In this song, Heaton paints a picture of a situation familiar in many lives – diving headfirst into a new love to get over your previous love, and simply digging yourself into a deeper hole in life.
Heaton sings from the perspective of an already divorced man throwing himself into another marriage...
[Verse 1: Heaton]
Well I told all my friends
I got lucky
That I'd finally met
Love of my life
I shouted aloud
How I was so proud
But also to taunt my ex-wife
[Verse 2: Both]
Well I thought that
I'd backed me a winner
The money was counted and stacked
But I found her in bed
With Jack and then Fred
She was a favourite
That everyone backed
[Chorus: Both]
I put the ring on her finger
Like I'd bagged me a cert
As I put the 'I' into naïve
And she put the 'H' into hurt
Love lifted me so high
Pushed me down in the dirt
When I put the 'I' into naïve
She put the 'H' into hurt
[Verse 3: Heaton]
Well I pulled to the side
My dear children
And I showed them her face
On the phone
'Daddy', they said
'Go get yourself wed
Or your spending the lifetime alone'
[Verse 4: Both]
Well I spent a year
Wining and dining
Now I'll have to go back
And I'll say
Love comes and goes
Then it dies like a rose
And you have to go throw it away
[Chorus: Both]
I put the ring on her finger
Like I'd bagged me a cert
As I put the 'I' into naïve
And she put the 'H' into hurt
Love lifted me so high
Pushed me down in the dirt
When I put the 'I' into naïve
She put the 'H' into hurt
[Bridge: Downey & Both ]
He put the 'G' into gullible
And also the 'G' into green
The 'S' into shame
The 'D' into dumb
The F into fool that I've been
The F into fool that I've been
[Chorus: Both]
I put the ring on her finger
Like I'd bagged me a cert
As I put the 'I' into naïve
And she put the 'H' into hurt
Love lifted me so high
Pushed me down in the dirt
When I put the 'I' into naïve
She put the 'H' into hurt
H into Hurt was written by Paul Heaton.
H into Hurt was produced by Ian Broudie.
Paul Heaton released H into Hurt on Fri Oct 11 2024.