After recording their first album, which featured the single Talking to a Stranger, the band traveled to Germany to record with famed producer Conny Plank. In 1984, the band reorganized, adding a three-piece horn section and losing the second guitarist. By 1986, the band's style was moving away from the sweat-drenched rhythmic jams of their early days to a more song-centered aproach centered on Seymour (whose younger brother Nick was a member of Crowded House). Throw Your Arms Around Me was a successful single in many countries.
The band was never able to match the worldwide attention they reached in 1986, though they continued to record with considerable success in Australia, and maintained a loyal fanbase elsewhere.
They broke up in 1998, but returned to play one concert on 14 March 2009 for "Sound Relief" at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, which was a multi-venue rock music concert in support of relief for the Victorian Bushfire Crisis.
Crime of Passion
Hunters & Collectors Lyrics
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They're razor sharp! It's your disguise
Your obsession!
You mess my hair and tear my clothes
Your obsession!
Is it a crime to love you
Is it a crime to love you
Is it a crime to love you
Ruthless life -- you taught me everything I know
I was always a fool
I was always walking in your shadow
Why is it a crime -- a crime to love you?
Why is it?
I don't understand
She was in this room -- only seconds ago
Feel the ghost of love -- her eyes on fire
Here she comes -- the madness in her eyes
She's gonna take it all -- so tell me why?
Is that love in your eyes -- No. It's just obsession
Can anybody hear if I cry out loud? In confusion
I had the bloody knife -- I did what I did this time
There's blood on the floor -- There's blood on the walls!
There's blood on my hands
Is that love in your eyes?
Is that love in your eyes?
Is that love in your eyes?
Can anybody hear if I cry out loud?
You mess my hair -- you tear my clothes
Why?
The lyrics of Hunters & Collectors's song Crime of Passion express the singer's confusion and struggles with his partner's obsession towards him. He questions whether her love is genuine or just a dangerous obsession that causes her to be violent and reckless towards him. The singer reflects on his past with his partner, where she had taught him everything he knew and he had always been in her shadow. However, the singer is unable to understand why loving someone could be considered a crime, despite the harm and chaos it may bring.
The lyrics suggest that the singer is caught in a cycle of abuse, where his partner's love is intertwined with violence and aggression. The singer's attempts to question his partner's motives and his confusion about the situation highlight the complexity of abusive relationships. By asking if it is a crime to love someone, he challenges societal expectations of love and questions whether the violence and control exhibited by his partner are acceptable expressions of love.
In summary, the lyrics of Crime of Passion by Hunters & Collectors delve into the darker aspects of love and relationship dynamics. The song explores the confusion, pain, and complexities surrounding the experience of being in an abusive relationship.
Line by Line Meaning
Is that love in your eyes? Or just obsession?
Are you truly in love with me, or are you just obsessed with me?
They're razor sharp! It's your disguise
Your eyes are sharp and intense, it's the way you hide behind your obsession.
Your obsession!
You are so fixated on me that it's become an obsession.
You mess my hair and tear my clothes
Your obsession with me manifests in physical aggression towards me where you mess up my hair and tear my clothes.
Is it a crime to love you
Is it illegal to love you, even with all the complications that come with it due to your obsession?
Is it a crime to love you
Is it illegal to love you, even with all the complications that come with it due to your obsession?
Is it a crime to love you
Is it illegal to love you, even with all the complications that come with it due to your obsession?
Is it a crime, a crime, I ask you why?
I want to know why loving you comes with so much pain and why people consider it to be a crime.
Ruthless life -- you taught me everything I know
The violent and brutal way of life that we lead, it's the only thing I know, and you taught it to me.
I was always a fool
I was always foolish for thinking that your obsession with me was love.
I was always walking in your shadow
I was always following in your footsteps, in the darkness of your obsession, without fully realizing it.
Why is it a crime -- a crime to love you?
Why do people consider it a crime to love you, despite the fact that it's your obsession that causes all the pain and bloodshed?
Why is it?
Why is it that loving you feels like a crime but being infatuated with you is acceptable?
I don't understand
I can't wrap my head around the fact that loving you is considered a crime.
She was in this room -- only seconds ago
The woman I'm obsessed with was just in this very room moments ago.
Feel the ghost of love -- her eyes on fire
I can feel the remnants of my love with her, even though she is gone. Her intense gaze still lingers in the room.
Here she comes -- the madness in her eyes
She is returning to me, filled with madness and obsession in her eyes.
She's gonna take it all -- so tell me why?
She's going to take everything I have, so I ask again, why is loving her considered a crime?
Is that love in your eyes -- No. It's just obsession
I can see from your gaze that it's not love but only your obsession with me that is motivating you.
Can anybody hear if I cry out loud? In confusion
I'm so confused about this love-obsession dynamic that I wonder if anyone can hear my cries for help.
I had the bloody knife -- I did what I did this time
I am responsible for the bloodshed, and I confess that I wielded the knife.
There's blood on the floor -- There's blood on the walls!
The blood spilled from our obsession is now staining everything around us, the walls and the floor alike.
There's blood on my hands
I am responsible for the bloodshed, and my hands are stained with it.
Is that love in your eyes?
I question the authenticity of your love for me, especially in the midst of all this violence.
Is that love in your eyes?
I question the authenticity of your love for me, especially in the midst of all this violence.
Is that love in your eyes?
I question the authenticity of your love for me, especially in the midst of all this violence.
Can anybody hear if I cry out loud?
I feel alone in my suffering, and I wonder if anyone is even aware of it.
You mess my hair -- you tear my clothes
Your obsession with me manifests in physical aggression towards me where you mess up my hair and tear my clothes.
Why?
I am still grappling with the question of why anyone would consider loving you to be a crime other than the fact that your obsession is causing so much pain and violence.
Contributed by Hudson M. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Joe Dewit
I was in the Prime of my life and this song was the total Description of what I was going through then.
And yes it was a crime to love her and I still don't fully understand Why ?..
Peter Ives
Love this album . Pity spotify doesnt have it anymote !!!!!
Sharm Sellars
we were so lucky here in australia to have bands like the hunters,,,i could go on forever,,,,but ty for sharing a great song off a great album by an aussie supergroup,xxx
brettrach2
Top intro with horns gliding in.Sharp production.Love it.
Dag Alfheim
the Hunters best song ....brilliant....how it did not go really big in North America is a mystery to me.
Ellen Christie
what a song for a lawyer to love - injury lawyer lmao x (Syd, Aust)
Ellen Christie
Is it a crime to love you, ha ha ha