Anything
Frank Zappa with The Mothers Of Invention Lyrics
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For your love, my heart cries
Take my heart, my love my everything
For so long I've needed your love
Oh, when, when you first came to me
I-I-I-I-I doubted your love
But now you mean everything to me
For you, I could do anything
For your love, my heart cries
Take my heart
(Take my heart)
My love, my everything
(Take my love)
For so long
(Take my heart)
I've needed you
(Take my love)
Take my heart
Take my love
Take my heart
Take my love
Take . . .
The song "Anything" by Frank Zappa with The Mothers Of Invention is a heart-wrenching love song about giving everything to the one you love. The opening lines of the song, "For you, I could do anything, For your love, my heart cries," express the depth of the singer's love and devotion to their partner. The singer is willing to give up everything for their love, as expressed in the line, "Take my heart, my love, my everything." The song also deals with the theme of doubt in a relationship, and how it can be overcome through time and mutual love.
The lyrics of this song not only express deep feelings of love but also deal with the struggles that can arise in a relationship. At first, the singer expresses doubt and uncertainty about their partner's love, but over time, that doubt fades away, and they come to realize that the person they love means everything to them. The repeated chorus of "take my heart, take my love," expresses the singer's willingness to give everything to their partner, symbolizing the ultimate sacrifice of love.
Line by Line Meaning
For you, I could do anything
I'm willing to go to any lengths to make you happy and show my love for you.
For your love, my heart cries
Your love is so powerful that it moves me to tears and makes my heart ache.
Take my heart, my love my everything
I offer you my heart, my devotion, and everything that I am.
For so long I've needed your love
I've been longing for your love for a very long time.
Oh, when, when you first came to me
When you initially entered my life, I had doubts about your love and whether it was genuine.
I-I-I-I-I doubted your love
I had trouble believing that you really loved me and that my love was reciprocated.
But now you mean everything to me
You've become the most important thing in my life and I can't live without you.
And each day I love you more
My love for you only continues to grow and deepen with each passing day.
Take my heart
I offer you my heart and all that comes along with it.
Take my love
I offer you my love and affection without reservation or hesitation.
Take . . .
I'm giving you everything I have and everything that I am.
Contributed by Lila N. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@fuzzywzhe
No, television has always been this, always.
The man who invented television was Philo Farnsworth. A true genius and a good man. He made television expecting it to be an educational device, now a single person could teach the entire country, no matter how remote a person was. That was his dream, but it became a propaganda box instead.
When his son asked him why they did not have a television set, he is said to have told his son "There's nothing on it worthwhile, and we're not going to watch it in this household, and I don't want it in your intellectual diet."
And that was in the 1950's or so, when television was just starting to be adopted. It is FAR worse today.
Television has always been this, and always will be this. I will not own a television set. It destroys your mind, and it subtly controls you. When I went to college to study electrical engineering, I simply did not have time to watch the propaganda box, and when I got out of school, I was surprised at how much I discovered I detested it.
@whiskeyriver4322
Frank Zappa – guitar, vocals on all tracks except "Fifty-Fifty" and most of "Zomby Woof"
Kin Vassy – vocals on "I'm the Slime", "Dinah-Moe Humm" and "Montana"
Ricky Lancelotti – vocals on "Fifty-Fifty" and "Zomby Woof"
Sal Marquez – trumpet, vocals on "Dinah-Moe Humm"
Ian Underwood – clarinet, flute, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
Bruce Fowler – trombone
Ruth Underwood – percussion, marimba, vibraphone
Jean-Luc Ponty – violin, baritone violin
George Duke – synthesizer, keyboards
Tom Fowler – bass
Ralph Humphrey – drums
Tina Turner and the Ikettes – backing vocals (uncredited) (Tracks 2-3 and 5-7)
@ayiorgos
I am gross and perverted
I'm obsessed 'n deranged
I have existed for years
But very little had changed
I am the tool of the Government
And industry too
For I am destined to rule
And regulate you
I may be vile and pernicious
But you can't look away
I make you think I'm delicious
With the stuff that I say
I am the best you can get
Have you guessed me yet?
I am the slime oozin' out
From your TV set
You will obey me while I lead you
And eat the garbage that I feed you
Until the day that we don't need you
Don't got for help...no one will heed you
Your mind is totally controlled
It has been stuffed into my mold
And you will do as you are told
Until the rights to you are sold
That's right, folks..
Don't touch that dial
Well, I am the slime from your video
Oozin' along on your livin'room floor
I am the slime from your video
Can't stop the slime, people, lookit me go
@garypelled6243
The Slime is VASTLY worse now
@GregoryGrieco
'until the rights to you are sold..' 1976.
@kerbygator
@@GregoryGrieco Frank knew.
@davidsanderson5918
I always took it to mean that the slime will be neverending because they'll never sell the rights to you. They've got you forever.
@radiomanze1296
That's what reminded me about this song
@TheRealTurboJesus
Now all the “rock and roll” artists support censorship
@kameronbowers432
The internet's theme song.
@n0denz
And yet this song predated the internet by 10 years. It's like he saw it coming.
@briansamuel246
We're in the time of the slime
@lemonfridge5119
zappa predicted this. He was our last hope