She first gained fame with her trip hop-inspired debut album, Whoa, Nelly! (2000), which was a critical and commercial success that spawned two top-10 singles on the Billboard Hot 100, "I'm Like a Bird" and "Turn Off the Light". The first of the two singles won her a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. Furtado's introspective folk-heavy 2003 second album, Folklore, explored her Portuguese roots. Its singles received moderate success in Europe, but the album's underperformance compared to her debut was regarded as a sophomore slump.
Furtado's third album, Loose (2006), was a smash hit and became her bestselling album, with more than 10 million copies sold worldwide, also making it one of the bestselling albums of the 2000s. Considered a radical image reinvention, Furtado continued to explore her Portuguese heritage while leaning heavier into hip hop. The album spawned four successful number-one singles worldwide; "Promiscuous", "Maneater", "Say It Right" and "All Good Things (Come to an End)".
She released her first Spanish-language album, Mi Plan, in 2009, which won her a Latin Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Album. In 2012, Furtado released her nostalgia-inspired fifth album The Spirit Indestructible. Furtado split with her management and went independent thereafter, releasing her indie-pop sixth album, The Ride, in 2017 under her own label Nelstar Entertainment.
She has won many awards throughout her career, including one Grammy Award from seven nominations, one Latin Grammy Award, ten Juno Awards, one BRIT Award, one Billboard Music Award, one MTV Europe Music Award, one World Music Award, and three Much Music Video Awards. Furtado has a star on Canada's Walk of Fame, and was awarded Commander of the Order of Prince Henry on February 28, 2014, by Aníbal Cavaco Silva, the then-President of Portugal.
Thoughts
Nelly Furtado Lyrics
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Meet me in a song
Or in a melody
That lasts too long
But stop
Invading my thoughts
Meet me in a crowd
Because we’re not allowed
To show how we feel
But stop
Invading my thoughts
I know you don’t mean to
And all my fronting you see through
But stop
Just stop
Invading my thoughts
The song "Thoughts" by Nelly Furtado featuring The Kenyan Boys Choir is a poignant ode to unrequited love. The song echoes the sentiments of someone who is irrevocably in love with a person who does not feel the same way. The lyrics speak of the singer's desire to have the subject of their love fade away from their thoughts, but they keep on invading. The song at once manages to convey the sadness and desperation of unfulfilled love but also hope.
The lyrics provide a striking contrast between the dream-like world where the two can meet and the reality of a crowded place where they are not allowed to show how they feel. The singer knows that the object of their love does not mean to invade their thoughts, but the emotions keep building up. The song's lyrics seem to represent a plea for the thoughts to stop in vain. In the end, the singer is left to confront their feelings head-on, but the thoughts of the other person remain.
Overall, "Thoughts" by Nelly Furtado Feat. The Kenyan Boys Choir is a moving song that manages to convey the emotions of unrequited love in a way that is both honest and relatable.
Line by Line Meaning
Meet me in a dream
Let us meet each other in an imaginary world where we can escape reality
Meet me in a song
Join me in a musical expression of emotions that we can harmonize with
Or in a melody
Perhaps in a series of notes that touch our souls and move us deeply
That lasts too long
One that lingers in our memories and refuses to fade away easily
But stop
Despite the allure of these possibilities, something is wrong
Invading my thoughts
You are constantly on my mind, even when I don't want you to be
Meet me in a crowd
We could blend in with the masses and pretend our connection isn't special
We won’t know if it’s real
We might deceive ourselves into thinking that our attraction is not authentic
Because we’re not allowed
Society frowns upon unconventional relationships and forces us to hide our feelings
To show how we feel
We are expected to conform to social norms and pretend our emotions don't exist
But stop
Despite the fear of rejection and public ridicule, something is wrong
Invading my thoughts
You are constantly on my mind, even when I don't want you to be
I know you don’t mean to
I understand that you are not intentionally causing me this internal conflict
And all my fronting you see through
You can see past my facade of indifference and know that I care deeply for you
But stop
