| Calvin Harris – Flashback Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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This song is about Calvin Harris having regrets about how he lives his life. If he's not at home alone he is out clubbing/performing and getting extremely intoxicated. All that is exciting and noteworthy happens when he is intoxicated and he can barely remember much of it. So when he is looking back on his life over the last few years it feels like nothing much has happened at all. A measure of life is the memories you have of its experiences. Not having many memories is not having much of a life. "I'm coming round and now my vision is so clear If I could change my state of mind then I would dissappear" - Sobering up and back in his own head space. Realizes that he becomes a different person when intoxicated. "The love I get from you is something I can't chance And I could let you slip away without a second glance" A - This could mean that he is targeting his fondness for intoxicants and is prepaired to go sober so that he can retain more memories of his life. B - Or it could be refering to random pick ups he encounters during the nights and is thinking that he can't deal with the other persons over affections and she would surely fade into the background of his hung over memories never not to be recognised again. "Why can't I realise Im fighting for my life?" - He knows that his lifestyle is not very productive yet he still parties all night and is way too hung over and tired to get up and do anything during the day. "This is like a flashback This is like a dream This is like all the things you can fit inside a memory" - Trying to remember the night before but realizes that its like trying to remember the last dream you had. How can so much happen and still not leave an impression? |
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| Calvin Harris – I'm Not Alone Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Thoughts that may have inspired the lyrics. "Can you stay up for the weekend and blame god for looking too old?" - Whoa man im wasted im gonna feel and look like shit tomorrow! "Can find all that you stand for has been replaced with mountains of gold?" - I cant keep going like this partying with my mates all the time. I got bills to pay and I gotta go to work "you can un-train yourself to notice to feel pain and swallow fear" - Everybody in here is so much younger than me. When am I going to get my act together and do something with my life? Ive been doing this for a while now and I know its fucking me up but I've managed to get by so far. "But can you stay up for the weekend for next year?" - If I keep going like this I'm going to crash God I can't do this any more though ill be laid down on the floor as many feet walk through the door I'm not alone - I know I cant keep doing this and I'm kinda over going out every weekend drinking and dancing and with so many people in here I cant be the only one thinking like this. [Uplifting rave bit] - Fuck it, this is why I'm here, I fucking love this place!! "If i see a light flashing could this mean that I'm coming home?" - The lighting in here is tripping me out, this club is awesome! Oi! Go get me another drink! I love it here! "If i see a man waving does this mean that I'm not alone?" - Hey theres Johnny and Matt! Boys how are ya!? Long time no see bro! Danny boy! Whats going on mate? The whole crew is here! Thought I was by myself for a second! Lets go chat to those girls over there! |
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| Calvin Harris – I'm Not Alone Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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This song is about going clubbing. The lyrical content along with the contrasting shades of melancholy and euphoria in the sound tells us of his thoughts during one sobering moment in the middle of a dancefloor. The song only has one verse over a sombre guitar riff which is then replaced with mid 90's inspired anthemic synthesizer work. It's like he's standing there in a packed out club and all of a sudden he takes a look around and gives himself a poor assessment of the situation. He questions himself and expresses doubts over whether he wants to be there anymore. Kind of like a 'What the fuck am I doing? I'm getting too old for this shit' moment. Then the euphoric rave bit kicks in and all doubt is washed away and the melancholy lyrics from the verse are not revisited. Instead a chorus is repeated which explains why he loves it. The flashing lights of the club/dancefloor is his home. The man waving are his mates out to enjoy the night with him. There is a chorus that is repeated through the song but it serves as a re-enforcement to |
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