I listened to that song approximately 3.7 times the other night as I drove LightGirl and a team mate to and from a hockey game. The band is Family Force 5 out of Atlanta, Georgia. They are LightGirl’s current second favorite band. Her first favorite is ParaMour. I not only listened to the song, but I listened to LightGirl sing it. She has been blessed with the same singing ability that I have.
She will be keeping her day job.
She sang along and she danced in the front seat. I worried because the dancing vaguely resembled a seizure so I had to keep interrupting the song to assure myself that she was indeed alright. I suggested to her that the dancing resembled a seizure, she thought it was a joke and referred me to the video.
Here are the lyrics … they’re not so bad (she says through gritted teeth):
“Love Addict”
Hold up, wait a minute, put a little love in it
Doctor, Doctor, I’ve got an emergency
It seems I’m head over heels, a case of L-O-V-E
It’s like I’m glowing inside
Yeah, a light I can’t hide
And if this feeling is bad then I don’t wanna be right
What I’ve got in my soul gives me the highest delight
Oh yeah it’s better than drugs
In fact it’s sent from above, huh huh
Hold up, wait a minute, put a little love in it
Hey, Can’t kick the habit
Yeah, I got to have it
Yeah, I ‘m what they call a
Love addict, Love addict
Hey, can’t live without it
Yeah, G’on shout about it
Hey, I’m a symptomatic
Love addict, Love addict
Need a refill cause I just can’t get enough
I’ve got a fever, oh yeah, and the prescription’s love
So lay the truth on me
Cause that is all that I need
Hold up, wait a minute, put a little love in it
Hey, Can’t kick the habit
Yeah, I got to have it
Yeah, I ‘m what they call a
Love addict, Love addict
Hey, can’t live without it
Yeah, G’on shout about it
Hey, I’m a symptomatic
Love addict, Love addict
I’m blessed, I must confess
My heart is pounding in my chest
Cause this love’s the best
I’m just a love addict
Coming down with something outrageous
Lookout now cause it so contagious
This feeling’s got me reeling
So amped up that I hit the ceiling
Gotta clear my throat
Huh huh, now I gotta have some more
Hold up, wait a minute, put a little love in it
[Chorus x2]
It had me thinking as I organized and stuffed directions for quilt blocks yesterday about love and Love. I remember my first serious boyfriend just after highschool had a favorite line that I thought was seriously romantic at the time: “And in the end, the love we take will be equal to the love we make.” (the Beatles).
Thinking about that again, I think it’s still true. But not in the physical sense. Back then we grinned with anticipation when it was said … Given the milieu into which that line was written, I’m fairly certain we were not missing the mark. Then again, thinking spiritually and emotionally … the love we take will be equal to the love we make.
So I listen, again and again, to Love Addict with Light Girl. I know that she is wishing her teenage girl boyfriend dreams. But I read those lyrics and think different thoughts, about being a Love Addict of a different sort. I wonder about living life with a glow inside that I just can’t hide. What would it be like to love that transparently, foolishly, reeling around dopily? How would the world be different if we all acted like that?
