Song #5: Love You!

#5 in The Submensas’s set is “Love You”, a 2-minute power-pop-punk song that is aptly named, though it is not the usual love song. It’s about carefree, untethered romance – carpe diem, so to speak. Here’s the opening lines:

Asphyxiated minds

And penetrated souls

The only thing that’s happening

Is holding on to you* –

Yet I am not sure where the song comes down – it’s kind of ambiguous as to whether this is a love song or a kiss-off song. I guess it’s both – the ‘literary ambiguity’ that we all know and love. Right up there with David Bowie.

Musically it’s got a great, danceable beat and a guitar lead in the middle that simulates a brisk afternoon fling – that’s exactly what you were thinking, right, Jim?

“Love You” is also available on Spotify and I-Tunes etc