The Flaming Lips are known for their lush, multi-layered arrangements, spacey lyrics and bizarre song titles. They are also acclaimed for their elaborate live shows, which typically feature animal suits, puppets, streamers, video projections and complex stage light configurations.
In 2002, Q magazine named The Flaming Lips one of the "50 Bands to See Before You Die". In 2006, Oklahoma City named a street Flaming Lips Alley in their honor.
The group recorded several albums and EPs for Restless Records in the 1980s and early 1990s. After signing to Warner Brothers, they scored a #9 hit on the Billboard Alternative charts (and #55 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart) in 1994 with "She Don't Use Jelly". Although it would be their only hit single, the band has maintained critical respect and, to a lesser extent, commercial viability with sonically majestic albums such as 1995's Clouds Taste Metallic, 1999's The Soft Bulletin, 2002's Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots and 2006's At War with the Mystics. The Flaming Lips' 12th studio album, Embryonic, was released in October of 2009. A complete cover of Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon was released in May 2010. The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends, their collaborative album which features artists like Ke$ha, Bon Iver, Nick Cave and Erykah Badu, was released on Record Store Day, April 2012.
Their next studio album, tentatively titled The Terror, will be released in January 2013.
Their song "Do You Realize??" is the official State Rock Song of Oklahoma.
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With You
The Flaming Lips Lyrics
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When I talk with you, I feel weird.
When I'm standing here, I feel strange.
When you're standing near, I feel strange.
All that I know
Is my mind is blown.
When I'm with you.
When I'm with you [Repeat: x5]
When I'm
When you're touching me, I feel great.
When I'm touching you, hallucinate.
When I'm standing here, I feel strange.
When you're standing near, I feel strange.
All that I know
Is my mind is blown.
When I'm with you.
When I'm with you [Repeat: x5]
When I'm
The Flaming Lips's song "With You" is a love song that explores the way that being in love makes people feel. The lyrics express the intense emotions that come with being around the one you love. The song opens with the singer acknowledging the strange feelings that arise when they are in the presence of their beloved. The repetition of the phrase "I feel weird" and "I feel strange" emphasizes the confusion and disorientation that love can create.
The chorus reveals that being around the person they love completely blows their mind. The simple and straightforward repetition of "When I'm with you" drives the point home that the person's presence has a profound impact on the singer's mental state. The second verse continues to explore these feelings, with the singer describing the positive effects of physical touch.
Overall, the song captures the intense emotions that come with falling in love. The lyrics paint a vivid picture of the confusion, disorientation, and intense attraction that many people experience when they are first starting a relationship.
Line by Line Meaning
When I walk with you, I feel weird.
Being with you makes me feel different, not like myself.
When I talk with you, I feel weird.
Communicating with you has this strange effect on me.
When I'm standing here, I feel strange.
Just being in this situation makes me feel out of place.
When you're standing near, I feel strange.
You being in close proximity to me triggers an odd feeling.
All that I know
Is my mind is blown.
When I'm with you.
The only thing I can say for sure is that being with you really messes with my head.
When you're touching me, I feel great.
Physical contact with you has a positive effect on me.
When I'm touching you, hallucinate.
Touching you makes me experience something surreal or hallucinatory.
When I'm standing here, I feel strange.
This situation is still making me feel uneasy.
When you're standing near, I feel strange.
Your proximity is still having a weird impact on me.
All that I know
Is my mind is blown.
When I'm with you.
Again, I can only say for sure that being with you has a significant effect on my mental state.
When I'm with you [Repeat: x5]
When I'm
This last part is just repeating that being with you is affecting me in a big way.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: MINO VERGNAGHI, ADELMO FORNACIARI, MATTEO SAGGESE, SCOTT DAVID ENGLISH
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