Lyrics
I paint by number
you paint with stars and signs
And I can't explain
How your melody comes alive
You move me like a wheel
just one motion sends me reeling
i don't know what it is
in your invitation
don't how you turn me inside out
i don't know what it is
you lift me off the ground
head over heel, head over heel
got the radio playing
my head is full of your words
don't know a thing about you
except what I have heard
you resonate, like a shotgun
through my walls and rooms you are going, going gone
in the beginning there was sound,
drink from the well that won't run out, and here I'm lost and found
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Meaning & Inspiration
Head Over Heel presents wonder as a response to an encounter that cannot be reduced to a neat explanation. Images of painting, melody, motion, and radio words portray a life disrupted by a presence that reaches through guarded spaces. The title phrase captures disorientation, but the song gradually gives that feeling spiritual direction rather than treating it as romance alone.
The closing images provide the clearest Christian focus. The mention of the beginning, a sound, and a well that never runs dry may recall biblical language about creation through the Word and the living water Christ offers. Being both lost and found also suggests rescue and restored belonging. The lyric does not develop those allusions as a formal confession; instead, it gathers them into an account of being drawn beyond self-understanding. Its movement from uncertainty toward invitation makes the song a meditation on grace arriving through mystery, awakening, and a source of life that does not fail.
Related Scripture
- John 4:14 Jesus describes the water he gives as a spring leading to eternal life.
- Luke 15:24 The parable describes one who was lost and is found.