Hike up your skirt a little more/
And show the world to me.

“Crash Into Me” tells how the narrator is at the mercy of a girl due to his lust for her. Dave Mathews dispenses with coy language and innuendo and just flat out tells us what effect this girl is having on him and what he wants from her.

He wants her to crash into him. I suppose that is a euphemism for sex, but it sounds so much more interesting if we believe the term to mean “I want your world to collide with mine”, or something to that effect. Perhaps there is not that much difference. The song is about a young man’s desires.

The song has a unique structure: we only hear the chorus once towards the end of the song. One of the most interesting aspects of this song is the outro. It is the “melody” from ring-around-the-rosy. I am not sure why I always found that so intriguing. It don’t think I have ever heard something like that before or since. And it fits well into the song. Note how important the bass is to this song. Most of the time it mirrors the melody, which is good in an otherwise free flowing song.

Crash Into Me Lyrics

You’ve got your ball,
You’ve got your chain
Tied to me tight tie me up again.
Who’s got their claws
In you my friend?
Into your heart I’ll beat again.
Sweet like candy to my soul,
Sweet you rock,
And sweet you roll.
Lost for you I’m so lost for you.
You come crash into me,
And i come into you,
I come into you.
In a boys dream,
In a boys dream.

Touch your lips just so i know,
In your eyes, love, it glows so.
I’m bare-boned and crazy for you,
When you come crash
Into me, baby
And I come into you.
In a boys dream.
In a boys dream.

If I’ve gone overboard,
Then I’m begging you
To forgive me
In my haste.
When I’m holding you so girl,
Close to me.

Oh and you come crash
Into me, baby.
And I come into you.

Hack up your skirt a little more,
And show the world to me.
Hike up your skirt a little more,
And show your world to me.
In a boys dream… In a boys dream.

Oh i watch you there
Through the window
And i stare at you.
You wear nothing but you
Wear it so well.
Tied up and twisted,
The way I’d like to be.
For you, for me, come crash
Into me.
Crash into me,
Crash into me.
Crash into me,
Crash into me.

I’m the king of the castle,
You’re the dirty rascal.
Crash into me.
Oh see you crash into me baby.
‘Cause I am swimming in your seas,
And in your ocean.
And I feel your waves come and crash into me.
Oh yes I see the waves come and crash into me.
Oh yes I feel the waves come and crash into me.

I will be your dixie chicken,
If you’ll be my Tennessee lamb,
We can walk together.
Down in Dixieland.

Songwriters: David John Matthews