Song Details
- Album Release Date: 2012
- Genre: funk
Song Meaning of “Love Hurts – Live at HQ, Los Angeles, CA – June/July 2011” by Incubus
“Love Hurts” by Incubus is a song about intense passion and the pain that comes from it. The lyrics tell the story of a love that has been found and is now being eaten away by the pain of the realities of relationships. The singer is trying to cope with the fact that the joys of love come with inevitable sorrow, struggling to cope with the conflicting emotions of love and hurt.
The song opens with an airy guitar melody before leading into a driving rhythm and soaring vocals. The singer laments about the anguish of a tumultuous relationship in which love has been lost to hurt. He speaks of how hard it is to watch love erode away, realizing it won’t return to what it once was. He pleads for the emotions to end and for a return to the happiness of true love.
The song peaks with a passionate choir that represents the raw emotions of the singers and his desire for a return to happiness. It paints a picture of a relationship that is no longer the beautiful love it once was, but still a powerful bond of love. The song is a tribute to the intense feelings that come from both pain and love in relationships.