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”
Got a feeling in my head
Feels like thunder overhead
Intoxicated, can't stop the flow
This love is poison, but it's like gold
Give me direction out of the cold
Show me affection, I'll give ya' my soul
It's official, you're fantastic
You're so special (so special), so iconic (so iconic)
You're the focus (the focus) of attention (attention)
But you don't want it (you don't want it) 'cause you're so honest
If you break me, will you fix me?
And if I'm missing, will you miss me?
I'll regret it 'til the day I die
Until you knew it, it was in my head
Feels like thunder, it's getting cold
This love is poison, but it's like gold
It's official, you're fantastic
You're so special (so special), so iconic (so iconic)
You're the focus (the focus), of attention (attention)
But you don't want it (you don't want it) 'cause you're so honest (you don't want it)
It's official, you're fantastic
You're so special (so special), so iconic (so iconic)
You're the focus (the focus), of attention (attention)
But you don't want it (you don't want it) 'cause you're honest (you don't want it)
One of these days, one of these days
Right when you want me, baby, I will be gone
'Cause you're like plastic, you're artificial
You don't mean nothing, baby, so superficial
Feels like thunder overhead
Intoxicated, can't stop the flow
This love is poison, but it's like gold
Give me direction out of the cold
Show me affection, I'll give ya' my soul
It's official, you're fantastic
You're so special (so special), so iconic (so iconic)
You're the focus (the focus) of attention (attention)
But you don't want it (you don't want it) 'cause you're so honest
If you break me, will you fix me?
And if I'm missing, will you miss me?
I'll regret it 'til the day I die
Until you knew it, it was in my head
Feels like thunder, it's getting cold
This love is poison, but it's like gold
It's official, you're fantastic
You're so special (so special), so iconic (so iconic)
You're the focus (the focus), of attention (attention)
But you don't want it (you don't want it) 'cause you're so honest (you don't want it)
It's official, you're fantastic
You're so special (so special), so iconic (so iconic)
You're the focus (the focus), of attention (attention)
But you don't want it (you don't want it) 'cause you're honest (you don't want it)
One of these days, one of these days
Right when you want me, baby, I will be gone
'Cause you're like plastic, you're artificial
You don't mean nothing, baby, so superficial
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
Plastic Lyrics as written by Gillian Lesley Gilbert Bernard Sumner
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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Great version of a great song,
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Which hits harder?
a) This love is poison but it's like gold. You don't mean nothing, baby, so superficial b) The bass solo straight out of the Peter Hook bass-by-numbers handbook which tells us both: Who the the song is aimed at and that he isn't needed any more.
Ouch, like really ouch. Anyone got a song lyric aimed at an ex-member that's more biting?
@MaoZdongNCheek Nope, that's pretty much it...... I think Singularity may also have Peter Hook as the subject (it was originally called "Drop the Guitar.")
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