This deeply touching moment is what the song’s lyric “ melt with you” means. In doing so, their bodies are not only physically fused together but are also literally melted by the sheer destructive power of the bomb. So they proceed to use their last moments on earth making love, apparently ignoring the bombs falling down from the skies above them. They are not scared of their impending death since they know they are dying in each other’s arms. Despite being in the blast site with no place to escape to, the couple is unnerved. The couple are physically and intimately together as a nuclear bomb is being dropped on them. When he tells his lover that he would melt with her, he is not being figurative. The lyrics portray how deep the narrator’s love is for his partner. But that being said, the long and short of “I Melt with You” is that it is a love song albeit a dark one. This is apparently the reason why certain parts of the lyrics are hard to comprehend. It should be noted that Robbie has stated that he was highly intoxicated when he wrote the lyrics of this song. In those last moments before they are melted together, we can assume goodbyes and promises were exchanged – in hopes to be together in the afterlife. It is at this point that the narrator feels the world has completely stopped while being in the embrace of their significant other. In the chorus, it feels like it’s reached mere seconds just before the bomb hits ground. Using their last breath to make love with their significant other and choosing to be as one till death and beyond. This is the moment the subjects of this song (a couple) are experiencing. Would time feel like it’s stopped? Would the pleasure of their lips on yours be even sweeter than you could remember before? And lastly, would their touch be equivalent to that of an angel’s? Yet, instead of running for cover, you decide to be your lover’s side and make love. Modern English plays Johnny Brenda’s Sunday, November 12.Imagine the world about to crash down on you with the blaring sounds of screams and cries. The last line is the most powerful: “I made a pilgrimage to save this human race,” Grey sings, then pauses before delivering the crushing blow: “Never comprehending the race was long, long lost.” Modern English, though English, sums up that existential discomfort nicely in “I Melt With You,” with lyrics about the losing breath and the world crashing. We’d forgotten what Lincoln said, that only America can destroy America. We imagined losing contact with loved ones as we disappeared into shelters and hoarded Jell-O Pudding Pops and Fruit Roll-Ups.
The Cold War and War Games and Halley’s Comet had people worried about fiery death from above and invaders on our shores. These songs were sometimes upbeat, but laced with desperation. Looking over the lyrics with modern eyes, I realize this song belongs alongside “Silent Running” and “1999” in my favorite ’80s subgenre: Vaguely Apocalyptic Pop. Helps that it was catchy, with a big synth riff behind it.
(It’s no “I want to eat your cancer when it turns black” or every way John Darnielle does it.) But it says something nuanced and beautiful about human connection. It’s not the most twisted iteration of “I love you” in rock history.
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