seems really straightforward.

    "Hey baby what you gotta say?
    All you're giving me is fiction"
    -----> Girl leads guy on.

    "I'm a sorry sucker and this happens all the time
    I found out that everybody talks"
    -----> The poor dude is used to that happening to him.
    -----> So they start doing their thing, and he kisses her, and they're making out (so much his lips hurt, apparently), but...

    "I could hear the chit chat
    'Take me to your love shack'"
    -----> 'Take me to your love shack' is in quotes because it strikes me as part of a conversation. The speaker in the song is quoting the people who are chit-chatting about him and his girl, making fun of them.

    "Mama's always gotta backtrack when everybody talks"
    -----> Back-tracking is a figure of speech for trying to get out of something you've already said or promised. The girl in the song backs up and calls it off because people are talking. Which explains:

    "Never thought I'd see the day when everybody's words got in the way"
    -----> It seems ordinary for the two people in the relationship to have their words get in the way, but the rest of the world? That's ridiculous, and the speaker is experiencing a good deal of incredulity.

    -----> So ultimately, it seems that she's just giving him lip-service -- "friction," which you can take to mean physical friction (she's ONLY giving him a physical relationship at the moment for fear of what they're all saying) or emotional friction (she's arguing or protesting their relationship in general, for the same reason). It doesn't matter; either way, he's only getting friction.

    The repetition of "everybody talks" has a double meaning, therefore. 1) Everybody OUTSIDE the relationship talks about the relationship, because people like drama. Whether he's speaking to her seriously or to himself marveling at the irony, he's acknowledging that everybody talks. So what's the big deal? And 2) Everybody he's encountered in a relationship manner talks but he wants more than talk - anyone can backtrack. "Everybody talks" is a perfect title, repeating in a resounding criticism of immaturity towards dating.

    I feel kinda bad for the dude.
    Flagged TheLicensedPoeton August 26, 2012   Link
  • +2
    My Interpretation:What I got from this song is actually different from what others interpreted. It's about a guy who falls for a girl who really knows to sweet talk and purposefully misleads him. At the slightest hint ("started with a whisper"), he starts to believe she actually really likes him so he gives in ("that's when I kissed her"). "Everybody talks" but that doesn't necessarily mean they mean it or it's the truth. I love how this song is actually kind of sad but it's upbeat!
    Flagged hetalkson July 22, 2012   Link
  • +1
    Translation:It's about me, hating my life.
    Flagged witmde2011on May 29, 2012   Link
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  • 0
    My Interpretation:I think it's more of a juvenile reaction and actions towards someone's relationship. Like in highschool, you get with a guy/girl, and "started with a whisper." After a milage-may-very time, the boyfriend and girlfriend kiss, and the guy "hears the chitchat." "Going to the love shack" (imo) means 'doing the dirty' and so that's the point when rumors and rants /explode/. He reassures the girl, saying that everybody talks about everything and speak their minds.

    Again, just what I think. :)
    Flagged redpandakandion May 27, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:I know this is probably not what this song really means, but what I got out of the chorus was that a guy and a girl are together, and everyone is always talking about them, and the girl is upset by this. The guy quietly reassures her that everything is okay and it doesn't matter ("it started with a whisper"), she starts to protest, but he kisses her to stop her ("and that was when I kissed her"), then she gives in and kisses him back ("and then she made my lips hurt"...idk, it makes sense to me!). Other people see it, and, like what I said before, talk ("I could hear the chit chat"). The next two lines ("Take me to your love shack, mamas always got a backtrack"), I'm not really sure. Maybe they're getting real into this or something?! And then all summed up by the line "Everybody talks babe". That's just what I got out of it the first time I heard this song. Either way, great song!
    Flag runner26on May 22, 2012   Link
  • +2
    General Comment:Great song! I am surprised no one has commented yet... been out for a while now. I think this song is about a boy and a girl and their love (or lack there of) for each other.

    'it started with a whisper'
    'and that is when I kissed her'
    'and then she made my lips hurt'

    I think the boy finds out through some people that this girl likes him ("it started with a whisper"). He then proceeds to go after her ("and that is when I kissed her"). I think she ends up leading him on making him think she likes him when she doesnt and when he finds out or when she is done with him he is devastated and everyone is talking about it.
    Flag redhawk87on March 21, 2012   Link
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