electronic :: songs :: if you’ve got love

(marr, sumner, bartos)

  you are the only one i need
 and you mean everything to me
 i can’t get you out of my mind
 you’ve got the face i want to see

  you’re never in when i’m around
 when i turn up you turn me down
 if you lie to me i believe you
 yes i have to, i will leave you

  stop if you’ve got love
 take all your faith and make it good
 bow down, surrender, follow love
 and make it yours forever more

  why don’t you stop if you’ve got love
 don’t lose this grace, it’s just too good
 i hope it’s me you’re thinking of
 because i feel the need

  you never know what’s going on
 but you tell me that i am wrong
 if it was up to me i would leave you
 but it isn’t, i believe you

  i would do anything i could
 just to make sure you understood
 but i wouldn’t ever deceive you
 though i’d want to, i could not do

  stop if you’ve got love
 take all your faith and make it good
 bow down, surrender, follow love
 and make it yours forever more

  why don’t you stop if you’ve got love
 don’t lose this grace, it’s just too good
 i hope it’s me you’re thinking of
 because i feel the need

  stop if you’ve got love, if you’ve got love
 stop if you’ve got love, if you’ve got love
 stop if youve got love, if you’ve got love
 stop if you’ve got love, if you’ve got love

  stop if you’ve got love
 stop if you’ve got love
 stop if you’ve got love, if you’ve got love
 stop if you’ve got love

  stop if you’ve got love
 stop if you’ve got love
 stop if you’ve got love
 stop if you’ve got love

  
album version—6:26

raise the pressure

karl bartos’ influence is more apparent on this album track, which has some very kraftwerkian keyboard sounds; an early version was performed by elektric music as ‘lost’ on the virtual summer tour in 1994. it’s a decent enough pop song, immaculately produced, but it goes on for far too long, and diminishes the impact of raise the pressure as a whole, along with the unnecessary interlude. being a mancunian band, electronic obviously felt the need to release many of their best songs as b-sides, but while most of the singles did well enough, they might have been better advised to include imitation of life or i feel alright in the stead of these two tracks.