Bizzare Love Triangle Lyrics – New Order

Song Facts:

• Genre: Synth-pop, New Wave
• Featured on the soundtrack for the movie "Rest in Peace"

Annotations and Meaning:

Crafted by New Order, "Bizarre Love Triangle" is a synth pop masterpiece that finds lyrics dwelling on some issues of longing, confusion, and possibly unrequited love. From the title, it can only say that the love triangle may be referring to a very complex, maybe convoluted, maybe a little machinated plot for relationships or emotions and relationships that usually involve three people. Opening with the lines, "Every time I think of you / I feel shot right through with a bolt of blue," he crystallizes into literalness the sudden and profound impact of inflection for the speaker. The "bolt of blue" suggests a mix of surprise and clarity, as well as a possible reference to feeling blue or sad. This struggle is accentuated with the line, "It's no problem of mine, but it's a problem I find / Living a life that I can't leave behind," expressing the personal conflict between the want and the reality of moving on from feelings keeping one back. The lyrics in the chorus, "Every time that I saw you falling / I get down on my knees and pray / I'm waiting for that final moment / You say the words that I can't say," show great emotional unrest. The sentence does show an instinct of protection through hoping that the other might express their feeling or make a decision that he himself is not able to make and also, a desire of wanting it sorted out. The line "I'm not sure what this could mean; I don't think you're what you seem" really does carry doubt; at least the feeling about the person in love, if not doubt about the intentions or that indeed the person loves them. This adds a layer of insecurity and suspicion to the already complex emotional landscape of the song. Indeed, the repeated plea for the things to "get back" to some simpler past—"Why can't we be ourselves like we were yesterday?"—points to really wishful thinking for a less complicated relationship dynamic, maybe before the entanglements of the love triangle began. Set to the movie's soundtrack, it will probably enhance certain aspects of the story: maybe scenes with romantic tension, maybe even some internal conflicts, or huge relationship moments for the characters.