Echo of Love
The Shutes Lyrics

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It started with explosions, the sound of bombs in your heart
But just like everything, just like everything the sounds would fade and fall apart.
It's the echo sound of your love, it started strong but it quickly fades,
It's the echo echo echo as your heart beat fades away

Echo echo echo of your love, hits like desire that burns like the sun
Echo echo echo of your love, hits like desire that rains

It was a bang bang to a whisper, it was scream to a murmur
Was a tidal wave to a ripple
The echo of your love
The echo echo is fading and your heart is hesitating, like I knew it would, like it only could
The echo of your love

Echo echo echo of your love, hits like desire that burns like the sun
Echo echo echo of your love, hits like desire that rains

Oh it's the echo of your love
It's the echo of your love
It's the echo of your love as your heart beat fades away

It started with explosions, the sound of bombs in your heart
But just like everything, just like everything the sounds would fade and fall apart.
It's the echo sound of your love, it started strong but it quickly fades,
It's the echo echo echo as your heart beat fades away

Now how's the echo of your love?

How's the echo of your love?
How's the echo of your love as your heart beat fades away?

Overall Meaning

The song "Echo of Love" by The Shutes describes the fading feeling of a strong love that started with a "bang" and ended with a "whisper." The love initially began as an explosion, with sounds of bombs in the heart, but eventually, the sounds would dissipate and the love would fall apart. The echo of the love is powerful but fleeting, like desire that burns like the sun and rains. The lyrics evoke a sense of nostalgia and loss, as the echo of the love fades and the heart hesitates. The repetition of "echo echo echo" emphasizes the diminishing nature of the love, and the final question of "how's the echo of your love?" suggests a sense of longing and yearning for something that has already passed.

Overall, the song is a poignant reflection on the ephemerality of love and the transient nature of human connections. The use of explosive imagery in the beginning of the song effectively captures the intensity of the love and the emotions it evokes, while the gradual decrease in energy echoes the eventual decline of the relationship. Through the lyrics, the band seems to be expressing the idea that even the most powerful and meaningful experiences eventually fade away, leaving only echoes and memories behind.

Line by Line Meaning

It started with explosions, the sound of bombs in your heart
The beginning of the love was powerful and intense, just like the sound of bombs exploding inside one's heart.

But just like everything, just like everything the sounds would fade and fall apart.
However, similar to all things in life, the powerful emotions associated with love gradually fades away.

It's the echo sound of your love, it started strong but it quickly fades,
The love once felt so strongly is now reduced to only a faint echo that gradually fades away.

It's the echo echo echo as your heart beat fades away
The sound of the echo reflects the fading of one's heartbeat, which eventually leads to the end of the love.

Echo echo echo of your love, hits like desire that burns like the sun
The intensity of the love once felt burns like the sun with an insatiable desire.

Echo echo echo of your love, hits like desire that rains
The love once showered like the rain but now remains only as an echo.

It was a bang bang to a whisper, it was scream to a murmur
The love that was once loud, powerful, and full of passion has now turned into a mere whisper, a murmur.

Was a tidal wave to a ripple
The once massive and intense wave of love is now nothing more than a gentle ripple in the ocean of life.

The echo of your love
All that remains of the love that once existed is the faint echo that slowly fades away.

The echo echo is fading and your heart is hesitating, like I knew it would, like it only could
With the fading of the echo, one's heart hesitates and slowly accepts the truth that the love is over.

Oh it's the echo of your love
The song emphasizes the fading echo of the love that once existed, which now lingers in one's memory.

Now how's the echo of your love?
The repeated question regarding the echo of the love emphasizes the importance and impact of love in one's life.

How's the echo of your love?
As the song comes to an end, the question regarding the echo of the love lingers in one's mind, reminding them of the emotions and memories that continue to exist.

How's the echo of your love as your heartbeat fades away?
As the love fades away, the echo remains as a reminder of the once strong emotions and memories associated with the love that once existed.

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