Nick Currie (born February 11, 1960 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK)… Read Full Bio ↴Nick Currie (born February 11, 1960 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK), more popularly known under the artist name Momus (after the Greek god of mockery), is a songwriter, writer, blogger and artist. Most of his songs are self-referential or postmodern.

For more than twenty years he has been releasing, to only marginal commercial and critical success, playful and transgressive albums on labels in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Japan. In his lyrics and his other writing he makes seemingly random use of decontextualized pieces of continental (mostly French) philosophy, and has built up a personal world he says is "dominated by values like diversity, orientalism, and a respect for otherness." He is also known in certain circles outside the U.S. as a producer. He is fascinated by identity, Japan, the avant-garde, time travel and sex. Live Momus shows are rare but when he does perform he often sings the crowd favourite 'maf' from the Stars Forever LP.
He wears a patch over his right eye because he lost the use of it after contracting acanthamoeba keratitis from a contact lens case washed with Greek tap water.

Nick Currie currently resides in Osaka, Japan.

Multiplying Love
Momus Lyrics

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If love is good
As most agree
Loving two must be
Twice as good
And loving three .....
Well, you get the idea
That all seems pretty logical and uncontroversial to me
So why call me cheat or hypocrite

For loving another girl?
I'm simply multiplying love;
There's never enough in this world

(dlrow siht ni hguone reven s'erehT)

(dlrow siht ni hguone reven s'erehT)
(dlrow siht ni hguone reven s'erehT)

There's never enough in this world

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Momus's song "Multiplying Love" seem to suggest that love is a positive force, and therefore loving more people should be an even greater positive experience. Momus argues that it is logical to assume that loving two people is twice as good as loving one and so on. He extends this logic to suggest that loving more than one person is not a form of cheating or hypocrisy, but rather a natural expression of the desire to experience more love. Momus concludes that there is never enough love in the world and that he is simply trying to "multiply" the love he has for others.

However, there is an interesting twist to this song in the reversed lyrics that follow. When played backwards, the repeated phrase "There's never enough in this world" becomes "Here's where the world ends slowly," which suggests a more ominous tone to the song. Some listeners have interpreted this as a commentary on the consequences that eventually come from seeking more love than one can handle. The song seems to suggest that while love may be a positive force, it can also lead to destruction if taken too far.

Line by Line Meaning

If love is good
Assuming that love is generally considered to be a positive thing

As most agree
As it is commonly accepted

Loving two must be
Having feelings for and forming relationships with two people at the same time

Twice as good
Could be considered better or more fulfilling than loving only one person

And loving three ......
Expanding on the idea of loving multiple people

Well, you get the idea
The concept should be fairly easy to grasp

That all seems pretty logical and uncontroversial to me
From the writer's perspective, the idea of loving more than one person makes sense and isn't deserving of criticism

So why call me cheat or hypocrite
Questioning why others see the writer's actions as dishonest or insincere

For loving another girl?
Specifically referring to loving a woman in addition to his current partner(s)

I'm simply multiplying love;
Describing his actions as an attempt to spread and increase the amount of love in his life

There's never enough in this world
The writer believes that there is always room for more love and that it is a valuable and desirable thing to have in abundance

(dlrow siht ni hguone reven s'erehT)
The phrase 'There's never enough in this world' repeated backwards, possibly suggesting that the idea of multiplying love is a constant and universal truth

Contributed by Charlie W. Suggest a correction in the comments below.

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