Despite the emotional intimacy we share, something is wrong
Just stop
I need you to distance yourself from me, for my own sanity
Invading my thoughts
You are constantly on my mind, even when I don't want you to be
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: NELLY FURTADO
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@boxerintheshadow
Lyrics
In the day, in the night
Say it right, say it all
You either got it or you don't
You either stand or you fall
When your will is broken
When it slips from your hand
When there's no time for joking
There's a hole in the plan
Oh, you don't mean nothing at all to me (Hey, oh, oh, hey)
No, you don't mean nothing at all to me (Hey, oh, oh, hey)
But you got what it takes to set me free (Hey, oh, oh, hey)
Oh, you could mean everything to me (Hey, oh, oh, hey)
I can't say (say) that I'm not (not) at a loss (loss) and at fault (fault)
I can't say (say) that I don't (don't) love the light (light) and the dark
I can't say that I don't (don't) know that I am alive
And I love what I feel (feel)
I could show (show you) you tonight, you tonight
Oh, you don't mean nothing at all to me (Hey, oh, oh, hey)
No, you don't mean nothing at all to me (Hey, oh, oh, hey)
But you got what it takes to set me free (Hey, oh, oh, hey)
Oh, you could mean everything to me (Hey, oh, oh, hey)
From my hands I could give you something that I made
From my mouth I could sing you another brick that I laid
From my body (from my body) I could show you (I could show you)
A place (a place) God knows (that only God knows)
You should know, this space is holy (Oh oh oh oh)
Do you really wanna go? (Three, four)
Hey, hey, hey
You don't mean nothin' at all to me
Hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey
You don't mean nothin' at all to me
Hey, hey
@jonathanviniciusquirinodas7639
Lyrics:
Hey, I'm going to your house to talk without clothes
It's just that I make you sweaty and you drive me crazy
A Californian just to keep it light
I already separated a gram here inside the bag
You hold me tight, I ask in my mouth
I like milk Girl, there is little desire
I do it nicely, with love and care
The two of us in the dark
Your sweaty body and you on top of me
When I find you, it's a sequence of lovezinho
Your sweaty body and you on top of me
When I find you, it's a sequence of lovezinho
I'm coming to your house to talk without clothes
It's just that I make you sweaty and you drive me crazy
A Californian just to keep it light
I already separated a gram here inside the bag
You hold me tight, I ask in my mouth
I like milk Girl, there is little desire
I do it nicely, with love and care
The two of us in the dark
Your sweaty body and you on top of me
When I find you, it's a sequence of lovezinho
Your sweaty body and you on top of me
When I find you, it's a sequence of lovezinho
@jonathanviniciusquirinodas7639
Lyrics:
Tô indo na tua casa conversar sem roupa
É que eu te deixo suado e tu me deixa louca
Uma californiana só para ficar leve
Já separei uma grama aqui dentro da bag
Tu me pega com força, eu peço na minha boca
Gosto de leite Moça, toda vontade é pouca
Eu faço com jeitinho, com amor e carinho
Nós dois no escurinho
Seu corpo suado e você por cima de mim
Quando eu te encontrar é sequência de lovezinho
Seu corpo suado e você por cima de mim
Quando eu te encontrar é sequência de lovezinho
Tô indo na tua casa conversar sem roupa
É que eu te deixo suado e tu me deixa louca
Uma californiana só para ficar leve
Já separei uma grama aqui dentro da bag
Tu me pega com força, eu peço na minha boca
Gosto de leite Moça, toda vontade é pouca
Eu faço com jeitinho, com amor e carinho
Nós dois no escurinho
Seu corpo suado e você por cima de mim
Quando eu te encontrar é sequência de lovezinho
Seu corpo suado e você por cima de mim
Quando eu te encontrar é sequência de lovezinho
@whatever
Anyone else going through all these old songs? Crazy that it's been 10 years!
@AndreaAlison
+whatever Meeeeeee
@ryujinjakk4
me too. btw I watch your videos
@grouphome4ever
Fo sho fam! That's what I'm all about! Some was so much better back then for ex music! It gave u that feeling like damn bruuh nowdays we got iggy on crack and other tards...
@user-uz8nh2zk7n
Was it ten years ago? 0_0"
@LostFeli
+A. Huckamee Ikr! Time flies by to fast.
@nostalgiahitsdifferent.
This isn’t just an old song, it’s memories of a beautiful past that won’t come back ❤️💔
@iss2075
This song out was when Youtube got popular. I miss those times so much. So much rules and censorship and adverts now.
@jhaber1609
Its funny how day by day nothing changes but when you look back everything is different
@streetsmart1346
Memories. Back when life was easier..
simpler times