# Ordinary songs that no one notices are actually creepy **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 11, 2004, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ordinary-songs-that-no-one-notices-are-actually-creepy/233639 "2004-03-11T04:44:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![rdm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2acd7d/32.png) [@rdm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rdm)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ordinary-songs-that-no-one-notices-are-actually-creepy/233639/61 "2004-03-11T18:56:23Z")
> [@The Griffin](#): > > Smashing Pumpkins - **Today** > > Amazing how many people think this is a happy song, but it’s obvious from the verses that it’s about suicide. > > “Pink ribbon scars, that never forget, I tried so hard, to cleanse these regrets” - refers to a failed suicide attempt - slitting your wrists in a bath of warm water. > > “Today is the greatest day I’ve ever know, cant wait for tomorrow, tomorrow’s much too long” > > I think greatest doesnt mean happy/good but “important”, things have come to a head. > > If anyone knows what the bit near the end means when Billy sings “I want to turn you on” a few times I dont have a clue. Yes, he’s said the song is about suicide. The lyrics about today being the greatest day are either sarcastic or literal, meaning he doesn’t want to see his life return to normal. The part at the end has something to do with suicide by electrocution. ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ordinary-songs-that-no-one-notices-are-actually-creepy/233639/62 "2004-03-11T19:51:19Z")
99 Red Baloons. Cheerful Europop ditty about nuclear war. ‘Let’s Face the Muic and Dance’: the ‘troubles’ he’s talking about are the likelihood of going to hell after death. ‘Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.’ Another ‘we’re going to die soon folks’ song. But very beautiful. ---
**Author:** ![vl\_mungo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc8723/32.png) [@vl\_mungo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vl_mungo)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ordinary-songs-that-no-one-notices-are-actually-creepy/233639/63 "2004-03-11T20:05:00Z")
It’s not so much the songs themselves, but I can’t listen to **The Beatles - White Album** without thinking about **Charles Manson** and his Family tripping on acid and playing it over and over and over… “I can hear your footsteps coming up the drive…” ---
**Author:** ![Martha\_Medea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/43a26b/32.png) [@Martha\_Medea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martha_Medea)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ordinary-songs-that-no-one-notices-are-actually-creepy/233639/64 "2004-03-11T20:35:04Z")
[Luca](http://www.alwaysontherun.net/suz.htm#aab) , by Suzanne Vega. A song about child abuse set to a catchy tune. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ordinary-songs-that-no-one-notices-are-actually-creepy/233639/65 "2004-03-11T20:42:29Z")
Creepy? Stalker creepy? Say hello to Old Blue Eyes: > [@](#): > > Pardon me, but I’ve gotta run. > The fact’s uncommonly clear. > Gotta find who’s now number one > And why my Angel Eyes ain’t here. Somebody better watch their backs. ---
**Author:** ![Legolamb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4491bb/32.png) [@Legolamb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legolamb)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ordinary-songs-that-no-one-notices-are-actually-creepy/233639/66 "2004-03-11T20:48:02Z")
> [@audreyayn](#): > > I don’t know the title, but the Clay Aiken (?) song that plays on the radio all the time now is definitely a stalker song. > > “If I was invisible” … creepy. Thank you! I knew it couldn’t just be me who thought that. The song’s called “Invisible”, BTW. On the subject of stalker songs, Barenaked Ladies’ “Straw Hat & Old Dirty Hank” appears to be about a farmer who believes a famous singer is in love with him from the “love” and “O & X” on an autographed photo. He ends up stalking and killing her. [snip] ---
**Author:** ![AmericanMaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@AmericanMaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AmericanMaid)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ordinary-songs-that-no-one-notices-are-actually-creepy/233639/67 "2004-03-11T20:56:41Z")
Bruce Springsteen’s “Secret Garden”. The whole song is about a woman who holds back a part of herself from a guy who loves her. I have absolutely no idea why this song is considered romantic. It’s just sad. I know it’s connection to “Jerry Maguire” but still… ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ordinary-songs-that-no-one-notices-are-actually-creepy/233639/68 "2004-03-11T20:58:24Z")
> [@ruadh](#): > > I dunno who sings this song, or how popular it is (I’m a bit out of the loop) but every time I go to Tesco I hear a song that goes: > > _Save all your kisses for me > Save all your kisses for me … > … even though you’re only three._ > > I mean … EWWWWW. And then there’s “The Ocean” by Led Zeppelin I’m savin all my love for the girl who won my heart She’s only 3 years old and that’s a real fine way to start. Although, in this case, I think it’s really a play on the usual premise of a really young girl (i.e. 16-17), or perhaps an actual declaration of love for a daughter. But still weird enough to make me think. ---
**Author:** ![InTransit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47774/32.png) [@InTransit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InTransit)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ordinary-songs-that-no-one-notices-are-actually-creepy/233639/69 "2004-03-11T21:01:05Z")
This is more of a contextual creppy, but I have seen Sting’s “When We Dance” featured as a song played at weddings on DJ lists. Sure it’s appropriate… if it’s from the bride’s still-pining ex. ---
