Bikini Kill uses this song to paint a familiar picture – a girl goes over to a ‘friend’s house where a bunch of non-mutual friends are hanging out. She doesn’t like this group of people, and she adopts a temporary persona as to not upset them or draw attention to herself. The line “I stopped talking...
[Verse 1]
I said, "I wanna come over"
You said, "Okay, just come over"
Your friends are all on the couch
Your friends said, "Let's walk around"
[Pre-Chorus]
I'll pretend your friends are my friends
And kinda try not to offend them
But I won't let you see anything real
But you know, there's limits too
[Chorus]
I stopped talking an hour ago
I stopped talking an hour ago
I stopped talking an hour ago
I stopped talking an hour ago
[Verse 2]
It's one particular point of view
This group dynamic caters to
It's a predictable point of view
I think you know when it caters to you
[Bridge]
And if you do know, don't act like you don't
'Cause it's really annoying
And if you don't know, well, let's just say
You're a lot, lot stupider than I thought
[Pre-Chorus]
I'll pretend your friends are my friends
But I don't wanna hear you defend them
In fact, that kind of insults me
And I kinda don't really wanna be here right
[Chorus]
I stopped talking an hour ago
I stopped talking an hour ago
I stopped talking an hour ago
I stopped talking an hour ago, ago
[Outro]
Okay, your whole thing put me in negative space for way too fucking long. The only thing that I managed to say during that time was "I hate danger." What I really should have said was "You're so not dangerous. You're so not what you say you are at all."
I Hate Danger was written by Tobi Vail & Kathi Wilcox & Billy Karren & Kathleen Hanna.
I Hate Danger was produced by Tim Green.
Bikini Kill released I Hate Danger on Sun Oct 01 1995.