Jealousy
Navigating Love's Perils: Kaiser Chiefs' Jealousy Unveiled
Lyrics
Of the seven deadly sins
Reflection on the seven deadly sins and their consequences.
Will heaven let you in
Questioning if one will be accepted into heaven based on their actions.
If you're never doing more than four?
Pondering the limits of morally acceptable behavior, particularly staying below four sins.
Gluttony and envy, lust is over-friendly
Listing sins like gluttony, envy, and lust, and acknowledging the danger of pride.
Pride will come before a fall
Highlighting the consequence of pride, leading to a downfall.
Nobody's ever fallen this hard before
Expressing an intense and unprecedented experience of falling in love.
You come along and messin' up my perfect score
Blaming someone for disrupting the speaker's previously flawless life.
'Cause I don't do jealousy
Stating the speaker's refusal to feel jealousy.
(But) but jealousy might do me
Acknowledging the possibility that jealousy might affect the speaker despite their resistance.
Gonna get you in the end
Anticipating the consequences of jealousy, expecting it to catch up in the end.
I pretend with all my energy
Indicating a struggle against jealousy with full effort and commitment.
I don't do jealousy
Reiterating the speaker's claim of not engaging in jealousy.
There's things I wanna undo
Expressing a desire to undo certain things in the past.
I realize that I love you
Realization of love for someone when witnessing them with another.
When I watch you loving someone else
Highlighting the pain of watching someone the speaker loves being with someone else.
I haven't managed yet though and now I wanna let go
Admitting a struggle to let go and move on.
I'm fastening up my safety belts
Preparing for emotional turbulence by metaphorically fastening safety belts.
Nobody's ever crashed this hard before
Describing a severe emotional crash due to the impact of newfound feelings.
(You) you come along and show me what I'm waiting for
Credit to someone for revealing what the speaker was waiting for.
Because I don't do jealousy
Reiterating the speaker's aversion to jealousy.
(But) but jealousy might do me
Recognizing the potential vulnerability to jealousy despite claims to the contrary.
Gonna get you in the end
Expecting the eventual consequences of succumbing to jealousy.
I pretend with all my energy
Continuing the struggle against jealousy with full commitment.
I don't do jealousy
Restating the speaker's resistance to jealousy.
Jealousy, jealousy
Repetition of the theme of jealousy.
Jealousy, jealousy, oh
Reiteration of the intensity of jealousy.
Look what you've done to me
Expressing the impact of jealousy on the speaker.
Look what you've done to me
Repeating the consequences of jealousy on the speaker.
Jealousy, jealousy
Repetition of the theme of jealousy.
Jealousy, jealousy, oh
Reiteration of the intensity of jealousy.
Look what you've done to me
Expressing the impact of jealousy on the speaker.
Look what you've done to me
Repeating the consequences of jealousy on the speaker.
'Cause I don't do jealousy
Restating the speaker's aversion to jealousy.
(But) but jealousy might do me
Recognizing the potential vulnerability to jealousy despite claims to the contrary.
Gonna get you in the end
Expecting the eventual consequences of succumbing to jealousy.
I pretend with all my energy
Continuing the struggle against jealousy with full commitment.
I don't do jealousy
Restating the speaker's resistance to jealousy.
I don't do jealousy
Reiterating the speaker's claim of not engaging in jealousy.
(But) but jealousy might do me
Recognizing the potential vulnerability to jealousy despite claims to the contrary.
Gonna get you in the end
Expecting the eventual consequences of succumbing to jealousy.
I pretend with all my energy
Continuing the struggle against jealousy with full commitment.
I don't do jealousy
Restating the speaker's resistance to jealousy.
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