Hook
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About Hook
"Hook" is a song by jam band Blues Traveler, from their 1994 album Four. The song peaked at #23 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song's title refers to a hook in music terminology: the catchy element or phrase of a song which makes it distinctive and memorable. The song's lyrics assert that whatever the singer sings about is effectively meaningless, since the song's musical hook will keep listeners coming back, even if they are unaware of the reason. .
Hook Lyrics
[00:24.05] It doesn't matter what I say
[00:29.70] So long as I sing with inflection
[00:35.67] That makes you feel I'll convey
[00:41.40] Some inner truth or vast reflection
[00:47.19] But I've said nothing so far
[00:52.96] And I can keep it up for as long as it takes
[00:58.98] And it don't matter who you are
[01:04.77] If I'm doing my job, it's your resolve that breaks
[01:09.12] Because the hook brings you back
[01:16.32] I ain't tellin' you no lie
[01:21.07] The hook brings you back
[01:27.96] On that you can rely
[01:33.94] There is something amiss
[01:39.36] I am being insincere
[01:45.41] In fact I don't mean any of this
[01:51.16] Still my confession draws you near
[01:56.88] To confuse the issue I refer
[02:02.66] To familiar heroes from long ago
[02:08.65] No matter how much Peter loved her
[02:14.23] What made the Pan refuse to grow
[02:18.54] Was that hook brings you back
[02:25.80] I ain't tellin' you no lie
[02:30.68] The hook brings you back
[02:37.64] On that you can rely
[02:42.96]
[03:28.89] Suck it in, suck it in, suck it in, if you're Rin Tin Tin or Anne Boleyn
[03:31.73] Make a desperate move or else you'll win and then begin to see
[03:34.88] What you're doing to me, this MTV is not for free
[03:38.31] It's so PC it's killing me, so desperately I sing to thee of love
[03:40.76] Sure, but also of rage and hate and pain and fear of self
[03:44.25] And I can't keep these feelings on the shelf
[03:46.46] I've tried, well, no, in fact I lied
[03:48.82] Could be financial suicide, but I've got too much pride inside
[03:53.15] To hide or slide, I'll do as I'll decide and let it ride until I've died
[03:55.43] And only then shall I abide this tide
[03:57.32] Of catchy little tunes of hip three minute diddys
[04:00.04] I wanna bust all your balloons
[04:01.70] I wanna burn all your cities to the ground
[04:03.60] I've found I will not mess around unless I play then hey
[04:07.41] I will go on all day, hear what I say
[04:09.22] I have a prayer to pray that's really all this was
[04:11.83] And when I'm feeling stuck and need a buck
[04:13.39] I don't rely on luck because
[04:14.68] The hook brings you back
[04:21.07] I ain't tellin' you no lie
[04:25.55] The hook
[04:32.70] On that you can rely
[04:38.43]
[00:29.70] So long as I sing with inflection
[00:35.67] That makes you feel I'll convey
[00:41.40] Some inner truth or vast reflection
[00:47.19] But I've said nothing so far
[00:52.96] And I can keep it up for as long as it takes
[00:58.98] And it don't matter who you are
[01:04.77] If I'm doing my job, it's your resolve that breaks
[01:09.12] Because the hook brings you back
[01:16.32] I ain't tellin' you no lie
[01:21.07] The hook brings you back
[01:27.96] On that you can rely
[01:33.94] There is something amiss
[01:39.36] I am being insincere
[01:45.41] In fact I don't mean any of this
[01:51.16] Still my confession draws you near
[01:56.88] To confuse the issue I refer
[02:02.66] To familiar heroes from long ago
[02:08.65] No matter how much Peter loved her
[02:14.23] What made the Pan refuse to grow
[02:18.54] Was that hook brings you back
[02:25.80] I ain't tellin' you no lie
[02:30.68] The hook brings you back
[02:37.64] On that you can rely
[02:42.96]
[03:28.89] Suck it in, suck it in, suck it in, if you're Rin Tin Tin or Anne Boleyn
[03:31.73] Make a desperate move or else you'll win and then begin to see
[03:34.88] What you're doing to me, this MTV is not for free
[03:38.31] It's so PC it's killing me, so desperately I sing to thee of love
[03:40.76] Sure, but also of rage and hate and pain and fear of self
[03:44.25] And I can't keep these feelings on the shelf
[03:46.46] I've tried, well, no, in fact I lied
[03:48.82] Could be financial suicide, but I've got too much pride inside
[03:53.15] To hide or slide, I'll do as I'll decide and let it ride until I've died
[03:55.43] And only then shall I abide this tide
[03:57.32] Of catchy little tunes of hip three minute diddys
[04:00.04] I wanna bust all your balloons
[04:01.70] I wanna burn all your cities to the ground
[04:03.60] I've found I will not mess around unless I play then hey
[04:07.41] I will go on all day, hear what I say
[04:09.22] I have a prayer to pray that's really all this was
[04:11.83] And when I'm feeling stuck and need a buck
[04:13.39] I don't rely on luck because
[04:14.68] The hook brings you back
[04:21.07] I ain't tellin' you no lie
[04:25.55] The hook
[04:32.70] On that you can rely
[04:38.43]
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