Peter and Dave
Lyrics of the Lost
A series of unfair and wildly speculative investigations, critiques and interpretations exposing the hidden meanings of overplayed smooth radio pop songs. Featured in "Top 10 Pop Podcasts on the Planet”. Support the show at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/peter-davis6/subscribeRegular segments: Internet Theories, Misheard Lyrics, Listener Comments. Visit https://speakpipe.com/lyrics to record us your own voicemail hot-take on your smooth pop song of suckiness and you could be on a future episode! (you can also email sound files or text to poidadavis@gmail.com if that's easier).
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Feb 8, 2026
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Episodes
Ace of Base's ALL THAT SHE WANTS is another baby or babe or bae or gushy-bumps 08.02.2026 54:58
Play along at home with the lyrics: [intro] She leads a lonely life Mm, she leads a lonely life [Verse 1] When she woke up late in the morning light And the day had just begun She opened up her eyes and thought "Oh, what a morning" It's not a day for work It's a day for catching tan Just lying on the beach and having fun She's going to get you [Chorus] All that she wants is a...
The Proclaimers I'M GONNA BE (500 MILES) a sort-of Christmas special because of Starbucks 27.12.2025 51:26
Play along at home with the lyrics: [Verse 1] When I wake up, well, I know I'm gonna be I'm gonna be the man who wakes up next to you When I go out, yeah, I know I'm gonna be I'm gonna be the man who goes along with you If I get drunk, well, I know I'm gonna be I'm gonna be the man who gets drunk next to you And if I haver, yeah, I know I'm gonna be I'm gonna be the...
Coldplay's FIX YOU or reanimate you, jumbotron you, desex you, or laser your bones unless you're a moth 09.11.2025 57:01
Play along at home with the lyrics: [Verse 1: Chris Martin] When you try your best, but you don't succeed When you get what you want, but not what you need When you feel so tired, but you can't sleep Stuck in reverse [Verse 2: Chris Martin] And the tears come streamin' down your face When you lose somethin' you can't replace When you love someone, but it goes to waste Could it...
Psy's GANGNAM STYLE of drinking coffee and beating his beloved at everything 29.09.2025 50:26
Play along at home with the lyrics: [Intro] Oppa is Gangnam style Gangnam style [Verse 1] A lady who is warm and human during the day A classy lady who knows how to enjoy a cup of coffee A lady whose heart gets hot when night comes A lady with that kind of twist [Refrain] I am a man A man as warm as you during the day A man who one-shots his coffee before it even cools down A man whose heart burst...
The Beach Boys' GOD ONLY KNOWS who I'd be in a music video made 55 years after the song 12.08.2025 1:03:53
Play along at home with the lyrics: [Verse 1: Carl Wilson] I may not always love you But long as there are stars above you You never need to doubt it I'll make you so sure about it [Refrain: Carl Wilson] God only knows what I'd be without you [Verse 2: Carl Wilson] If you should ever leave me Well, life would still go on, believe me The world could show nothing to me So what good would liv...
The Moody Blues' NIGHTS IN WHITE SATIN or KNIGHTS or possibly both if they're in the KKK but maybe just incels or DIY handymen 26.06.2025 59:56
Play along at home with the lyrics: [Verse 1] Nights in white satin, never reaching the end Letters I've written, never meaning to send Beauty I'd always missed with these eyes before Just what the truth is, I can't say anymore [Chorus] 'Cause I love you Yes, I love you Oh, how I love you, oh [Verse 2] Gazing at people, some hand in hand Just what I'm going through, they can...
Chappell Roan's GOOD LUCK, BABE! and her struggle in quantum physics and formal nomenclature 08.05.2025 59:35
Play along at home with the lyrics: [Verse 1] It’s fine, it's cool You can say that we are nothing but you know the truth And guess i'm the fool With her arms out like an angel through the car sunroof [Pre-Chorus] I don't wanna call it off But you don't wanna call it love You just wanna love someone who calls you baby [Chorus] You can kiss a hundred boys in bars Shoot another shot,...
Duran Duran's THE REFLEX is a lonely child, a goddess or Leprechaun, a murderous conman or a wang 26.03.2025 58:51
Play along at home with the lyrics: [Verse 1] You've gone too far this timeBut I'm dancing on the ValentineI tell you somebody's fooling aroundWith my chances on the danger lineI'll cross that bridge when I find itAnother day to make my stand, oh woahHigh time is no time for decidingIf I should find a helping hand, oh woah[Refrain]Oh, why don't you use it? Try not to bruise itB...
k.d. lang's CONSTANT CRAVING has always been the inspiration for naming chocolate and cake shop businesses 23.02.2025 52:19
Play along at home with the lyrics: [Verse 1]Even through the darkest phaseBe it thick or thinAlways someone marches braveHere beneath my skin[Chorus]And constant (Constant)Craving (Craving)Has always (Always)Been (Been)[Verse 2]Maybe a great magnet pullsAll souls towards truthOr maybe it is life itselfFeeds wisdom to its youth[Chorus]Constant (Constant)Craving (Craving)Has always (Always)Been[Pos...
