The two main members are vocalist Sonya Aurora Madan and guitarist Glenn Johansson. They briefly peaked during the Britpop craze of the mid-1990s with 2 UK Top 10 albums, 1994's everyone's got one and 1995's on.
Other albums include 1997's lustra, 2001's people are expensive and 2004's gravity pulls. A best-of compilation was released in 2002 called i can't imagine the world without me.
In 2008 a new best-of (simply entitled The Best Of Echobelly) has been released by SonyBMG while the band is working on new material.
For more information please visit www.echobelly.com or www.myspace.com/echobellymusic.
Four Letter Word
Echobelly Lyrics
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Well have I spoil your appetite,
And I told you once,
I told you once,
So let me tell you twice,
I wanted to say,
A toast to emotion,
Raise your glasses high,
A balance of hormones,
That make you feel like no one else,
Make you just the sane.
Here's to love, here's to hate,
Here's to all the things that makes me realize,
This is a four letter word,
Here's to fear, here's to fate,
Here's to all the things that makes me realize,
This is a four letter word oh oh.
It's coming loud and clear,
God I fancy you my dear,
Well I might be wrong,
I might be wrong,
I might need glasses all along,
My deepest emotions,
Nothing more than chemical equations,
Symphonies of stimulants,
Swimming round in a beating gland,
Really caused a traffic jam.
Here's to love, here's to hate,
Here's to everything that makes me realize,
This is a four letter word,
Here's to fear, here's to fate,
Here's to all the things that makes me realize,
This is a four letter word,
Here's to love, here's to hate,
Here's to everything that makes me realize,
This is a four letter word.
The lyrics of Echobelly's "Four Letter Word" express the complexities of human emotions, particularly in love and hate relationships. The song is a celebration of the duality of emotions that we all go through in relationships, from the highs of love to the lows of hate. The verse "A balance of hormones, That make you feel like no one else, Make you just the sane" reinforces the idea that love and hate are both emotions that make us feel alive, blissful, and always on the brink of insanity.
The chorus "Here's to love, here's to hate, Here's to all the things that make me realize, This is a four letter word" repeats the line "this is a four letter word" several times, which underscores that love and hate are the same four-lettered words that drive us to feel intense, passionate, and often complicated emotions. The idea that love and hate are interchangeable, as both can cause us pain and pleasure, is further emphasized in the chorus "Here's to fear, here's to fate, Here's to everything that makes me realize, This is a four letter word".
Line by Line Meaning
What a nice surprise,
I am pleasantly surprised by something unexpected.
Well have I spoil your appetite,
Did I ruin your mood?
And I told you once,
I have already said this before.
I told you once,
I have already said this before.
So let me tell you twice,
I think it is important for me to repeat myself.
I wanted to say,
I have something to share.
A toast to emotion,
Let's celebrate our feelings.
Raise your glasses high,
Let's lift our glasses to make a toast.
And turn them this way,
I want us to emphasize and focus on something specific.
A balance of hormones,
Our emotional state is affected by chemical imbalances in our body.
That make you feel like no one else,
These hormones trigger unique emotional responses that are personal to us.
Make you just the same.
But at the same time, we are similar in how these hormones affect us.
Here's to love, here's to hate,
Let's raise a toast to all the strong emotions we feel, including love and hate.
Here's to all the things that makes me realize,
Let's celebrate the events and emotions that remind me of something important.
This is a four letter word,
Emotion is just a simple four letter word that encompasses all that we feel.
Here's to fear, here's to fate,
Let's raise a toast to all the things that scare us or seem to be out of our control.
It's coming loud and clear,
There is no question about what I am feeling.
God I fancy you my dear,
I have a strong affection for you.
Well I might be wrong,
I am aware that I could be mistaken.
I might be wrong,
I am aware that I could be mistaken.
I might need glasses all along,
Maybe I am not seeing things clearly.
My deepest emotions,
My most intense feelings.
Nothing more than chemical equations,
Yet, they are just a result of chemical reactions in my body.
Symphonies of stimulants,
A complex composition of different chemicals that trigger emotions.
Swimming round in a beating gland,
These chemicals are present in our glands, floating around and affecting us.
Really caused a traffic jam.
Sometimes, these chemicals can cause conflicting feelings that slow down or stop our emotional responses.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: GLEN MIKAEL JOHANSSON, SONYA AURORA MADAN
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Max Headroom
My favourite track on the album 👍.
Peter Evans
All songs on this album were brill.
Max Headroom
Peter Evans Yes.
MrSkid1970
And Sonia is Brill!💓
Christine Andrea Verzosa
f@ck!....i love you tube!...bands that i thought already dead can now be dug here!whoa!...used to play this album almost everyday wayback late 90"s..
John Harvey
# I might be wrong, I might need glasses all along #