The Flaming Lips are known for their lush, multi-layered arrangements, spacey lyrics and bizarre song titles. They are also acclaimed for their elaborate live shows, which typically feature animal suits, puppets, streamers, video projections and complex stage light configurations.
In 2002, Q magazine named The Flaming Lips one of the "50 Bands to See Before You Die". In 2006, Oklahoma City named a street Flaming Lips Alley in their honor.
The group recorded several albums and EPs for Restless Records in the 1980s and early 1990s. After signing to Warner Brothers, they scored a #9 hit on the Billboard Alternative charts (and #55 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart) in 1994 with "She Don't Use Jelly". Although it would be their only hit single, the band has maintained critical respect and, to a lesser extent, commercial viability with sonically majestic albums such as 1995's Clouds Taste Metallic, 1999's The Soft Bulletin, 2002's Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots and 2006's At War with the Mystics. The Flaming Lips' 12th studio album, Embryonic, was released in October of 2009. A complete cover of Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon was released in May 2010. The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends, their collaborative album which features artists like Ke$ha, Bon Iver, Nick Cave and Erykah Badu, was released on Record Store Day, April 2012.
Their next studio album, tentatively titled The Terror, will be released in January 2013.
Their song "Do You Realize??" is the official State Rock Song of Oklahoma.
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cant get you out of my head
The Flaming Lips Lyrics
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Boy your loving is all I think about
I just can't get you out of my head
Boy it's more than I dare to think about
I just can't get you out of my head
Boy your loving is all I think about
I just can't get you out of my head
Every night, every day
Just to be there in your arms
Won't you stay
Won't you lay
Stay forever and ever
And ever and ever
I just can't get you out of my head
Boy your loving is all I think about
I just can't get you out of my head
Boy it's more than I dare to think about
There's a dark secret in me
Don't leave me locked in your heart
Set me free
Feel the need in me
Set me free
Stay forever and ever
And ever and ever
I just can't get you out of my head
I just can't get you out of my head
I just can't get you out of my head
The lyrics to The Flaming Lips's song "Can't Get You Out of My Head" express a deep and all-consuming love. The singer of the song is so in love with their partner that they can't stop thinking about them, day or night. The chorus repeats "I just can't get you out of my head" as a sort of mantra, emphasizing just how much this person is occupying their thoughts. They describe their partner's love as all they think about, and something that they're almost afraid to fully contemplate because it's so overwhelming.
The second half of the song introduces a darker element. The singer reveals that they have a "dark secret" inside of them and asks their partner not to "leave [them] locked in [their] heart." The song takes on a slightly more desperate tone as they ask to be set free and for their partner to fulfill their need. Overall, the lyrics capture the intensity of infatuation and the power that another person can hold over us.
One interesting interpretation of this song is that it could be about addiction, specifically addiction to love. The way the singer describes their love for their partner as an all-consuming force could be likened to the way addiction can take over one's life. Additionally, the line "there's a dark secret in me" could be interpreted as a reference to the damaging effects of addiction.
Line by Line Meaning
I just can't get you out of my head
I can't stop thinking about you and your love
Boy your loving is all I think about
Your love is the only thing constantly occupying my thoughts
Boy it's more than I dare to think about
My feelings for you are so strong that I am afraid to comprehend them fully
Every night, every day
I think about you constantly, without respite
Just to be there in your arms
All I want is to be close to you, to feel your embrace
Won't you stay
Please don't go, stay with me
Won't you lay
Stay with me in bed, make love to me
Stay forever and ever
I want to be with you for eternity
And ever and ever
For all time, endlessly
There's a dark secret in me
I have a hidden, possibly troubling aspect to my inner self
Don't leave me locked in your heart
Please don't shut me out, don't keep me at a distance
Set me free
Let me be myself, don't hold me back
Feel the need in me
Please understand and fulfill my emotional needs
I just can't get you out of my head
I'm still unable to forget about you, even after all this time
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Robert Berkeley Davis, Cathy Dennis
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Sister Bluebird
Kylie's version is when you meet that special someone at the party. This version is you looking back on it after waking up the next day and realizing you'll never see them again.
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YES! OMG! This and their cover of "What a wonderufl world" are AMAAAAZING!!! <3
Paloma Santamarìa Córdoba
this is beautiful
Blues Rain
Awesome!!
Grasshopper
Ohh wow! Just came across this. Brilliant
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Yes, yes and yes
Derp Trollson
yup...this happened
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