Sometimes
My Bloody Valentine Lyrics


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Close my eyes
Feel me now
I don't know how you could not love me now
You will know, with her feet down to the ground
Over there, and I want true love to grow
You can't hide, oh no, from the way I feel

Turn my head
Into sound
I don't know when I lay down on the ground
You will find your hand down hurts to love
Never cared, and the world turned hearts to love
We will see, oh now, in a day or two

You will wait
See me go
I don't care, when you're head turned all along
You will wait, when I turn my eyes around
Overhead when I hold you next to me
Overhead, to know the way I see

Close my eyes
Feel me now
I don't know, maybe you could not hurt me now
Here alone, when I feel down too
Over there, when I await true love for you




You can hide, oh now, the way I do
You can see, oh now, oh the way I do

Overall Meaning

The opening lyrics to “Sometimes” by My Bloody Valentine creates a mellow and introspective soundscape. The tone is serene and the melody is dreamy, but the lyrics themselves seem to speak of emotional vulnerability and frustration. The singer urges the listener to close their eyes and feel the emotions that he's conveying in his lyrics. He seems to be at a loss as to how anyone could not love him now. This highlights the singer's emotional angst and his yearning to be loved in return. As the song progresses, the lyrics become slightly more obscure and difficult to interpret, as it seems that the singer's emotions have taken him to an otherworldly place of contemplation.


The second verse continues the abstract mood set in the first verse of the song. The singer now seems to be in a dream-like state as he envisions his thoughts transforming into sound. He expresses confusion about “when I lay down on the ground” - which might indicate a sense of support and safety that the ground provides him with. The singer also says that “the world turned hearts to love," indicating that he is aware of the intensity of his feelings from a big-picture perspective. He then predicts that “we will see, oh now, in a day or two,” which could indicate that he has some epiphany that is about to happen.


Line by Line Meaning

Close my eyes
I shut my eyes


Feel me now
Sense me at this moment


I don't know how you could not love me now
I'm unsure how one couldn't adore me right now


You will know, with her feet down to the ground
Someday you'll realize the truth, when her feet touch the earth


Over there, and I want true love to grow
Far off in the distance, I yearn for genuine love to flourish


You can't hide, oh no, from the way I feel
You're unable to conceal, oh no, my sentiments


Turn my head
I twist my neck


Into sound
Transformed into audio


I don't know when I lay down on the ground
While laying on the floor, I'm unsure of the time


You will find your hand down hurts to love
You'll discover your hand aches from adoration


Never cared, and the world turned hearts to love
I didn't care, and the world brought people together in love


We will see, oh now, in a day or two
We'll observe, oh now, in a day or two


You will wait
You'll bide your time


See me go
Watch me leave (or die)


I don't care, when you're head turned all along
I don't mind when your attention was elsewhere the whole time


You will wait, when I turn my eyes around
You'll wait patiently when I avert my gaze


Overhead when I hold you next to me
Above us when I embrace you


Overhead, to know the way I see
Above us, to understand my perspective


Close my eyes
I shut my eyes


Feel me now
Sense me at this moment


I don't know, maybe you could not hurt me now
I'm uncertain if you could harm me presently


Here alone, when I feel down too
Alone here, when I feel depressed too


Over there, when I await true love for you
There in the distance, when I anticipate genuine love for you


You can hide, oh now, the way I do
You can conceal, oh now, the way I do


You can see, oh now, oh the way I do
You can perceive, oh now, oh the way I do




Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: Kevin Patrick Shields

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