Danger
The Psychedelic Furs Lyrics


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Love is hiding in the city
Here in all of you
Put the place in cages
But don't label it a zoo

Get a girl inside your head
Get out of the way
Write yourself a postcard
When there's nothing left to say

There's danger, I believe it
Wake up, it's a fight
Love me now forever
War's on it's now or never

Mr. Clean Air just went past
Eating chewing gum
He doesn't want to see you
He gets sick when you come

Make yourself up once again
Kick out in a style
Ann don't let her sadness show
She paints on a smile

Danger, I believe it
Wake up, it's a fight
Love me now forever
The war's on, it's now or never

Always it is now
Love me, in the jail house
Pictures of the losers
Crying that's enough

Get a girl inside your head
Get out of the way
Write yourself a postcard
When there's nothing left to say

Love is hiding in the city
Hearing all of you
Put the plays in cages
But don't labor in a zoo

There's danger, I believe it
Wake up, it's a fight
Love me now forever




War's on, it's now or never
Now or never

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of The Psychedelic Furs' song "Danger" convey a sense of disconnection and isolation. The singer is searching for love and connection in the city but is met with cages and labels. The song paints a picture of a society that is cold and unwelcoming, with lines like "Mr. Clean Air just went past/Eating chewing gum/He doesn't want to see you/He gets sick when you come."


The chorus of the song repeats the phrase "There's danger, I believe it/Wake up, it's a fight/Love me now forever/War's on, it's now or never." This juxtaposition of danger and love creates a sense of urgency, as if the singer is fighting against something that could destroy them. It's a call to action to love now, before it's too late.


The lyrics also suggest that the society in which the singer lives is broken and in need of change. Lines like "Put the plays in cages/But don't labor in a zoo" seem to suggest that people are being suppressed and restricted. The call to "wake up" and fight for love suggests that there is hope for change.


Line by Line Meaning

Love is hiding in the city
Love is present in the city but it's hidden from plain sight


Here in all of you
Love can be found in everyone in the city


Put the place in cages
Society tries to constrain and control people's behavior


But don't label it a zoo
Even though society tries to control people, they should not be treated like animals in a zoo


Get a girl inside your head
Be obsessed with a woman


Get out of the way
Get control of your thoughts and actions


Write yourself a postcard
Express yourself when you have nothing left to say


When there's nothing left to say
When you have no more thoughts or words left


There's danger, I believe it
There is a real threat and potential for harm in society


Wake up, it's a fight
Realize the situation at hand and take action to combat it


Love me now forever
Love me unconditionally


War's on it's now or never
Conflict is imminent and it's time to act


Mr. Clean Air just went past
A person who is socially acceptable and respectable is present


Eating chewing gum
Engaging in trivial activities


He doesn't want to see you
This respectable person doesn't want to associate with people who are not socially acceptable


He gets sick when you come
This person finds the behavior of others revolting or wrong


Make yourself up once again
Change and reinvent yourself


Kick out in a style
Take control of your life and express yourself boldly


Ann don't let her sadness show
Pretend to be happy even when you're not


She paints on a smile
She puts on a facade or acts superficially happy


Always it is now
The time to act is always the present


Love me, in the jail house
Love me even if I am imprisoned or restricted by society


Pictures of the losers
Images of those who are not successful or popular


Crying that's enough
Their sadness and pain is sufficient evidence of their struggle


Hearing all of you
I am aware of the struggles and pain of everyone in the city




Lyrics © THE ROYALTY NETWORK INC., Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: AUDRIE MAGGET, JAMES JASON POYSER, RASHAD SMITH, R.C. WILLIAMS, ERICA WRIGHT, PATRICK HART, LAURENCE PETER HOLLOWAY, CORIN BISHOP, NEIL WILLIAMS

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Ghostshadow Shadowghost

Danger and Love My Way are my favorites !!

Spike Burst

" Love is hiding in the city Here in all of you"

Piel

Saxo desquiciado, pedazo de canción

Haeuptling Aberja

I loved the Furs from when they first started and still do. I actually got to work with them here in the States as a stage technician on their 3/23/83 show at Harper College in Palatine, Illinois.

I was madly running between my ancient, incredibly hot, arc-light spotlights and the sound cables I was gaffer-taping to the concrete floor of the fookin' acoustically perverse gymnasium the Furs would soon be playing in when this skinny fellow in shades sitting in one of the folding chairs we had hastily assembled interrupted my endeavors by saying, "Can I help you, mate?"

It was Richard Butler himself. I recognized him immediately, but I was so under the gun with getting this absurd arena ready for the show that I actually said, "Yeah, man. If you could please just stand on this cable while I tape it down, it would help a lot."

Butler laughed, stubbed his fag out, and proceeded to help me tape those cables by stepping on them as I taped them to the floor all the way to the back of the arena.

Along the way, I got to pick his brain about the disease of Thatcherism and much else, to which he responded with a great deal of surprise and candor, as, apparently, this was not exactly what he had normally encountered in America.

And that night the Furs played Danger. In the 40 years since, that song has never been more relevant than it is right now, in 2023.

Lasky Labs

I feel so bad for that saxophone and it's player. Cause DAMN he made it SCREAM!
Mad props to then anyways.

Burton Rivera

This is for a friend who needs to learn

F ox

Now should just add aeroplane to fn album

evolutionary transgression

I'm looking for the Ed Thacker single mix with the Barney Bubbles sleeve.

Burton Rivera

Don t play leapfrog.
With a Unicorn.....

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