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A Few Notes
I first heard this song back in my college days. I’m not entirely sure, but I think it was one of the secondhand cassette tapes I bought from my friend, Mike.
“Hit So Hard” is widely interpreted as a song about destructive, obsessive love and the loss of self-identity. While the 90’s era often saw these themes linked to substance abuse, the lyrics specifically focus on the weight of an overwhelming relationship. It describes a feeling of being “hit” by a love so intense that it becomes a burden, where one person is willing to be “destroyed” or “put below” the other just to maintain the connection. Courtney Love actually claimed the song was really about a great orgasm.
Put me up above the boy
The one I love I should destroy
My sweet tooth has burned a hole
Forget about it all
He hit so hard
I saw stars
He hit so hard
I saw God
He’s cold give him a candycoat
He can’t swim but he can float
One by one they all fall down
I look at him and drown
He hit so hard
I saw stars
He hit so hard
I saw God
I saw God
Just one big shiny flash
God
You’re secret’s safe tonight
God
So much, so much to lose
God
So glad that we’re alive
He’s so candy my downfall
Melts in my mouth, ’til he’s nothing at all
This keeps me, I can’t sleep
He rages to be true
He hit so hard
I saw stars
He hit so hard
I saw God
I saw God
Just one big shiny flash
God
Oh set me straight tonight
God
Look at the pretty lights
God
Oh, man, he hit so hard
I saw stars
He hit so hard
I saw God
I saw God
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