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| Troye Sivan – Heaven (feat. Betty Who) Lyrics
| 8 years ago
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This song deals with the internal identity struggle of LGBTQ+ people. Society, for a long time, has preached that gay people are sinners and that homosexuality is wrong. Internalized homophobia is a thing that most gay people deal with. It's not wanting to turn your back on your beliefs or roots, but not wanting to or even being able to change yourself fundamentally.
In addition to this, 'Heaven' can have more than one meaning. Heaven is a perfect place. Traditionally, this perfect place is somewhere humans can go after they die, so long as they either are not sinners or have atoned for any sins they may have committed. The alternative is hell. However, a "perfect place" can be defined differently. Perhaps, in this song, being with the one you truly love is Heaven.
In a roundabout way, Troye does a really amazing job of portraying the struggle between what you have been taught and how you truly feel. What is Heaven to you? And if you have to sacrifice an essential piece of yourself in order to reach it, is it worth it? |
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| Troye Sivan – Heaven (feat. Betty Who) Lyrics
| 8 years ago
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Troye himself confirmed that the line 'counting to 15' is a double reference. Troye was 15 when he came out for the first time. He also counts to 15 when he feels anxious as a coping method. |
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| Troye Sivan – Blue (feat. Alex Hope) Lyrics
| 8 years ago
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this song is about sadness (possibly even depression) and how that can affect you and the people around you. someone has witnessed their loved one's decline into sadness, this loved one pushes people out and is overall quite distant. however, the song is about sticking with your loved one through their darkest hour and doing anything in the world to make them happy again. this person serves as the sad one's relief and hope for better times. |
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| The XX – Open Eyes Lyrics
| 8 years ago
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It seems like the narrator is struggling with something. Perhaps they've suffered from loss or mental illness, and it seems that everything around them is collapsing. However, the presence of another person (this could be a friend or a lover) is what is keeping this person afloat. As long as they are by your side, the terrible things in your life suddenly seem manageable and like everything will be okay. |
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| The XX – Reconsider Lyrics
| 8 years ago
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It is about seeing someone who broke your heart. You've missed them to the point of losing sleep. You see them again, and they seem perfectly fine. They interact with you as if they've forgotten the history you share. I can't tell if this ex wants to hook up or just be friends, but either way, it's clear to the narrator that they are both out of touch with each other's feelings. They're fine, they don't seem to have lost sleep over you, and you realized that your missing them is a waste, because they don't miss you. |
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| The XX – Sunset Lyrics
| 8 years ago
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It is about having to see an ex after you've broken up. You can't shake the memories of the love you shared and you're hoping that upon seeing each other, they'll come running back to you, but the other person appears to have moved on, much to the dismay of the narrator. |
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| The XX – Lips Lyrics
| 8 years ago
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it's about love and lust, and how those two things can become muddled. |
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| Frank Ocean – Ivy Lyrics
| 8 years ago
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The song is about nostalgia for your first love, the first time in your life you experienced reciprocated love, however fleeting it was in the grand scheme of your life. The relationship is long over, you're a different, more mature person now and you've most likely had a few more relationships since then. But it was still your first love. |
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| One Direction – Ready To Run Lyrics
| 9 years ago
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it's not really knowing where to go in life or what to do with it, yet finding comfort in a companion to help you carve the path. |
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| One Direction – Ready To Run Lyrics
| 9 years ago
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it's not really knowing where to go in life or what to do with it, yet finding comfort in a companion to help you carve the path. |
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| One Direction – Where Do Broken Hearts Go Lyrics
| 9 years ago
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person A screws up really badly, causing person B to pack up and leave in a heartbroken rush. now person A is feeling guilty and wants to make it clear to person B that they're sorry and wants to make it up to them. but presumably, person B has cut all ties and it's now too late as person B is well out of person A's life. |
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| One Direction – Spaces Lyrics
| 9 years ago
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it's about 1D's future break up. it's pondering when it will happen and how. there's a sense of inevitable doom that even though it's in the future, they're already feeling the distance and separation that will ultimately lead to their downfall. |
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| One Direction – If I Could Fly Lyrics
| 9 years ago
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this song makes me cry every single time. it's a conversation.
first verse: person A and person B have gone through a lot clearly. they've strived to remain together in the face of aversion and difficulty. they're being kept apart, maybe due to a career or some other factor that doesn't allow them to be together. they're questioning if whatever is keeping them apart is worth it anymore, even if it impassioned them at some point. person A 'would give up everything' if the other person decided that their love was more important.
chorus: "for your eyes only" implies that what they share is intimate, a secret. but it's okay because they have each other. even if no one else in the whole world understands or knows or sees, it's okay because they do.
verse 2: whatever they've gone through, it's damaged them emotionally and/or mentally. they've hidden their "scars", bit their tongue, and kept going. person B is saying how person A is the only thing that helps them relax and makes them feel better, like they don't have to hide their "scars" anymore and that they don't have to hide themselves anymore. feeling release, at ease after a great deal of pain. the beginning of the verse is very raw and emotionally intense.
bridge: the EMOTION during this part is so raw and clear to the point where you feel it too. the pain, the difficulties, the stress, the longing. the end gets quiet though, and you see the person concluding that despite all that they've been through, they feel that it was worth it just to be together and they hope the other person thinks it was worth it too and won't leave them after all they've been through to make their love work. |
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| One Direction – Olivia Lyrics
| 9 years ago
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in the wise words of harry styles:
"Is Olivia even a person? Is Olivia an emotion? Is she a place? We don't know."
