Lyrics for Hot Hot Hot!! as interpreted by oofus

Hot Hot Hot!! Lyrics
The first time I saw lightning strike
I saw it underground
Six deep feet below the street
The sky came crashing down
For a second that place was lost in space
Then everything went black
I left that basement burning and I never went back

The second time I saw it strike
I saw it at sea
It lit up all the fish like rain
And rained them down on me
For a second that boat was still afloat
Then everything went black
I left it underwater and I never went back

Hey hey hey
Well I like it when that lightning comes
Hey hey hey
Yes I like it a lot
Hey hey hey
Yes I'm jumping like a jumping jack
Dancing, screaming, itching, squealing, fever feeling
Hot hot hot!!!

The third time I saw lightning strike
It hit me in bed
It threw me around and then left me for dead
For a second that room was on the moon!
Then everything went black
I left that house on fire and I never went back
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"Hot Hot Hot!!!" as written by Robert James Smith, Simon Gallup, Porl Thompson, Laurence Andrew Tolhurst, Boris Williams
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Chloe le Fay
07-08-2002

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Hehe, I love this song.

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fleaaaaaa
07-17-2002

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its funkaaaaaaaaaaay

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needafix
04-09-2004

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its actually a pretty literal song.
its about three strange sexual encounters robert had. in which drugs were involved, obviously

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edge of the world
09-18-2004

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Robert says it's about "drugs". Quite simply, "drugs".

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nsjdog
01-14-2005

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yes edge of the world is correct, it is about drugs...

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erikhensens
02-10-2005

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i'd love to hear why needafix was sure as to say it was about sex. who do you think you are? robert put himself into a song and you tooke a giant shit on it.

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jancsibohoc
03-03-2005

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COOLEST LYRICS.

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xod
03-13-2005

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Lightning = orgasm. I'm not seeing any drug references here.

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edge of the world
07-14-2005

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xod, a lot of it actually resembles how one could describe a bad trip. Smith himself said it was about drugs.

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xod
07-31-2005

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What kind of drug feels like lightning? Nothing I've ever had the pleasure of.

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edge of the world
08-30-2005

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Ask Robert, I guess. He said it himself. It depends on the person, anyway.

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MaskOfSanity
04-04-2006

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I see the lightning as a metaphor for drugs. Possibly ecstasy, which was a newish drug at the time. Although I read in one interview that Robert Smith's fascination with lightning actually came from a book called Earthfast, in which a boy gets struck by lightning and goes back in time.

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hothothot!
04-05-2006

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I think it's one of those Cure songs that are really open to interpretation, although here's something Robert said;

"This was about three strange sexual experiences: in the basement of a club, on a ferry and at home in my bedroom. Lightning striking was an analogy. I was thinking of a children's book - Earthfast (by William Mayne) about a boy hit by lightning and going back in time - and of that bloke in the Guinness Book Of Records who's been hit numerous times. I told Tim Pope I wanted us to look like a lowdown funky soul band. He translated "lowdown" as "dwarf" and "soul band" as "black-and-white". Polydor said it wouldn't get shown. It didn't."

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MaskOfSanity
04-09-2006

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Thanks for posting that hothothot!... That's pretty strange, as I also thought of the bloke in the Guinness Book of Records, I believe he was a forest ranger who was struck by lightning about seven times on separate occasions and survived each time. He was also the inspiration behind the song "Sometimes" by James, another favorite band of mine, which is about a boy wanting to be struck by lightning for spiritual ecstasy. That could be another interpretation for this song, if we take it more literally, we could assume the narrator has actually been struck by lightning on different occasions and survived them all, but he gets a kind of spiritual ecstasy from the experience each time, as is evident in the chorus.

Going by what I've read it seems as though it's about three sexual experiences Robert had while on a particular drug, but it's definitely open to some fantastic interpretations.

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thedownpour
06-02-2006

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Cool song, i like the video. Is there anything factual that says robert smith is a druggie? Lots of song comments talk about him refering to drugs in his songs.

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[starla]
08-12-2006

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Anyone know what he says right at the beginning?

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sydbourne
09-30-2006

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it's ridiculous how much i like this song.

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strangersatellite
04-27-2007

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Awesome song! Guess it's open to debate, but everything above seems pretty accurate "hey, hey, hey, I like it when that lightening comes...yes I like it a lot!"........

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chardsofglass
05-25-2007

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[To thedownpour]
Look at the liner notes for the deluxe edition of the CD "Pornography". Smith openly admits they were all WAAAAY high on LSD at the time. They had a room full of junk from garbage bins at their studio according to that interview.

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gillsie_maester
01-02-2008

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Yes I'm interested in what he says at the start, too. From what I've gathered, it's something like:
"She may be the face of...."
Anyone?

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TheEightiesChick
07-08-2009

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I couldn't see it so much as a sexual referance. I mean, "left me for dead?" I don't really see that as saying anything about sex...but that's just me.

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Shopola
01-24-2011

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I don't think it matters whether its about sex or drugs, I think its just about a high of some sort that hes only been able to get a couple of times. (and I never went back)

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mumajor
06-27-2011

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He said "Captain", I said "What"
He said "Captain", I said "What"
He said "Captain", I said "What"
He said "Captain", I said "What you want?"


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donsr57
10-30-2011

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OK people, Pay attention! It's NOT about sex, it's about HEROIN. The first time I saw lightning strike is the first time on the drug, and you can never go back, because the second time is never like the first. The same goes for the second, you can never go back. Dancing, screaming, itching, squealing, fevered, feeling hot hot hot, refers to how the drug makes you feel. Like your skin is crawling, your sweating, fevered, hot. You need to know about the band and their recreational activities to understand they were users.

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