Accidentally In Love

By Counting Crows

On Accidentally In Love

Released on May 11, 2004

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[Verse 1]

So, she said, "What's the problem, baby?"

What's the problem? I don't know

Well, maybe I'm in love (Love), think about it

Every time I think about it, can't stop thinking 'bout it

How much longer will it take to cure this?

Just to cure it, 'cause I can't ignore it if it's love (Love)

Makes me wanna turn around and face me

But I don't know nothin' 'bout love, uh


[Chorus]

Come on, come on, turn a little faster

Come on, come on, the world will follow after

Come on, come on, because everybody's after love


[Verse 2]

So I said, I'm a snowball runnin'

Runnin' down into the spring that's comin'

All this love meltin' under blue skies

Belting out sunlight, shimmering love

Well, baby, I surrender to this strawberry ice cream

Never-ever-ender, all this love

Well, I didn't mean to do it

But there's no escaping your love, oh


[Pre-Chorus]

These lines of lightnin' mean we're never alone

Never alone, no, no


[Chorus]

Come on, come on, move a little closer

Come on, come on, I wanna hear you whisper

Come on, come on, settle down inside my love, ohh

Come on, come on, jump a little higher

Come on, come on, if you feel a little lighter

Come on, come on, we were once upon a time in love


[Post-Chorus]

We're accidentally in love, accidentally in love

Accidentally in love, accidentally in love

Accidentally in love, accidentally in love

Accidentally in love, accidentally in love


[Bridge]

Accidentally, I'm in love, I'm in love

I'm in love, I'm in love

I'm in love, I'm in love

Accidentally, I'm in love, I'm in love

I'm in love, I'm in love

I'm in love, I'm in love

Accidentally


[Chorus]

Come on, come on (Come on), spin a little tighter

Come on, come on (Come on) and the world's a little brighter

Come on, come on (Come on), just get yourself inside her love


[Outro]

I'm in love

“How much longer will it take to cure this? Just to cure it, ’cause I can’t ignore it if it’s love (Love)”
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“Well, maybe I’m in love (Love), think about it Every time I think about it, can’t stop thinking ’bout it”
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He pretty much explains it. He is in love and he cannot escape it. It’s really the opposite of a problem, as all he can think about is her, marking the beginning of what he hopes to be a long and happy relationship

“Well, baby, I surrender to this strawberry ice cream”
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Strawberry ice cream is an extra-special flavor of ice cream and might also describe something in the landscape. The act of picking a specific flavor of ice cream is a very child-like thing to do which goes along with the child-oriented view of love that the lyrics illustrate.

“So I said, I’m a snowball runnin’ Runnin’ down into the spring that’s comin’ All this love meltin’ under blue skies Belting out sunlight, shimmering love”
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Before the narrator met his loved one, loneliness continuously wrapped him in sadness, like a snowball picking up snow as it rolls down a mountain. However, when he met his loved one, the loneliness and sadness that he was experiencing lessened as he spent more time with his beloved. Love and happiness replaced the negative emotions that he had, like the warm sunshine melting the cold snow.

“So, she said, “What’s the problem, baby?” What’s the problem? I don’t know”
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The protagonist’s girlfriend noticed that he looks different lately. Ironically, what he’s experiencing is not a problem at all, just confusion from falling head-over-heels in love.

“These lines of lightnin’ mean we’re never alone”
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Lightning is generally symbolic of something ominous and foreboding but the narrator and his love are likely watching it from afar where they are not in danger and using it as an example of the wonders of nature. It’s also a shared experience that they’re creating together.