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De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da Lyrics

Don't think me unkind
Words are hard to find
There are only cheques I've left unsigned
From the banks of chaos in my mind
And when their eloquence escapes me
Their logic ties me up and rapes me

De Do Do Do De Da Da Da
Is all I want to say to you
De Do Do Do De Da Da Da
Their innocence will pull me through
De Do Do Do De Da Da Da
Is all I want to say to you
De Do Do Do De Da Da Da
They're meaningless and all that's true

Poets, priests, and politicians
Have words to thank for their positions
Words that scream for your submission
No-one's jamming their transmission
And when their eloquence escapes you
Their logic ties you up and rapes you

De Do Do Do De Da Da Da
Is all I want to say to you
De Do Do Do De Da Da Da
Their innocence will pull me through
De Do Do Do De Da Da Da
Is all I want to say to you
De Do Do Do De Da Da Da
They're meaningless and all that's true

De Do Do Do De Da Da Da
Is all I want to say to you
De Do Do Do De Da Da Da
Their innocence will pull me through
De Do Do Do De Da Da Da
Is all I want to say to you
De Do Do Do De Da Da Da
They're meaningless and all that's true
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Words means nothing sometimes when you are considering the source of them (a liar, manipulator, someone with an ulterior motive). He is saying the poets, priests and politicians of the world use words to do these things and move the masses to their will. The singer doesn't want to use words in this way, he rather speak meaningless babble than to be insincere. "Their innocence will pull me through" In being inarticulate he is innocent unlike the persons he mentioned in power that have an agenda. It is intrinsically a song about corruption.

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Excellent song for us tongue tied folks. :P

Why dodododododo...or whatever? I don't get it. Seriously. Not a big fan of Sting's voice or music, but usually I get his songs...not this one! And I've always wondered why the band was named The Police. (I've never researched it because I'm not a big fan..and now I'm just too dang lazy to...so would someone explain, please)

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"He got the name Sting based on his stage dress for the jazz clubs" (black and yellow?), but why The Police? Dang it, now I'm just curious and it's gonna bug me until I know. Geesh.

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Hey Fat Ass-I don't care-step off and leave me alone. Oh and grow a brain.

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Okay, open your mind wide for this one...

Could this song be from the viewpoint of an infant?

This about it... a baby would find all words to be nonsense... unsigned checks, if you will. It's not that the baby is being unkind in not replying... he/she just can't make sense of it all.

And their only reply? Do do do do, de da da da. Baby talk.

I know... it's a stretch. But it totally makes sense!

My Interpretation

@C-Marsh When my youngest brother was a baby my family and I would sing this to him like it was baby talk, so I love your interpretation, but I don't think Sting would agree. I heard he meant this song to be political and was disappointed that most only head the nonsense words and not the real lyrics.

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This is my favorite police song, especially when covered by Incubus. If you check out the incubus alive from red rocks, they cover it in the middle of stellar because its in the same key...kinda cool

@71cutty

That's evenly sorted and in another boxcar turning out of town

NB: Put wolves at the door

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I think this song is saying how he doesn't like how people play with words. They use eloquent words to make them seem intelligent or above other people when really it could simply be a masquerade for their own ignorance that would show through. So they hide behind their big eloquent (meaningless) words and phrases. He's caught off-guard (tied up and raped) he can't even defend himself because his words would appear inferior. He knows what he's getting at... his logic and knowledge is too deep to leave his tounge, so he replys with babble (de do do do, de da da da) simply meaning he dosen't have to justify himself to them.

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Don't always believe what the writer says about the song. He could be using a muse and doesn't want the muse to know he used her.

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He's fallen in love and get's tongue-tied around her.

He compares his situation to leaders and poets, who skilfully use their words to get fame and power.

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Love this song.. For some reason, I just like to turn on my stereo and listen to this song real loud in the morning before I go to School. I think there is 2 versions of it! My Uncle got the SACD for it and i remember playing it and it was a slower cooler version of the song.. then when he burnt the song onto a regular cd, it changed it the regular version..

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Ooh I have Alive at Red Rocks... and I saw them do it in concert...AWESOME. But mmkay someone care to explain the meaning?

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greetings, dadslildefect, fret no more, meaningmasta is here. ;-) first off, i want to say this is a very cool song, i love the energy, beat, the repeating guitar riff... My take on the meaning, is that words are often meaningless, especially in modern life. and that the actual words spoken often convey nothing true or real, they are often lies, or just pointless chit-chat. "De Do Do Do" etc sounds like baby talk, and i think that what hes comparing most everyday conversation to.

"Dont think me unkind, Words are hard to find etc." in this verse, i think hes coming from the view of a deeper quiet person. He cant just babble meaninglessly all the time like everyone else. And because hes quiet, hes often seen as "unkind" or rude, stuckup etc.

"And when their eloquence escapes me Their logic ties me up and rapes me"

i dont know exactly what hes getting at, but it may be that often people listen to a speaker emotionally, they are not being logical. in other words its more how you say it(eloquence) than what you actually say. It also may have to do with deeper thinkers(logic) not always being good at comminicating. While glib,shallow people are often great at schmoozing.

"They're meaningless and all that's true"

Goes back to my earlier points. Most everyday words/conversation that people say are meaningless, and thats the only true thing about the words spoken.(often being lies)