Sunday Song Lyric:

There are not many new bands I like all that much. Maybe that’s part of getting older; the songs off one’s youth are indelibly written across one’s memories, such that later music fails to have the same effect. Or at least it seems that way sometimes.

One new band I like quite a bit is Maroon 5. I caught them live last fall — and I recommend them — but will miss them when they come back through town this summer. Nonetheless, I thought I’d select one of the tracks — “Shiver” — off their album Songs about Jane for this week’s lyric. Here it is:

You build me up
You knock me down
Provoke a smile
And make me frown
You are the Queen of Runaround
You know it’s true

You chew me up
And spit me out
Enjoy the taste
I leave in your mouth
You look at me
I look at you
Neither of us know what to do

There may not
Be another way to your heart
So I guess I’d better find a new way in
I shiver when I hear your name
THink about you but it’s not the same
I won’t be satisfied ’til I’m under your skin

Immobilized by the thought of you
Paralyzed by the sight of you
Hypnotized by the words you say
Not true but I believe ’em anyway

So come to bed it’s getting late
There’s no more time for us to waste
Remember how my body tastes
You feel your heart begin to race