Jack White is back! “Love Interruption,” is the debut single from the upcoming Jack White solo project, “Blunderbuss,” dropping April 24. “Blunderbuss” shouldn’t be confused with the episode of “Portlandia,” that features a fictional music festival. (I was secretly hoping it was going to have some affiliation with the show, because if you haven’t seen “Portlandia,” you are missing out.) However this is no fiction, Jack White is coming full force with an (I hate the over use of the word so forgive me) EPIC project.
“Blunderbuss,” an 18th century muzzle-loading firearm, seems like an appropriate title for the album based on the single alone. “Love Interruption” is a pretty violent song lyrically, “I want love to…stick a knife inside me…(my fingers) slam them in a doorway…murder my own mother…change my friends into enemies.” (See Below for more) The lyrics are poetry really- dark poetry-but beautiful nonetheless. Conversely, the accompaniment is a gentle acoustic guitar strumming that leads you to believe it will be a relaxed song. I was honestly shocked by the lyrical content, not because it was absurdly violent, it was not something I’ve come to expect from Jack White…however he may have gotten some influence from his side project the Dead Weather. Hopefully the entire album won’t be as creepy and dark.
I want love to
roll me over slowly
stick a knife inside me,
and twist it all around.
I want love to
grab my fingers gently
slam them in a doorway
put my face into the ground
I want love to
murder my own mother
and take her off to somewhere
like hell or up above.
I want love to
change my friends to enemies,
change my friends to enemies
and show me how it’s all my fault.
I wont let love disrupt, corrupt or interrupt me
I wont let love disrupt, corrupt or interrupt me
Yeah I wont let love disrupt, corrupt, or interrupt me anymore.
I want love to
walk right up and bite me
grab ahold of me and fight me
leave me dying on the ground.
And I want love to
split my mouth wide open and
cover up my ears,
and never let me hear a sound.
I want love to,
forget that you offended me
or how you have defended me,
when everybody tore me down.
Yeah I want love to
change my friends to enemies,
change my friends to enemies
and show me how it’s all my fault.
Yeah I wont let love disrupt, corrupt or interrupt me
I wont let love disrupt, corrupt or interrupt me
I wont let love disrupt, corrupt, or interrupt me anymore.