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”
Here's what I think about you and how your friends
How your friends adore your sudden glory
Here?s what I know about you and all your trends
And all the times we made believe a story
Here?s what I think about making face
Without a grain of doubt it?s all I think about, it?s all in my mind
It?s best I make a sound before I hit the ground
Run away from it all
It?s what I think about, it?s what I know about, it?s what I care about
Pain won?t go away even when the drugs say, I won?t regret
Time heals so I?m told, I could never be sold, I don?t forget
And if I should start to wonder, pull me out from the rock I?m under
Here?s what I think about vacant space
Without a grain of doubt it?s all I think about, it?s all in my mind
I better hit the town before the rain comes down
Run away from it all
Far away from it all
Pain won?t go away even when the drugs say, I won?t regret
Time heals so I?m told, I could never be sold, I don?t forget
Hey Dave, you?re so brave, I can never be saved, take it from me
He said, she said, even if they?re not dead, bring them to me
Run away from it all, from it all
Pain won?t go away even if the drugs stay, I don?t regret
Time heals so I?m told, I could never be sold, I won?t forget.
I won?t forget.
I don?t forget.
How your friends adore your sudden glory
Here?s what I know about you and all your trends
And all the times we made believe a story
Here?s what I think about making face
Without a grain of doubt it?s all I think about, it?s all in my mind
It?s best I make a sound before I hit the ground
Run away from it all
It?s what I think about, it?s what I know about, it?s what I care about
Pain won?t go away even when the drugs say, I won?t regret
Time heals so I?m told, I could never be sold, I don?t forget
And if I should start to wonder, pull me out from the rock I?m under
Here?s what I think about vacant space
Without a grain of doubt it?s all I think about, it?s all in my mind
I better hit the town before the rain comes down
Run away from it all
Far away from it all
Pain won?t go away even when the drugs say, I won?t regret
Time heals so I?m told, I could never be sold, I don?t forget
Hey Dave, you?re so brave, I can never be saved, take it from me
He said, she said, even if they?re not dead, bring them to me
Run away from it all, from it all
Pain won?t go away even if the drugs stay, I don?t regret
Time heals so I?m told, I could never be sold, I won?t forget.
I won?t forget.
I don?t forget.
Lyrics submitted by snowglitter
1981 Lyrics as written by Robert Nassif Brad Richard Campbell
Lyrics © Hipgnosis Songs Group
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Woohoo first comment...
I think the song just means that someone that he loved has "sold out" and become what everyone else wanted instead of staying themselves. And now it broke his heart because they're no longer everything they were, what he loved.
Just a thought.
at first i didnt like this song...it wasent like the old gyro iv known and love. but now iv grown to like it. the film clip is a bit creepy with that donnie darko bunny! lol i cant wait for this album!! but it seems they are realy pushing dan to get his face out there to be more mainstream...i hope they dont become Dan and Gyroscope! jks :p
i think...it's this guy, and he's got a girlfriend, right? yeah. and so he relises this stuff about her. and has this drug addiction. and he wants to get away from it and not be with her anymore..? hum, i don't know anymore lulz.. oh well, i like this song :]
I think sky high's got it right, maybe coz in the chorus he goes "pain wont go away even when the drugs say i wont regret" i reckon your pretty right. yessum i agree i love this song.
ooh ooh and with the whole "hey dave your so brave i could never be saved" thing, could be that he wants to be saved from the addiction - to be freed? - but he knows he cant.
i love gyroscope. xD
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This is my Favourite gyro song atm its awesome XD i agree though 4 comments is a joke :P
well personally i think it's about a drug addiction. maybe even one the narrator picked up through a relationship- hence the line "How all you friends adore your sudden glory", which could be a result from the drugs, and "all the times we made believe a story", but the narrator seems to not be able to escape the addiction even though 'he' wants to "run away from it all".
i dunno, its just what i've always thought about it. but its one of my favourite gyro songs, for sure :)