Love Stupid (feat. Karen Hover) (Commentary)

Punish me

Now this one is a monster
This one is
Just so amazing, Karen Hover
Of the Sound of series did this with me
Steve Schultz helped me write this
It's amazing
This one's a
This one's just a description of how
The depression itself can actually
Affect your relationships with other people
Make you desperate, vulnerable
Here we go

Do you remember the days?
Remember when we were new?
The wind was blowing our way
Making one out of two
Makes you doubt yourself (She said)
Don't forget who you are
Almost like you're not worthy of love
Don't forget who I am
Love stupid and blind
It makes you love stupid
Obsession again

Dreams, they go down
Love stupid
Dreams, they go down

I love the drums on this track
I mean they're big
I was walking around in Munich
When I wrote these lyrics
I just had the piano loop that I had made
And this huge fat beat
And then Eric changed the key with me in the back of the bus

Can I admit it was me?
I just like the fact of being loved stupid
Can we go back to the start?
Just like a simple way of explaining it
And be better than you?
She said, don't forget who you are

But Karen's voice really just
Makes this song special
When it was mine, it felt too dramatic
It felt too serious, Karen almost
Sounds like the sweetness of depression itself

Dreams, they go down
Love stupid
Dreams, they go down

We're in the back of the bus, me and Eric
When we were writing this thing
And Eric came up with that riff
-Eric imitating guitar noise

Did I admit it was me?
I'll never feel this way again
And punish me, punish me
Dreams, they go down
A lot of people when they heard this demo
They didn't understand it
I'll never feel this way again

It's one of my favorites, definitely
There's Steve on the guitars
And then you're gonna hear Will come in with this insane
Solo coming up

Punish me, punish me
And I forgot
Did I admit it was me?
I think Mark Needham
Did an extraordinary job on mixing this song
Here it comes
Punish me, punish me
Dreams, they go down
Here, Will Mack
That's a sick, sick solo
Love stupid
It becomes like a chant at the end
Dreams, they go down
Almost like you're hypnotized by it
She said, she's the one for me
Dreams, they go down

It was a dark, dark time writing this song

Dreams, they go down
Love stupid
Dreams, they go down

Punish me, punish me, punish me, punish me
Punish me, punish me, punish me, punish me
Punish me, punish me, punish me, punish me
Punish me, punish me, punish me, punish me
Punish me, punish me, punish me, punish me
Love stupid

The clarinet
Yeah, Ryan actually played a clarinet on this song
It was good