1. Little black submarines (Representing something awful has happened, ‘Little Black
Submarines guilt flowing in blood stream)
Operator please (This could be talking about God, the "Operator" who tells you where to go and
what to do.)
Put me back on the line (Allow a second chance)
Told my girl I'd be back (Said he’d call her again)
Operator please (Begging for another chance)
This is wreckin' my mind (Driving him crazy)
Oh can it be (Perhaps a small possibility of hope)
The voices calling me (Someone who isolates themselves from others for a long period of time
may think he hears voices that are driving him crazy or may actually be more sensitive than
others, and so really does hear voices telling him what to do. Maybe this person is oversensitive
to others' emotions. Or, this could be the push and pull of our own good and evil intentions and
choices.)
They get lost (The voices go away when he thinks of a solution to the problem)
And out of time (The ideas that he once had don’t seem as if they’ll work, they are ‘out of date’)
I should've seen it glow (He gets at himself thinking he knows that these ideas would never
work, he should of seen the light to let go of her but doesn’t want to give up)
But everybody knows (A lot of people will have been in the same position before)
That a broken heart is blind (You really can't trust yourself when you're in love. Sometimes it's
more like obsession than love. Love is complex, so you can't trust yourself to make the right
choice if you are that overwhelmed. Sometimes you have to get help from other people...
referring to the ‘operator’)
That a broken heart is blind (Basically blinded by love)
Pick you up, let you down (Love shows you the ups and downs in life, some kind of tumultuous
happening)

2. When I wanna go (Sometimes he wishes he could get away from it all)
To a place I can hide (Go to a place where he can relax from all the pain he goes through)
You know me, I had plans (He wanted to take it to the next step, marriage perhaps)
But they just disappeared (After they lost contact he gave up on the plans he once had for
them)
To the back of my mind (To save for someone else someday, but for now he has forgotten
about them until the right time comes around again)
Oh can it be (Another idea to fix things may have sprung to mind)
The voices calling me (The voices are back giving him more advice)
They get lost (Another plan ruined by his conscience)
And out of time (Another thought has times out, it’s too late to act upon it)
I should've seen a glow
But everybody knows
That a broken heart is blind
That a broken heart is blind
Treasure maps, fallen trees (Childhood thoughts or ambitions, blocked by the reality of the real
world, shattering any positive thought... Good vs. Evil)
Operator please (Again begging for another chance)
Call me back when it's time (Let me know when you need me to move on, but it the meantime
I’ll think of more ideas to get back together)
Stolen friends and disease (Friends betrayed him, lost family, has no-one to turn to)
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3. Operator please (Still begging)
Patch me back to my mind (Make me sane again.)
Oh can it be
The voices calling me
They get lost
And out of time
I should've seen a glow
But everybody knows
That a broken heart is blind
That a broken heart is blind
That a broken heart is blind
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