I understand and appreciate that pop music doesn't always have to be about something. But there are songs that come out that have lyrics so obscure, so lyrically murky, that one wonders if the songwriter wasn't just putting words together because they sounded good phonetically. By example, has Duran Duran EVER written a song that has made sense.

Consider "Come Undone":

Mine immaculate dream made breath and skin I've been waiting for you
Signed with a home tattoo happy birthday to you was created for ya
Can't ever keep from falling apart at the seams
Can't I belive you're taking my heart too pieces
Oh, it'll take a little time might take a little crime to come undone now
We'll try to stay blind to the hope and fear outside
Hey child stay wilder than the wind and blow me in to cry

Who do you need who do you love when you come undone
Who do you need who do you love when you come undone

Words playing me deja-vu like a radio tune I swear I've heard before
Chills is it something real or the magic I'm feeding off your fingers
Can't ever keep from falling apart at the seams
Can't I believe you're taking my heart to pieces
Lost in a snow filled sky we'll make it alright to come undone now
We'll try to stay blind to the hope and fear outside
Hey child stay wilder than the wind and blow me in to cry

Who do you need who do you love when you come undone
Who do you need who do you love when you come undone
Who do you need who do you love when you come undone
(Can't ever keep from falling apart) Who do you need who do you love
When you come undone (can't ever keep from falling apart)
Who do you need who do you love (can't ever keep from falling apart)
Who do you love when you come undone (can't ever keep from falling apart)


Anyone wish to take a stab at interpreting that? I mean I like the beat but what the HELL is Simon going on about?

How about some more songs that lyrically make little or no sense.

(Wondering how long it's going to take someone to mention any song from Meat Loaf)

"Cold as fire baby, hot as ice" -Britney Spears


I kinda like the song, but this line bugs me!

thekidsgirl said:

If u ever been to heaven it is twice as nice





One song that went #1:

Am I your fire?
The one desire
Believe when u say
That I want it that way

When we are 2 worlds apart
i cant reach 2 your heart
When I say that i want it that way

Tell me why
Aint nothin but a heartache
Aint nothin but a mistkake
Tell me why
I never wanna hear u say
I want it that way

There are sooo many songs that fit into this category. First one that comes to mind is Keith Sweat's "I Want Her". It makes NO snese at all.

paisleypark4 said:

Damn catchy song but I never could figure out which exact way they were talking about.

Don't most Duran Duran songs fit into this category? LeBon wasn't exactly the most introspective lyricist.

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paisleypark4 said:

They said in a trl interview that it didnt make any sense either.

Axchi696 said:

Yeah, I had the same thought. Interpreting "Union of the Snake" is actually used as a doctoral thesis in several major universities.

daPrettyman said:

How does it not?

See ya last nite
Saw u standing there
Couldnt picture the color of your hair
All I wanted 2 know was u really there?

i wanna know was it my imagination
U know it was a sweet sensation
Lookin @ u from a distance
It seemed so real

U & I 2gether (dream)
Dream seems for real (real)
Is it a dream is this the way i feel?
It feels so real
All I know is
I want her!

paisleypark4 said:

I remember when this first came out ...we used to dance to this at the clubs, I had the album on vinyl...the good old days. Time flies.

paisleypark4 said:

The lyrics are very "silly" and juvenile 2 me. Never quite understood if he was a stalker or infatuated with her. I understand now that it was supposed to be romantic, but dang.

thekidsgirl said:

I just listened to that right before I read this..I like that song. What about "Tubthumping" by Chumbawumba.

daPrettyman said:

no more than ILL BE WATCHING YOU by Police

paisleypark4 said:

"Every Breath You Take"

"I Want Her" makes sense. The Keith Sweat song that's lyrically ridiculous is "Make You Sweat."

You say no, I say yes
Girl I bet 'cha I can make you sweat

That's all kinds of wrong...





...but I love the song anyway.

AlexdeParis said:

I know..its on the verge of rape!

the first song that comes to mind is the back street boys song "show me the meaning of being lonely, it's just a feeling i need to walk with"? what in the hell??

dancerella said:

and that was on the same album

Just about anything by Culture Club.

Here's one my favorites; Church Of The Poison Mind

Desolate loving in your eyes
You used an' made my life so sweet
Step out like a god found child
I saw your eyes across the street
Who would be the fool to take you
Be more than just kind
Step into a life of maybe
Love is hard to find
In the church of the poison mind
In the church of the poison mind
In the church of the poison mind
In the church of the poison mind
Watch me clinging to the beat
I had to fight to make it mine
That religion you could sink in neat
Just move your feet an' you'll feel fine
Who would be the fool to maybe
Trick a kiss in time

Who am I to say that's crazy
Love will make you blind
In the church of the poison mind
In the church of the poison mind
In the church of the poison mind
Desolate loving in your eyes
You used an' made my life so sweet
Step out like a god found child
I saw your eyes across the street
Who would be the fool to take you
Be more than just kind
Step into a life of maybe
Love is hard to find
In the church of the poison mind
In the church of the poison mind
In the church of the poison mind
In the church of the poison mind

Goldfrapp- A&E. I like these lyrics, but they're somewhat cryptic.

It's a blue, bright blue Saturday, hey hey
And the pain is starting to slip away, hey hey

I'm in a backless dress on a pastel ward that's shining
Think I want you still
But there may be pills at work

Do you really wanna know how I was dancing on the floor?
I was trying to phone you when I'm crawling out the door
I'm amazed at you, the things you say that you don't do
Why don't you wreck?

I was feeling lonely, feeling blue
Feeling like I needed you
Like I'm walking up surrounded by me
A&E

It's a blue, bright blue Saturday, hey hey
And the pain is starting to slip away, hey hey

I'm in a backless dress on a pastel ward that's shining
Think I want you still
But there may be pills at work

How did I get to accident - emergency?
All I wanted was you to take me out high
And I was feeling lonely, feeling blue
Feeling like I needed you
Like I hope'd you'd call and hope'd you'd see me
A&E
[Edited 2/23/08 18:45pm]

The shit is bananas.... B-A-N-A-N-A-S-