"olivia" is whatever you love in life. |
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| One Direction – Olivia Lyrics
| 9 years ago
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it's an ode to something or someone or somewhere that you really, really love and idolize. "olivia" represents that something / someone / somewhere for the listener. whatever or whoever or wherever makes you feel giddy and bubbly inside is "olivia" |
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| One Direction – Long Way Down Lyrics
| 9 years ago
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liam said himself that the song is about 1D's career. it's their anxieties about the future of the band, since they were so successful they fear they can't get any bigger and thus, everything just might collapse. they're reflecting on what they could've done instead to ensure a more clear future for themselves. |
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| One Direction – Hey Angel Lyrics
| 9 years ago
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it sounds like it's about an existential crisis by coming across someone who seems to be all knowing and have their life together. |
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| One Direction – Home Lyrics
| 9 years ago
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many have interpreted this song as being about coming to terms with one's sexuality / romantic orientation / gender, and finding solace and validation for their sexuality / romantic orientation / gender in another person who "feels the same". it's realizing that you're not weird and that you're not alone in this world by means of representation in another person. |
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| One Direction – Girl Almighty Lyrics
| 9 years ago
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many people in the fandom find this song empowering, even to the point of getting lyrics from it tattooed. being the "girl almighty" is just being a confident, awesome girl who's herself. |
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| One Direction – End Of The Day Lyrics
| 9 years ago
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most of the fandom interprets this song as being about a same gender relationship (specifically between two girls). it highlights the potential anxieties and mishaps going into the relationship, but accepting them as apart of it since loving each other is, at the end of the day, all that matters. |
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| One Direction – Clouds Lyrics
| 9 years ago
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it's a response to a break up, it's "look how much fun i'm having without you, look at what you're missing out on"
the clouds themselves imply drug use. |
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| One Direction – A.M. Lyrics
| 9 years ago
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it's about the band itself, their friendship.
they're reminiscing on the great times they've had together, having a good drink and a good laugh and wanting to pause this moment of the bliss of being surrounded by loving friends.
i read somewhere that it's the "aftermath of their careers" or just before they depart for break. they want to break clocks and forget about time because they're feeling a sense of not wanting to leave what they've achieved and the memories they've shared behind. |
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| One Direction – Walking In The Wind Lyrics
| 9 years ago
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it's for zayn. in the first verse, you can see that the person asking "do you believe i'll never be too far?" is nervous about losing friends. the song is a conversation, reassuring that no matter how far away, they always be there for each other and support each other in spirit. there's an understanding, a sense of forgiveness, a sense of nostalgia but also hope.
"you'll find me in the region of the summer stars", aka LA, aka where zayn ran off to and spent lots of time shortly after leaving the band.
"yesterday, i went out to celebrate the birthday of a friend, and as we raised our glasses up to make a toast i realized you were missing" is sung by louis. there's a photo of louis at liam's birthday party, the first in-band birthday since zayn leaving and he looks a bit sad. obviously, this is just a fan interpretation but i'm reminded of it every time i hear this line. |
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| One Direction – Once In A Lifetime Lyrics
| 9 years ago
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it's about a perfect moment with the perfect person, and it's so wonderful and you're so in love that it doesn't matter if it only happened once or for a limited amount of time. it's so special, even if it's quickly over. lingering on a dream, a special shared moment. |
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| One Direction – Right Now Lyrics
| 9 years ago
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it almost sounds like the process of moving or traveling or touring, and feeling nostalgic not just for the person but for the memories associated with the person. in a way, there's still a hint of excitement in a "wish you were here" way. |
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| One Direction – I Want To Write You A Song Lyrics
| 9 years ago
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it was written for their mothers, but in a more general sense, it's leaving some kind of special item (in this case, a song) for someone so that they can have a memento for when they're gone |
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| One Direction – What A Feeling Lyrics
| 9 years ago
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it sounds like a situation in which one lover couldn't be there for the other to support them and they're imagining being by each other's sides through whatever the situation is |
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| Troye Sivan – Youth Lyrics
| 9 years ago
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it's rather vague, but i think it's meant to be ambiguous (is it about a lover or a friend? could be either). it's just about having ideas and being young and inspired to chase dreams. reminds me of the line "we are infinite" from the perks of being a wallflower. |
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| Troye Sivan – Youth Lyrics
| 9 years ago
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it's rather vague, but i think it's meant to be ambiguous (is it about a lover or a friend? could be either). it's just about having ideas and being young and inspired to chase dreams. reminds me of the line "we are infinite" from the perks of being a wallflower. |
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| Troye Sivan – Suburbia Lyrics
| 9 years ago
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he's torn between wanting to move on and be free from "suburbia" "where dreams go to die" and being attached to the memories and nostalgia "suburbia" gives him |
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| Troye Sivan – Suburbia Lyrics
| 9 years ago
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he's torn between wanting to move on and be free from "suburbia" "where dreams go to die" and being attached to the memories and nostalgia "suburbia" gives him |
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| Troye Sivan – Suburbia Lyrics
| 9 years ago
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not about a relationship, but about his career and life after moving out. it's all about nostalgia but also remembering wanting to leave "suburbia" and venture out and become something bigger. you can feel almost frustration that he'll never be free from "suburbia" ("where dreams go to die") no matter how big or successful he is or far away he moves, he'll always be attached to his childhood place no matter how much he may have disliked it or wanted to leave at some point. |
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| Troye Sivan – Talk Me Down Lyrics
| 9 years ago
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music video aside, i think it's about someone with poor mental health (depression, anxiety, or something else) feeling comforted and safe with their lover, or more, wanting their lover to comfort them and make them feel safe. however, due to whatever circumstances, the lover can't necessarily be there (maybe for distance reasons, maybe it's forbidden, maybe they broke up).
it's a sense of longing to be held and not be alone through dark times and in the presence of dark thoughts. |
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