Echo Image (stylized "echo !mage") is a synthpop band from Norway. The band… Read Full Bio ↴Echo Image (stylized "echo !mage") is a synthpop band from Norway. The band unofficially started in the summer of 1997 when Pal Magnus Rybom began experimenting with electronic music. Later that year Fredrik Hansen joined and Echo Image was officially formed with Trine Bilet joining towards the end of the year providing backing vocals and keyboards. Bilet is featured on the front cover of the Endless Day EP. They were most active between the late 90s and the early 00s.

In 1998, Echo Image recorded the Walkout EP, which was sold locally through a punk/prog label called Kvarts Musikk. Their musical style didn't really suit Kvarts, so in 2000 they signed to US synthpop label A Different Drum. Around this time Lars Kristian Holt joined as live guitarist.

The 2000 single Need To Be Proud was mixed by Apoptygma Berzerk frontman Stephan Groth, who introduced them to the Norwegian label Hard:Drive. After releasing Compuphonic simultaneously on ADD and the now defunct Bloodline in Europe, they signed with Hard:Drive and released the Endless Day EP. Echo Image accompanied Apoptygma Berzerk on the Harmonizer tour in 2002.

The members of the band are currently Pal Magnus Rybom, Trine Bilet, and Lars Kristian Holt; Fredrik Hansen left the band in 2004, but is in contact with the band in regards to joining again.

In July 2010, a new demo song, "Things I know" was released to Youtube, along with a new interview of Pål Magnus Rybom who mentioned that he is working on a new Echo Image album.

On 1 October 2010, Echo Image played a live concert at ElektroStat.

Messing With Love
Echo Image Lyrics

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She was going on tonight
And I'm feeling that you don't understand
Here without you
What am I to do?
Without you, what am I supposed to do?

OOOooooooh You mess around with love
OOOOooooooh Find myself, Into your love, see you walk around.

Tell me why you don't understand
Would it help you if I was another man?
Here without you, what am I to do?
Without you, What am I supposed to do?

OOOooooooh You mess around with love
OOOOooooooh Find myself, Into your love, see you walk around.
OOOooooooh You mess around with love
OOOOooooooh Find myself, Into your love, see you walk around.

{Bridge}

OOOooooooh You mess around with love
OOOooooooh You mess around with love
OOOooooooh You mess around with love
OOOooooooh You mess around with love
OOOOooooooh Find myself, Into your love, see you walk around.

OOOooooooh You mess around with love
OOOOooooooh Find myself, Into your love, see you walk around.

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Echo Image's "Messing with Love" convey the frustration and confusion of a person who is struggling with the absence of a loved one. The first verse sets the scene with the singer acknowledging that the person he cares about is out for the night but he feels as though she doesn't understand his feelings. The repeated refrain of "Without you, what am I supposed to do?" highlights the deep emotional connection this person feels with the absent loved one and the strain of being apart.

The chorus uses the emotive line "You mess around with love" to convey the sense of uncertainty and instability that these feelings bring. The singer admits that he finds himself drawn to this love despite the frustrations it brings, and the repetition of "Into your love, see you walk around" emphasizes the pull it has on him. The final two lines signify both the frustration and the sense of powerlessness that the singer feels in his situation.

The bridge is a repetition of the chorus, but with a focus on the line "You mess around with love." This line is more accusatory in this context, as if the singer is warning his love interest of the risks of playing with their emotions. Overall, the lyrics of this song are a powerful expression of the struggles of love and the turmoil it can bring.

Line by Line Meaning

She was going on tonight
The woman he loves is doing something tonight.

And I'm feeling that you don't understand
He feels like the woman doesn't understand his feelings.

Here without you
He is alone without the woman he loves.

What am I to do?
He doesn't know what to do without her.

Without you, what am I supposed to do?
He can't imagine how to go on without the woman he loves.

OOOooooooh You mess around with love
The woman is playing with his feelings, which is dangerous.

OOOOooooooh Find myself, Into your love, see you walk around.
He's falling deeper in love with her, even though it hurts him.

Tell me why you don't understand
He wants to know why the woman can't see how he feels about her.

Would it help you if I was another man?
He wonders if she would care about him more if he was someone else.

OOOooooooh You mess around with love
The woman is toying with his heart, which is not fair.

OOOOooooooh Find myself, Into your love, see you walk around.
His attraction to her is making him feel lost and helpless.