“I Hate It Too” by Hum, off the album, You’d Prefer an Astronaut talks about the nature of a relationship that is nearing the end. In the beginning, both individuals connected over many things but now things have changed and the relationship is one sided. The writer feels a disconnect with his “love...
Morning gray ignites a twisted mess of foreign shapes and sounds
I wish the ceiling was the ground
I'll send you flowers made of silent, tiny pieces of the sun
To help me make up for this one
While you send me tidal waves of love when you're alone
And I can't remember what you do
To find a way to turn the signal back to Heaven, sounding blue
And bring me faithful back to you
And she don't hold me right
She's never gonna get me there
And she don't hold me right
She's never gonna get me there
Not tonight
If we break off gently in slow motion
Spinning outward into space
My hand always floating gently at the wheel
While you sweetly hold my face
And I need you to give it meaning
I need you to share the view
Or it becomes a time for me to love myself
Like every other thing I do
And she don't hold me right
She's never gonna get me there
And she don't hold me right
She's never gonna get me there
Not tonight
I Hate It Too was written by Hum.
I Hate It Too was produced by Hum & Keith Cleversley.
Hum released I Hate It Too on Tue Apr 11 1995.