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”
They're having sex to 'The Kids In America'
This is the story of Discomania
Keep me up all night with your own private language
This is the story of Pepsi Cola addicts
Which one of us killed us?
Which one of us am I?
Which one of us killed us?
Which one of us am I?
It's all Discomania
It's all Discomania
It's all Discomania
I'm anti-everything
And it's all Discomania
We are the kids from the base
We're not the kids in America
Kim Wilde is sex
I'm Tallula Bankhead
Carrot cabbage winters
Is gonna die from stamp death
Which one of us killed us?
Which one of us am I?
Which one of us killed us?
Which one of us am I?
It's all Discomania
It's all Discomania
It's all Discomania
Totality for the kids
Totality for the government
I like people when they keep their mouth shut
I like them when they're silent
'Cause Kim Wilde is sex
I'm Tallula Bankhead
Carrot cabbage winters
Is gonna die from stamp death
Which one of us killed us?
Which one of us am I?
Which one of us killed us?
Which one of us am I?
Which one of us killed us?
Which one of us am I?
Which one of us killed us?
Which one of us am I?
It's all Discomania
It's all Discomania
It's all Discomania
It's all Discomania (It's all Discomania)
It's all Discomania (It's all Discomania)
It's all Discomania (It's all Discomania)
It's all Discomania (It's all Discomania)
(mania)
This is the story of Discomania
Keep me up all night with your own private language
This is the story of Pepsi Cola addicts
Which one of us killed us?
Which one of us am I?
Which one of us killed us?
Which one of us am I?
It's all Discomania
It's all Discomania
It's all Discomania
I'm anti-everything
And it's all Discomania
We are the kids from the base
We're not the kids in America
Kim Wilde is sex
I'm Tallula Bankhead
Carrot cabbage winters
Is gonna die from stamp death
Which one of us killed us?
Which one of us am I?
Which one of us killed us?
Which one of us am I?
It's all Discomania
It's all Discomania
It's all Discomania
Totality for the kids
Totality for the government
I like people when they keep their mouth shut
I like them when they're silent
'Cause Kim Wilde is sex
I'm Tallula Bankhead
Carrot cabbage winters
Is gonna die from stamp death
Which one of us killed us?
Which one of us am I?
Which one of us killed us?
Which one of us am I?
Which one of us killed us?
Which one of us am I?
Which one of us killed us?
Which one of us am I?
It's all Discomania
It's all Discomania
It's all Discomania
It's all Discomania (It's all Discomania)
It's all Discomania (It's all Discomania)
It's all Discomania (It's all Discomania)
It's all Discomania (It's all Discomania)
(mania)
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@jesperkrantz this song references the silent twins, June and Jennifer Gibbons. They wrote the books Discomania and pepsi cola addict, they were long term mental patients who agreed one of them had to die so they other may live. The song was also part of the soundtrack for the film " Christie Malry's Own Double Entry" based on a novel by B. S. Johnson. Wikipedia can expand on this.