Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
Summer killed the ones you loved
I hesitate and tell you
When people leave without goodbye
I lose another brick
The buildings are tall
The world explains all
And here I stand and face myself:
I lead the way for us
I've frozen down my memory
It's morning when she gets up
She puts on Lionel Ritchie
I've already had enough
The queues are long
Guess I am wrong
This chemical environment is getting out of hand
Virtue and wine cannot help you swim
Pain and sorrow must come
If you go
It´s the chemistry and the things we should´nt do
I am nothing without you
Ba-ba-da-ba-ba-ba-ba
I hesitate and tell you
When people leave without goodbye
I lose another brick
The buildings are tall
The world explains all
And here I stand and face myself:
I lead the way for us
I've frozen down my memory
It's morning when she gets up
She puts on Lionel Ritchie
I've already had enough
The queues are long
Guess I am wrong
This chemical environment is getting out of hand
Virtue and wine cannot help you swim
Pain and sorrow must come
If you go
It´s the chemistry and the things we should´nt do
I am nothing without you
Ba-ba-da-ba-ba-ba-ba
Add your thoughts
Log in now to tell us what you think this song means.
Don’t have an account? Create an account with SongMeanings to post comments, submit lyrics, and more. It’s super easy, we promise!
More Featured Meanings
Cajun Girl
Little Feat
Little Feat
Gentle Hour
Yo La Tengo
Yo La Tengo
This song was originally written by a guy called Peter Gutteridge. He was one of the founders of the "Dunedin Sound" a musical scene in the south of New Zealand in the early 80s. From there it was covered by "The Clean" one of the early bands of that scene (he had originally been a member of in it's early days, writing a couple of their best early songs). The Dunedin sound, and the Clean became popular on american college radio in the mid to late 80s. I guess Yo La Tengo heard that version.
Great version of a great song,
Blue
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
“Blue” is a song about a love that is persisting in the discomfort of the person experiencing the emotion. Ed Sheeran reflects on love lost, and although he wishes his former partner find happiness, he cannot but admit his feelings are still very much there. He expresses the realization that he might never find another on this stringed instrumental by Aaron Dessner.
Page
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
There aren’t many things that’ll hurt more than giving love a chance against your better judgement only to have your heart crushed yet again. Ed Sheeran tells such a story on “Page.” On this track, he is devastated to have lost his lover and even more saddened by the feeling that he may never move on from this.
Plastic Bag
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
“Plastic Bag” is a song about searching for an escape from personal problems and hoping to find it in the lively atmosphere of a Saturday night party. Ed Sheeran tells the story of his friend and the myriad of troubles he is going through. Unable to find any solutions, this friend seeks a last resort in a party and the vanity that comes with it.
“I overthink and have trouble sleepin’ / All purpose gone and don’t have a reason / And there’s no doctor to stop this bleedin’ / So I left home and jumped in the deep end,” Ed Sheeran sings in verse one. He continues by adding that this person is feeling the weight of having disappointed his father and doesn’t have any friends to rely on in this difficult moment. In the second verse, Ed sings about the role of grief in his friend’s plight and his dwindling faith in prayer. “Saturday night is givin’ me a reason to rely on the strobe lights / The lifeline of a promise in a shot glass, and I’ll take that / If you’re givin’ out love from a plastic bag,” Ed sings on the chorus, as his friend turns to new vices in hopes of feeling better.
these lyrics seem to be missing some parts:
Summer killed the ones you loved I hesitate and tell you When people leave without goodbye I lose another brick The buildings are tall the world explains all and here I stand and face myself: I lead the way for us
It's just the attitude or in fact the lack of it You are nothing without it Yeah
I've frozen down my memory It's morning when she gets up She puts on Lionel Ritchie I've already had enough The queues are long Guess I am wrong This chemical environment is getting out of hand
It's just the attitude or in fact the lack of it You are nothing without it And it's the chemistry and the things we shouldn't do I am nothing without you Ahh yeaaaah
Virtue and wine cannot help you swim Pain and sorrow must come if you go
It's just the attitude or in fact the lack of it You are nothing without it And it's the chemistry and the things we shouldn't do I am nothing without you Ahh yeaaaah
It´s the chemistry and the things we should´nt do I am nothing without you
Ba-ba-da-ba-ba-ba-ba
there, much better
what does this mean??
I think the beginning is a dream, then he says he doesn't like Lionel Ritchie.... I got nothing...
Sondre's songs are hard to figure out. I think he writes them in Norweigan and then translates to English and something is lost in the translation.
In this song he talks about a chemical environment, which could be drug use or living a lifestyle at odds with his own. Virtue and Wine, alcohol use is not considered a virtue by some, so it could be a metaphor for conflicting lifestyles.
just a thought, "chemical" could refer to having chemistry with someone, which goes along with the title, virtue, if you don't, but maybe wine when you do....("the things we shouldn't do") ;) His songs tend to be more about the trickiness of relationships and not about drug/alcohol problems. Maybe an attraction to someone whose not good for you or doesn't return the feelings.