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- Iou Lyrics / with translationsOld world underground where are you now?
Subtract my age from the mileage
On my speeding heart, credit cards
Accelerate, accumulate
Looked for you downtown
Wound up in a movie with no story
Now it's late and you are nowhere to be found
Hesitation's always mine
Hesitate outside the times
With all I don't say
With all I don't do
I'm sending you
Invitations to hesitate too
Every ten year-old enemy soldier
Thinks falling bombs are shooting stars sometimes
But she doesn't make wishes on them
When she wishes, she wishes for less ways to wish for
More ways to work toward it
Ten year-old enemy soldier
Our falling bombs are her shooting stars
Hesitation's always mine
Hesitate outside the times
Oh call me or drop me a line
Say you've been with me
Say you've been with me
Say you've been with me
This whole time
Old world underground I never knew you
But I've seen your face everywhere
There was a farm before we tore
The small town down
Multiply divide
Subtract my age from the mileage
On my speeding heart, credit cards
Accelerate, accumulate
Looked for you downtown
Wound up in a movie with no story
Now it's late and you are nowhere to be found
Hesitation's always mine
Hesitate outside the times
With all I don't say
With all I don't do
I'm sending you
Invitations to hesitate too
Every ten year-old enemy soldier
Thinks falling bombs are shooting stars sometimes
But she doesn't make wishes on them
More ways to work toward it
Ten year-old enemy soldier
Our falling bombs are her shooting stars
Hesitation's always mine
Hesitate outside the times
Oh call me or drop me a line
Say you've been with me
Say you've been with me
Say you've been with me
This whole time
Old world underground I never knew you
But I've seen your face everywhere
There was a farm before we tore
The small town down
Multiply divide
Facts about IOU
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IOU is written by Emily Haines, James Shaw.
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It is first released on July 29, 2003 as part of Metric's album "Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?" which includes 10 tracks in total. This song is the opening track on this album.
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When we ask ourselves what the song was truly meant to express, the song 'IOU' by Metric reflects on the feeling of being lost and searching for something or someone in a changing world. The lyrics use metaphors like 'old world underground' and 'falling bombs are shooting stars' to convey a sense of longing, hesitation, and the desire for connection amidst chaos and destruction. The Iou lyrics express throughout the song different themes which include reflection, heartbreak and solitude and readers' feelings of anxiety and nostalgia. The song presents two main themes which focus on longing plus absence and on war plus innocence and on changes plus loss. The lyrics contain some mature themes and imagery, particularly in the references to war and the perspective of a child soldier, which may not be suitable for younger children. The film contains no explicit language plus nudity and drug use which makes it suitable for a PG rating that requires parental guidance.
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IOU falls under the genre Alternative.
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IOU song length is 4 minutes and 22 seconds.
Who wrote IOU lyrics?
IOU is written by Emily Haines, James Shaw.
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When was IOU released?
It is first released on July 29, 2003 as part of Metric's album "Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?" which includes 10 tracks in total. This song is the opening track on this album.
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What is the meaning behind IOU lyrics?
When we ask ourselves what the song was truly meant to express, the song 'IOU' by Metric reflects on the feeling of being lost and searching for something or someone in a changing world. The lyrics use metaphors like 'old world underground' and 'falling bombs are shooting stars' to convey a sense of longing, hesitation, and the desire for connection amidst chaos and destruction. The Iou lyrics express throughout the song different themes which include reflection, heartbreak and solitude and readers' feelings of anxiety and nostalgia. The song presents two main themes which focus on longing plus absence and on war plus innocence and on changes plus loss. The lyrics contain some mature themes and imagery, particularly in the references to war and the perspective of a child soldier, which may not be suitable for younger children. The film contains no explicit language plus nudity and drug use which makes it suitable for a PG rating that requires parental guidance.
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Which genre is IOU?
IOU falls under the genre Alternative.
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How long is the song IOU?
IOU song length is 4 minutes and 22 seconds.
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Songwriter(s): Emily Haines, James ShawRecord Label(s): 2003 Everloving
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