“Hot Thoughts” is the lead single and title track from Spoon’s ninth studio album, their first since 2014’s They Want My Soul.
The song turns slightly from the straight-ahead rock of They Want My Soul, with Dave Fridmann providing string arrangements and bells to augment a driving instrumental that...
[Verse One]
Hot thoughts melt in my mind
Could be your accent mixing with mine
You got me uptight, twisting inside
Hot thoughts all in my mind and all of the time, babe
[Chorus]
Hot thoughts all in my mind and all of the time, yeah
Hot thoughts all in, all in my mind, all of the time
(Woo!)
[Verse Two]
Your teeth shining so white
Light up this side street in Shibuya tonight
Hot thoughts melting my cool
Is it your motion signaling cues
Hot thoughts all in my mind and all of the time
You must be trouble for sure
[Chorus]
Hot thoughts all in my mind and all of the time, yeah
(Oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh)
I tell it to you slow when I want you to know
(Oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh)
Hot thoughts all in, all in my mind all of the time
[Verse Three]
Took time off from my kingdom
Took a break from the war
Took time off from my kingdom
Raise up my creatures
Diamonds from space
Pure facets and features
Last drag drug from your lips
Making you think how good it was to let baby kiss 'em
And those hot thoughts melting your cool
(Hot thoughts all on my mind and all of the time)
Could be that motion signaling cues
You've got
[Chorus]
Hot thoughts all in your mind, all of the time, yeah
(Oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh)
All that do my rhyme maketh you mine, yeah
(Oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh)
You know, I think all, I think all your love is enough
Hot Thoughts was written by Britt Daniel.
Hot Thoughts was produced by Spoon & Dave Fridmann.
Spoon released Hot Thoughts on Tue Jan 17 2017.
[On ‘Hot Thoughts’, sex seems to be a bigger topic than it’s ever been on a Spoon record – would that be right?] I think that’s fair to say. It was actually my girlfriend who inspired the first lyrics for ‘Hot Thoughts’. Last spring some guy who barely spoke English came up to her in Shibuya (Japan)...