Won't you take me to FUNKYTOWN by Lipps Inc and Pseudo Echo and an energy company and others others 15.01.2025 50:00
Play along at home with the lyrics: [Verse] Gotta make a move to a town that's right for me Town to keep me movin', keep me groovin' with some energy [Pre-Chorus] Well, I talk about it, talk about it Talk about it, talk about it Talk about, talk about Talk about movin' Gotta move on Gotta move on Gotta move on [Chorus] A-won't you take me to Funkytown? Won't you take me to Funkytown? Won't you tak...
Band Aid's DO THEY KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS? Okay, yes they did, but we didn't know they knew, we're just popstars 27.11.2024 1:10:58
Play along at home with the lyrics: [Paul Young] It's Christmas time There's no need to be afraid At Christmas time We let in light and we banish shade [Boy George] And in our world of plenty We can spread a smile of joy Throw your arms around the world At Christmas time [George Michael & Simon LeBon (Duran Duran)] But say a prayer Pray for the other ones At Christmas time it's hard But when y...
The Cars who's gonna DRIVE you home tonight if I ditch you here and your dad's not available? 16.10.2024 1:05:37
Play along at home with the lyrics: [Verse 1] Who's gonna tell you when it's too late? Who's gonna tell you things aren't so great? [Chorus] You can't go on, thinking nothing's wrong, (mumble) Who's gonna drive you home tonight? [Verse 2] Who's gonna pick you up when you fall? Who's gonna hang it up when you call? Who's gonna pay attention to your dreams? Yeah, who's gonna plug their ears when you...
BREAK MY STRIDE by Mattew Wilder AND Unique 2 AND Blue Lagoon AND Unique II and many more 02.09.2024 1:00:21
Play along at home with the lyrics: [Verse 1] Last night, I had the strangest dream I sailed away to China In a little rowboat to find ya And you said you had to get your laundry clean Didn't want no one to hold you, what does that mean? And you said [Chorus] Ain't nothin' gonna break my stride Nobody gonna slow me down Oh no, I got to keep on moving Ain't nothin' gonna break-a...
SMOOTH by Santana featuring Rob Thomas of Matchbox Twenty and Rick Astley of NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP 05.07.2024 57:17
Play along at home with the lyrics: [Verse 1] We're no strangers to love You know the rules and so do I (Do I) A full commitment's what I'm thinking of You wouldn't get this from any other guy [Pre-Chorus] I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling Gotta make you understand [Chorus] Never gonna give you up Never gonna let you down Never gonna run around and desert you Never gonna ma...
Nelly Furtado's I'M LIKE A BIRD except not a penguin or emu, just the ones that can fly but I won't crap on your car or anything, that's not what this is about 06.05.2024 56:46
Play along at home with the lyrics: [Verse 1] You're beautiful, that's for sure You'll never ever fade You're lovely, but it's not for sure That I won't ever change [Pre-Chorus] And though my love is rare Though my love is true [Chorus] I'm like a bird, I'll only fly away I don't know where my soul is (Soul is) I don't know where my home is And baby, all I n...
Cliff Richard's WIRED FOR SOUND and for crime fighting in shopping malls, road safety and brain washing 24.03.2024 1:05:51
Play along at home with the lyrics: [Introduction] I like small speakers I like tall speakers If they've music they're wired for sound [Verse 1] Walking about with a head full of music Cassette in my pocket and I'm gonna use it Stereo Out on the street, you know Ohohohohohohoho, oho [Verse 2] Into the car, go to work and I'm cruising I never think that I'll blow all my fuses Tr...
Hanson's MMMBOP, scooby-di-dooby-wop, bop doo-bap, wap-baba-doo 07.02.2024 1:04:56
Play along at home with the lyrics: [Intro] Oh Oh, ooh Oh, ooh Oh, yeah [Verse 1] You have so many relationships in this life Only one or two will last You go through all the pain and strife Then you turn your back and they're gone so fast Oh, yeah And they're gone so fast, yeah [Verse 2] Oh, so hold on the ones who really care In the end, they'll be the only ones there When you get ol...