**Author:** ![Phedre\_no\_Delaunay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/839c29/32.png) [@Phedre\_no\_Delaunay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phedre_no_Delaunay)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ordinary-songs-that-no-one-notices-are-actually-creepy/233639/70 "2004-03-11T21:04:03Z")
**Hurt So Good** is my theme song! I also really like **Crash into Me** which was mentioned earlier. Now for creepy stalkerish, **Clannad’s _I Will Find You_** "No matter where you go I will find you If it takes a long long time No matter where you go I will find you If it takes a thousand years " Another creepy one, but I love it anyway, is **Don’t Fear the Reaper**. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ordinary-songs-that-no-one-notices-are-actually-creepy/233639/71 "2004-03-11T21:04:08Z")
Oops, i mean it’s something like “Now I’m singin’ all my songs to the girl who won my heart…” which makes it slightly less creepy, but still mentionable. ---
**Author:** ![heater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/858c86/32.png) [@heater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heater)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ordinary-songs-that-no-one-notices-are-actually-creepy/233639/72 "2004-03-11T21:31:22Z")
Thanks to Eddie Vedder’s unique singing style, I never knew what [“Jeremy”](http://www.lyricsdir.com/p/pearl-jam/jeremy.php) was actually about. ---
**Author:** ![Martha\_Medea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/43a26b/32.png) [@Martha\_Medea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martha_Medea)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ordinary-songs-that-no-one-notices-are-actually-creepy/233639/73 "2004-03-11T21:41:32Z")
Remembered another one: the melodic ‘You’re Gorgeous’ by Baby Bird. You might dedicate it to the one you love, unless you knew what it was really about. ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ordinary-songs-that-no-one-notices-are-actually-creepy/233639/74 "2004-03-11T21:41:42Z")
“Found Out About You” by the Gin Blossoms is another creepy little stalker song: “Street lights blink on through the car window I get the time to often on AM Radio Well you know it’s all I think about I write your name drive past your house Your boyfriend’s over I watch your lights go out” Reminds me of when I began dating my now-husband and my ex-boyfriend would drive by my house at night and then call the next day to say I was up late the night before. _shivers_ ---
**Author:** ![toadspittle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ordinary-songs-that-no-one-notices-are-actually-creepy/233639/75 "2004-03-11T21:55:37Z")
> [@The Griffin](#): > > oh she walk slowly, across the young man’s room, she said “I’m ready, for you”, I cant remember anything to this very day, 'cept the look…the look, oh you know where The look? I always thought he said, “Except blood … blood … oh, you know where!” I always read this as, inexperienced girl about to have first sexual encounter with older, experienced boyfriend before she’s actually ready, and all she remembers is the pain and blood. On another note, I second “Crash Into Me”. WTF? Why do people think this is some sort of sweet ballad? Same with “Your Body is a Wonderland.” Girls go all gaga over this, like the John Mayer’s being some romantic smoothie. He just wants to bang you, you twit! ---
**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ordinary-songs-that-no-one-notices-are-actually-creepy/233639/76 "2004-03-11T22:14:46Z")
I can’t believe no one has yet mentioned the original great stalker song… _I Will Follow Him_ by Little Peggy March What if he doesn’t WANT you to follow him, Peggy? 😕 I _think_ that the Crowded House song _Into Temptation_ is about date rape, from the rapist’s point of view. > [@](#): > > The guilty get no sleep > In the last slow hours of morning. > Experience is cheap > I should’ve listened to the warning. > But the cradle was soft and warm Brrrrrrr. ---
**Author:** ![HelenGawn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@HelenGawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelenGawn)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ordinary-songs-that-no-one-notices-are-actually-creepy/233639/77 "2004-03-11T22:16:36Z")
The Beach Boys’ Don’t Worry Baby]([http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Don’t-Worry-Baby-lyrics-Beach-Boys/A02673A8876A43904825698200275318](http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Don't-Worry-Baby-lyrics-Beach-Boys/A02673A8876A43904825698200275318)) always seemed schizophrenic to me, with verses about the building anxiety over an upcoming car race alternating with declarations of love. I think it’s a prequel to one of those car-crash lost-love songs mentioned earlier. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Kobayashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4af34b/32.png) [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ordinary-songs-that-no-one-notices-are-actually-creepy/233639/78 "2004-03-11T22:22:53Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > And then there’s “The Ocean” by Led Zeppelin > > I’m savin all my love for the girl who won my heart > She’s only 3 years old and that’s a real fine way to start. > > Although, in this case, I think it’s really a play on the usual premise of a really young girl (i.e. 16-17), or perhaps an actual declaration of love for a daughter. But still weird enough to make me think. That line is about Plant’s daughter - he even changed the lyrics after her birthday to “She’s only 4 years old…” when singing it live. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ordinary-songs-that-no-one-notices-are-actually-creepy/233639/79 "2004-03-11T22:23:03Z")
> [@LlamaPoet](#): > > Just found it, the song is titled ‘The Way’, and according to the net, the artist was Gigi D’agostino: The artist is Fastball. It’s on All The Pain Money Can Buy (Their second album). I can’t find a single bit of information on Gigi D’agostino in English. Also, I believe the (elderly) couple was found before the song was ever released. The lyrics and video certainly suggest they had gone off to die. ---
**Author:** ![summerjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@summerjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/summerjack)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ordinary-songs-that-no-one-notices-are-actually-creepy/233639/80 "2004-03-11T22:26:44Z")
For all of you who thought of Possum Kingdom by The Toadies (R.I.P.)… That wasn’t their only song that sounds like a love song but is actually about a killer check it out: TYLER [snip] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ordinary-songs-that-no-one-notices-are-actually-creepy/233639.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ordinary-songs-that-no-one-notices-are-actually-creepy/233639.md?page=5)