Read the full lyrics to The Neighbourhood’s “Hula Hoop.” Understand the story of the dashboard figurine and the crash for your karaoke session.
The lyrics for The Neighbourhood’s “Hula Hoop” craft a vivid narrative centered on a pivotal moment of crisis and salvation. The song’s words, available for fans to learn and sing, use the central image of a dashboard hula girl figurine to tell a story of a car crash and its aftermath.
The band has a history of embedding stark imagery within melodic frameworks, from the urban noir of “Daddy Issues” to the atmospheric tension of “RIP 2 My Youth”. This new track continues that tradition with a focused concept. The verse lyrics depict the instant of an accident, with the hula girl appearing as an “angel from above” in the last memory before impact.
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This transforms a common kitsch object into a potent symbol of hope and rescue. The chorus and post-chorus sections reinforce a theme of shattered expectations, with dreams and hopes going “out the window.” The repeated plea for the dashboard figure to “treat me like a crash-test dummy” introduces a layer of raw vulnerability and a willingness to endure emotional impact.
The second verse expands the perspective, touching on a generational feeling of being in a “hole.” The lyrics do not tell a straightforward love story but instead explore dependency, survival, and the search for stability through a unique and memorable metaphor, providing a compelling subject for lyric analysis and singalongs.
Produced by Jono Dorr
November 14, 2025
1 song, 4 minutes
Warner Records, ℗ 2025 Warner Records Inc., under exclusive license from The Neighbourhood, LLC
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Saw you dancin’ on my dash
Last memory that I have (Oh, yeah)
Reachin’ for you, a light flashed
That must’ve been when I crashed (Oh)
Like an angel from above
You saved me, I owe you one, oh, oh
I was going down a road
Nobody ever makes it home, no
And all my
[Chorus]
All my dreams, all my hopes
Out the window (Oh, yeah)
All my dreams, all my hopes
Out the window
[Post-Chorus]
Dashboard hula girl, honey
Come and treat me like a crash-test dummy
Going out the window
Dashboard hula girl, honey
Come and treat me like a crash-test dummy
Going out the window
[Verse 2]
Generation in a hole
Who’s reachin’? Who’s letting go? Oh (Oh)
I don’t blame you, no, I don’t
‘Bout time that I told you so, oh
And now I’m seeing
[Chorus]
All my dreams, all my hopes
Out the window (Oh, yeah)
All my dreams, all my hopes
Out the window
[Post-Chorus]
Dashboard hula girl, honey
Come and treat me like a crash-test dummy
Going out the window (Out the window, out the window)
Dashboard hula girl, honey
Come and treat me like a crash-test dummy
Going out the window
[Outro]
Dashboard hula girl
Come on and turn my world
Upside down, inside out
Upside, I’m inside now
Dashboard hula girl
Come on and turn my world
Upside down, inside out
Upside, I’m inside now
Dashboard hula girl (Like an angel, all my dreams)
Come on and turn my world (All my hopes)
Upside down, inside out (Out the window)
Upside, I’m inside now
Dashboard hula girl (All my dreams)
Come on and turn my world (All my hopes)
Upside down, inside out (Out the window)
Upside, I’m inside now
