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Do bi do bi do do do oh,
Do bi do bi do do do oh,
Do bi do bi do do do oh,
Do bi do bi do do do oh,
Do bi do bi do do do.
I used to be lunatic from the gracious days.
I used to be woebegone and so restless nights.
My aching heart would bleed for you to see.
Oh but now I don't find myself bouncing home,
Whistling button hole tunes to make me cry,
No more " I love you's "
The language is leaving me
No more " I love you's "
Changes are shifting outside the words.
(The lover speaks about the monsters.)
Do bi do bi do do do.
I used to have demons in my room at night
Desire, despair, desire, so many monsters.
Oh, but now, I don't find myself bouncing home
Whistling button hole tunes to make me cry.
No more " I love you's "
The language is leaving me.
No more " I love you's "
The language is leaving me in silence.
No more " I love you's "
Changes are shifting outside the words.
They were being really crazy
And you know what mommy?
Everybody was being really crazy
The monsters are crazy
There are monsters outside.
No more " I love you's "
The language is leaving me.
No more " I love you's "
The language is leaving me in silence.
No more " I love you's "
Changes are shifting outside the words.
Do bi do bi do do do oh,
Outside the words.
Do bi do bi do do do oh.
No more " I love you's "
The language is leaving me.
No more " I love you's "
The language is leaving me in silence.
No more " I love you's "
Changes are shifting outside the words.
Do bi do bi do do do oh,
Do bi do bi do do do oh,
Outside the words.
Do bi do bi do do do oh,
Do bi do bi do do do oh.
Do bi do bi do do do oh,
Do bi do bi do do do oh,
Do bi do bi do do do oh,
Do bi do bi do do do.
I used to be lunatic from the gracious days.
I used to be woebegone and so restless nights.
My aching heart would bleed for you to see.
Oh but now I don't find myself bouncing home,
Whistling button hole tunes to make me cry,
No more " I love you's "
The language is leaving me
No more " I love you's "
Changes are shifting outside the words.
(The lover speaks about the monsters.)
Do bi do bi do do do.
I used to have demons in my room at night
Desire, despair, desire, so many monsters.
Oh, but now, I don't find myself bouncing home
Whistling button hole tunes to make me cry.
No more " I love you's "
The language is leaving me.
No more " I love you's "
The language is leaving me in silence.
No more " I love you's "
Changes are shifting outside the words.
They were being really crazy
And you know what mommy?
Everybody was being really crazy
The monsters are crazy
There are monsters outside.
No more " I love you's "
The language is leaving me.
No more " I love you's "
The language is leaving me in silence.
No more " I love you's "
Changes are shifting outside the words.
Do bi do bi do do do oh,
Outside the words.
Do bi do bi do do do oh.
No more " I love you's "
The language is leaving me.
No more " I love you's "
The language is leaving me in silence.
No more " I love you's "
Changes are shifting outside the words.
Do bi do bi do do do oh,
Do bi do bi do do do oh,
Outside the words.
Do bi do bi do do do oh,
Do bi do bi do do do oh.
Lyrics submitted by weezerific:cutlery
Track duration: 04:29
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its clear what the song is about....
I used to be lunatic from the gracious days.
''i was irrationally romantic about the early days of young love''
I used to be woebegone and so restless nights.
''i was in despair and couldnt sleep for loosing you''
My aching heart would bleed for you to see.
''i wore my heart on my sleeve for you to see''
Oh but now I don't find myself bouncing home,
Whistling button hole tunes to make me cry,
'' now i dont whistle tunes that i know will make me react and will make me cry''
** to buttonhole is to accost or detain a person in order to force them to engage with you** to play a buttonhole tune is to play a song that you know will evoke an emotion in you that you want.(playing a song you know will make you cry when your tearful).**
No more " I love you's "
''i will not say i love you anymore''
The language is leaving me
''the language of love is leaving me''
No more " I love you's "
''i will not say i love you anymore''
Changes are shifting outside the words.
''i am not just saying this. i am feeling this.
I used to have demons in my room at night
Desire, despair, desire, so many monsters.
