How Simple

Navigating Love's Complexity: Insights from 'How Simple' by Hop Along
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Lyrics

I suppose one, one, one who hasn't seen

I believe someone who hasn't experienced earlier successes or recognition could suggest this about me.

Earlier fames

Previous instances of recognition or fame.

Could say I am advancing up this road

I am progressing or moving forward on this path.

I am advancing

Reiteration of the idea of progression.


Pale as a banshee sun

Pale like a ghostly figure or a spirit, possibly referring to a feeling of being disconnected or detached.

Think I should stop checking myself out

Considering stopping examining or evaluating oneself in passing reflections, possibly to avoid self-consciousness or over-analysis.

In the windows of cars

Reflecting on one's appearance in car windows, possibly a metaphor for self-reflection and evaluation.

When I could see my future in her pictures of relatives

Seeing a future with someone through their family photos.


How simple my heart can be

Expressing surprise or contemplation about the simplicity of one's own emotions.

How simple my heart can be

Repetition emphasizing the straightforward nature of the speaker's emotions.

Frightens me

Feeling scared or intimidated by the simplicity of their own heart.


Don't worry we will both find out

Assuring someone that both parties will eventually learn or discover something, just not simultaneously or in unison.

Just not together

Clarifying that the learning or discovery won’t happen together with the other person.

Don't worry we will both find out

Reiterating the idea that both individuals will uncover or understand something, but separately.

Just not together

Emphasizing again the separation in the process of learning or understanding.


Your hand was on me

Someone’s hand was physically on the speaker, conveying a sense of affection or intimacy.

It seemed like you were being sweet

Implying that the person appeared to be kind or affectionate at that moment.

Here I am again

Expressing a return to a particular place, possibly a location with personal significance.

At the reserve to drink

Referring to going back to a specific location to drink, indicating a coping mechanism or escape.


It's not that I thought

Not expecting a sudden change in someone's behavior or character.

Like all of a sudden you change

Believing that the person didn’t change abruptly.

We were covered in each other's snot

Recalling an intimate or close moment, perhaps messy or emotionally raw.

In my childhood bed

Referencing a place associated with childhood, possibly connected to vulnerability or nostalgia.

Well it seemed like we were being sweet

Reflecting on a situation that seemed affectionate or loving.

Her pictures of relatives

Reiteration of seeing a future with someone through their family pictures.


How simple my heart can be

Reiterating surprise or contemplation about the simplicity of the speaker's emotions.

How simple my heart can be

Repetition emphasizing the straightforward nature of the speaker's emotions.

Frightens me, oh oh oh oh oh

Reiterating the feeling of being scared or intimidated by the simplicity of their own heart.

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