Gimme Love
Sleater‐Kinney Lyrics

Gimme love, gimme love Never enough
The singer craves for love and attention, indicating that whatever amount of love they receive is never enough for them.

My hands reached out to touch the earth I'm too small to reach to it I can't quite reach the thing I want All I touch is just dirt
The singer is trying to find something they need or desire, but they are unable to do so as they feel too small and inadequate. Instead, everything they touch seems unimportant and insignificant like mere dirt.

Latched together from some loose box Run from the wicked this life imports Closed off from the seeing world Inside my heart, inside a girl
The singer is trying to break free from their cornered life and escape their own insecurities. They see the world differently and feel trapped inside their own heart and emotions. The phrase 'inside a girl' could indicate that the singer is a female or that they feel their emotions are stereotypically feminine.

[?] I don't need the time I've wasted a life for contempt hopes The one thing real I hunger for I wish there was a little more
The artist believes time isn't what they need right now, as they feel they have wasted their time so far chasing unfulfilled desires. They wish for something real, something that would fulfill them wholly. But even if they do find it, it wouldn't be enough for them. They always want a little more.

Gimme love Gimme love Gimme love Gimme love Gimme love Gimme love Gimme love
The repetition of 'Gimme love' reinforces the artist's yearning for love and attention. They want it constantly and repeatedly.