'' i couldnt sleep for the confusion. wanting you, loosing you, wanting you. so much conflict in my mind''
I think those saying it is of a bad lover; someone not emotionally there or physically there are also wrong.
No where is it clear that the "other" even recognizes the relationship, let alone is involved with the singer. This is more personal and internal. The monster is their own desires and wishes. The love is unrequited.
This is a person infatuated, obsessed with another. Drawing heart or writing their name with the others surname as if married. The "other" may not even know of the love affair. But the singer now has grown past this love...shared or not.
"the changes are shifting outside the words" is that the love, presumed love, deep love has evolved with time and realizes it was not love. It was fleeting. The monsters were in the singers head...the desire and despair..the love was all to fill a void.
Haven't any of you really loved someone who either wouldn't acknowledge you or you were too shy to approach? Then when you approach or try to approach you find that the love is unrequited... See Billy Bragg's brilliant "The Saturday Boy". The miserable pain of love and learning that you'll never share love with that person. Seriously, I guess it might be "self abuse", but that's all.
The Saturday Boy Lyrics
I’ll never forget the first day I met her
That september morning was clear and fresh
The way she spoke and laughed at my jokes
And the way she rubbed herself
Against the edge of my desk
She became a magic mystery to me
And we’d sit together in double
History twice a week
And some days we’d walk the same way home
And it’s surprising how quick
A little rain can clear the streets
We dreamed of her and compared our dreams
But that was all that I ever tasted
She lied to me with her body you see
I lied to myself ’bout the chances I’d wasted
The times we were close
Were far and few between
In the darkness at the dances in the school canteen
Did she close her eyes like I did
As we held each other tight
And la la la la la la la la means I love you
She danced with me and I still hold that memory
Soft and sweet
And I stare up at her window
As I walk down her street
But I never made the first team,
I just made the first team laugh
And she never came to the phone
She was always in the bath
I had to look in the dictionary
To find out the meaning of unrequited
While she was giving herself for free
At a party to which I was never invited
I never understood my failings then
And I hide my humble hopes now
Thinking back she made us want her
A girl not old enough to shave her legs
The opening line in the original song is, "I used to be lunatic from your gracious face.", meaning just the sight of his lover's face drove him crazy with desire, etc. That would hardly be the perspective of a child to his/her abuser.
Also, the line sung by the chorus introducing the second verse, "The lover speaks about the monsters." identifies the singer as "the lover", again hardly a description of a child.
Finally, the lines "I used to have demons in my room at night
Desire, despair, desire, so many monsters." are not typical emotions a child would be dealing with alone in their room at night - here the singer is clearly going through the turmoil of desiring the person, and despairing that they will never see them again, etc.
The thing is, many of us tend to love and draw people in our lives that mirror the relationships we have with our parents. A girl with an abusive father might find herself as an adult being attracted to men just like her abusive father. But now as a woman she realizes that something is off and that how she approached relationships throughout her life no longer works for her.
This is how I interpret the part, "The language is leaving me." The actual language is how her parents taught her to love and be loved. And the language is now "leaving her" because she now realizes that the love she received as a child was not healthy and this dynamic played out again and again until she finally realizes that she needs to find her own language of love that works for her. Hence, "No more I love you's" (because your idea of love is not true for me). And now as the "language is leaving me" "changes are shifting outside the words" (the way her parents taught her to love) and changing within her so that she can now inwardly seek and find what love truly means for 'her.'
The video, all that Tolouse LaTrec business in the video is representative of people's facades, and maybe eventaully finding a place that they can be real. You'll notice Annie FACILITATES this, but never gets to let her guise down. She's almost bitter, and she doesn't even want to try any more.
What an incredible song!!!!
Desire, despair, desire, so many monsters", talks about the feelings a child may experiment while being abused. A child can not understand that period of time. then, "Oh, but now, I don't find myself bouncing home Whistling button hole tunes to make me cry", refers to the child when he/she grows up and meets his/her condition: confusing. That is why the ladymen dancing around her. It´s a song of meanings, of traumas, that life has modified taking his/her inocence. No more I love yous is the "cut" of something beautiful everybody needs: LOVE.