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”
The beats yeah, they were coming out the speakers
And were winding up straight in your sneakers
And I'm dancing like every song he spins is Bis
Or like all my dance heroes would if they existed
And yeah it's sad that you think that we're all just scenesters
And even if we were its not the scene you're thinking of
Just taking props from nineties boy band fashions
All crop tops and testosterone passion
If there's one thing I could never confess
It's that I can't dance a single step
It's you, it's me
And there's dancing
It's you, it's me
And there's dancing
Not sure if you mind if I dance with you
But I don't think right now you care about anything at all
And if only there were clothes on the floor
I'd feel for certain I was bedroom dancing
And it's all flailing limbs at the front line
Every single one of us is twisted by design
And dispatches from the back of my mind
Says so long as we're here everything is alright
If there's one thing I could never confess
It's that I can't dance a single step
It's you, it's me
And there's dancing
It's you, it's me
And there's dancing
If there's one thing I could never confess
It's that I can't dance a single step
One thing I could never confess
Is that I can't dance a single step
It's you, it's me
And there's dancing
It's you, it's me
And there's dancing
And I always get confused
Because in supermarkets they turn the lights off when they want you to leave
But in discos they turn them on
And it's always sad to go, but it's never that sad
Because there's only so many places
You're guaranteed of getting a hug when you leave
And then on the way home
It always seems like a good idea to go paddling in the fountain
And that's because it is a good idea
And were just like, how Rousseau depicts man in the state of nature
We're undeveloped, we're ignorant, we're stupid, but we're happy
And were winding up straight in your sneakers
And I'm dancing like every song he spins is Bis
Or like all my dance heroes would if they existed
And yeah it's sad that you think that we're all just scenesters
And even if we were its not the scene you're thinking of
Just taking props from nineties boy band fashions
All crop tops and testosterone passion
If there's one thing I could never confess
It's that I can't dance a single step
It's you, it's me
And there's dancing
It's you, it's me
And there's dancing
Not sure if you mind if I dance with you
But I don't think right now you care about anything at all
And if only there were clothes on the floor
I'd feel for certain I was bedroom dancing
And it's all flailing limbs at the front line
Every single one of us is twisted by design
And dispatches from the back of my mind
Says so long as we're here everything is alright
If there's one thing I could never confess
It's that I can't dance a single step
It's you, it's me
And there's dancing
It's you, it's me
And there's dancing
If there's one thing I could never confess
It's that I can't dance a single step
One thing I could never confess
Is that I can't dance a single step
It's you, it's me
And there's dancing
It's you, it's me
And there's dancing
And I always get confused
Because in supermarkets they turn the lights off when they want you to leave
But in discos they turn them on
And it's always sad to go, but it's never that sad
Because there's only so many places
You're guaranteed of getting a hug when you leave
And then on the way home
It always seems like a good idea to go paddling in the fountain
And that's because it is a good idea
And were just like, how Rousseau depicts man in the state of nature
We're undeveloped, we're ignorant, we're stupid, but we're happy
Lyrics submitted by theTyrant, edited by friendlymancub
You! Me! Dancing! Lyrics as written by Ellen Waddell Aleksandra Berditchevskaia
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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the stuff about being in the fountain is them on E, as far as i could gather - that and "but right now I don't think you care about anything at all" says that to me anyway. Also, it's "If there's one thing I could never confess, it's that I can't dance a single step" - not sing or step.
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