Mariah Carey's ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU and cracker jokes and inoffensive MC greetings and slavery or cannibalism and fertility and revenge and demon possession or necromancy and Maslow's needs 26.11.2023 1:01:43
Play along at home with the lyrics: [Intro] I don't want a lot for Christmas There is just one thing I need I don't care about the presents Underneath the Christmas tree I just want you for my own More than you could ever know Make my wish come true All I want for Christmas is you, yeah [Verse 1] I don't want a lot for Christmas There is just one thing I need (And I) Don't care abo...
Foreigner's I WANT TO KNOW WHAT LOVE IS in case I need it when I'm older, plus hiking tips, randy monks and cowboys and the tin man from Oz but the real answer is from Artificial Intelligence in song 25.10.2023 1:04:39
Play along at home with the lyrics: [Verse 1] I've gotta take a little time A little time to think things over I better read between the lines In case I need it when I'm older [Verse 2] Now, this mountain, I must climb Feels like a world upon my shoulders Through the clouds, I see love shine It keeps me warm as life grows colder [Pre-Chorus] In my life, there's been heartache and pain...
Seal's KISS FROM A ROSE on the grey or gray or the grave or the greying tower which is probably a lighthouse because it's on the sea and it snows there at sea level which means it's near the arctic 17.09.2023 59:59
Play along at home with the lyrics: [Intro] Ba-ya-ya, ba-da-da-da-da-da, ba-ya-ya Ba-ya-ya, ba-da-da-da-da-da, ba-ya-ya Ba-ya-ya, ba-da-da-da-da-da, ba-ya-ya Ba-ya-ya, ba-da-da-da-da-da, ba-ya-ya [Verse1] There used to be a greying tower alone on the sea And you became the light on the dark side of me Love remained a drug that's the high and not the pill [Pre-Chorus] But did you know that when...
Daft Punk's GET LUCKY with Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers - We've come too far to give up talking pop lyrics but let's not raise the bar, just lower your expectations. We raise our cups to you! 07.08.2023 59:35
It's 2013. A pope resigns for the first time ever (he hated robes that hid his buff figure), the Boston Marathon is bombed by a couple of crazy kids, Grand Theft Auto 5 is published, Chrissy Amphlett dies, as does the last surviving member of The Andrews Sisters, Annette Funicello, and Lou Reed, ... and the robo-boys of Daft Punk release this groovy thang. What are the meanings, the messages,...
Cher's do you BELIEVE in life after love after autotune after denial after bribery after Candyman after 6 writers and 8 years after the AI apocalypse after Sonny Bono after happy ever after 11.06.2023 55:51
It's 1998. Sonny Bono dies. Shania Twain records the first version of 'THAT DON'T IMPRESS ME MUCH'. Google is founded as a company. The final episode of 'Seinfeld' airs. 'The Big Lebowski' hits cinemas . Frank Sinatra and Linda McCartney die but Bindi Irwin is born. The Japanese economy enters a recession due to the collapse of land and property prices (property bub...
Michael Bolton's HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO LIVE WITHOUT YOU when I barely know you, if you even exist, I mean, you could be Katie Couric or Lady Diana or my own mother or a figment and you're pantless? 12.05.2023 45:27
It's 1990. An idea for something called "World Wide Web" or "the internet" is proposed by Tim Berners-Lee in Switzerland as a way to more rapidly distribute pornography. Nelson Mandela is released from prison and goes straight, at least as far as a politician can be. His wife on the other hand ... anyway ... the Berlin Wall is demolished, largely by people trying to escape...
Shania Twain's THAT DON'T IMPRESS ME MUCH but you're in with a chance - I don't ask much - a touch of a cat or the horse from the Godfather, the right car, no Brad Pitt, James Bond or Elon Musk 01.04.2023 1:02:14
It's 1998. Google is founded as a company. The final episode of 'Seinfeld' airs. 'The Big Lebowski' hits cinemas . Frank Sinatra and Linda McCartney die but Bindi Irwin is born. The Japanese economy enters a recession due to the collapse of land and property prices (property bubbles CAN burst!). Europeans agree on a single currency called the Euro. Bill Clinton denies he had &q...
James Blunt’s YOU’RE BEAUTIFUL & possibly a ghost, a cultist, or a puppy. Premature vocalisation. Is life brilliant? What does ChatGPT AI think and can it write a better song? Posh Spice goes Gangsta! 27.02.2023 1:08:28
The year was 2004. Mark Zuckerberg launches a little thing called The Facebook. NASA lands a rover (good boy!) on Mars. Saddam Hussein goes on trial in Iraq and does not do well. Construction on the tallest building (to date) begins in Dubai, so that Tom Cruise can ultimately shoot an action movie around it. A disgruntled resident of Granby, Colorado, modifies a bulldozer into an armoured war-mach...
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