In June 2008, McCartney's official Web site announced that a track called "Lifelong Passion (Sail Away)," from the album Electric Arguments would be issued as a limited-edition download to fans who donated to the charity Adopt-A-Minefield.[1] The album was released on the label One Little Indian on November 24, 2008.[2] The new album features more traditional songs, in which there are vocals (the first time on any of their albums). The majority of the album's vocals come from McCartney.
The duo borrowed the title "Electric Arguments" from the poem "Kansas City to St. Louis" by Allen Ginsberg. Ginsberg describes driving along the highway in a "white Volkswagen" (i.e., a "beetle") while listening to music and call-in shows on the radio and looking at signs and billboards:
"Michelle, John Lennon & Paul McCartney / wooing the decade / gaps from the 30s returned / Old earth rolling mile after mile patient / The ground / I roll on / the ground / the music soars above / The ground electric arguments / ray over / The ground dotted with signs for Dave's Eat Eat"
Thus, "electric arguments" refers both to the radio waves carrying talk-show arguments and also to illuminated billboards and neon signs.
Is This Love
Fireman Lyrics
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Thru my veins flow to me
Home to me home to me now
Home to me
Like the swallow thru my veins
Flow to me home to me
Home to me now home to me
Is this love we must discover
Perfect love between each other
Flow like water thru my veins
Flow to me home to me
Home to me now home to me
Like the swallow thru my veins
Flow to me home to me
Home to me
Help me find my sister brother
Help me find my father mother is this love?
Help me help me help me help me
Is this love?
The Fireman's song "Is This Love?" explores the theme of love as a fluid and elusive emotion that flows like water. The opening lines of the song "Love, flow like water through my face, flow to me, home to me, home to me now" depict love as something that is mainly felt and experienced. The reference to home in the second line of the song may imply that love is the ultimate destination and fulfillment for the singer.
The subsequent lines "Like the swallow in my face, flow to me, home to me, home to me now" further reinforces the idea of love as fluid and uncontainable, like the flighty swallow bird. As the song progresses, the singer raises a series of questions: "Is this love? We must discover perfect love between each other." Here, the singer's inquiry may imply that the nature of love is still uncertain, and that finding the perfect kind of love between two people requires discovery and exploration.
The repetition of "Help me" towards the end of the song may signify the singer's desperation and need for guidance in understanding the intricate and complex nature of love. The final words of the song "Flow to me" may suggest a hopeful and optimistic outlook towards love, despite its unpredictable and fleeting nature.
Line by Line Meaning
Love
The feeling and affection between two individuals
Flow like water
Love is fluid and ever-flowing, constantly moving and changing
Through my face
Love can be felt and experienced through one's senses
Flow to me
The desire to receive and experience love
Home to me
Love is where one feels comfort and belonging
Home to me now
The immediacy and urgency of wanting to experience love
Like the swallow
The feeling of love can be as fleeting and swift as a bird in flight
We must discover
The journey to find and cultivate a perfect love between two individuals
Perfect love between each other
A relationship where love is mutual and unconditionally shared
Help me find the cist of love
The search for the source and abundance of love
Help me find the fountain of love
The quest for endless love and fulfillment
Is this love?
Questioning and confirming the existence and authenticity of love
Help me, help me, help me, help me
The plea for assistance and guidance in understanding and experiencing love
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