In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
I can barely speak, black and white bed sheets,
I feel the air retreat, I know you're here with me.
How do I fake it with another man?
How do I love him on the weekend?
How do I listen to another man?
How do I get off on the weekend?
You're in my heart, in my heart, in my head
You're in my heart, in my heart, in my head
You're in my heart, in my heart, in my head
You're in my heart, in my heart, in my head
Pressure on my lips, I'd die for just one kiss...
Wake, I can't resist, could I be dreaming this?
How do I fake it with another man?
How do I love him on the weekend?
How do I listen to another man?
How do I get off on the weekend?
You're in my heart, in my heart, in my head
You're in my heart, in my heart, in my head
You're in my heart, in my heart, in my head
You're in my heart, in my heart, in my head
You're in my heart, in my heart, in my head
You're in my heart, in my heart, in my head
You're in my heart, in my heart, in my head
You're in my heart, in my heart, in my h-h-h-
I feel the air retreat, I know you're here with me.
How do I fake it with another man?
How do I love him on the weekend?
How do I listen to another man?
How do I get off on the weekend?
You're in my heart, in my heart, in my head
You're in my heart, in my heart, in my head
You're in my heart, in my heart, in my head
You're in my heart, in my heart, in my head
Pressure on my lips, I'd die for just one kiss...
Wake, I can't resist, could I be dreaming this?
How do I fake it with another man?
How do I love him on the weekend?
How do I listen to another man?
How do I get off on the weekend?
You're in my heart, in my heart, in my head
You're in my heart, in my heart, in my head
You're in my heart, in my heart, in my head
You're in my heart, in my heart, in my head
You're in my heart, in my heart, in my head
You're in my heart, in my heart, in my head
You're in my heart, in my heart, in my head
You're in my heart, in my heart, in my h-h-h-
Add your thoughts
Log in now to tell us what you think this song means.
Don’t have an account? Create an account with SongMeanings to post comments, submit lyrics, and more. It’s super easy, we promise!
More Featured Meanings
Standing On The Edge Of Summer
Thursday
Thursday
Mental Istid
Ebba Grön
Ebba Grön
This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
Cajun Girl
Little Feat
Little Feat
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”
No Surprises
Radiohead
Radiohead
Same ideas expressed in Fitter, Happier are expressed in this song. We're told to strive for some sort of ideal life, which includes getting a good job, being kind to everyone, finding a partner, getting married, having a couple kids, living in a quiet neighborhood in a nice big house, etc. But in Fitter, Happier the narrator(?) realizes that it's incredibly robotic to live this life. People are being used by those in power "like a pig in a cage on antibiotics"--being pacified with things like new phones and cool gadgets and houses while being sucked dry. On No Surprises, the narrator is realizing how this life is killing him slowly. In the video, his helmet is slowly filling up with water, drowning him. But he's so complacent with it. This is a good summary of the song. This boring, "perfect" life foisted upon us by some higher powers (not spiritual, but political, economic, etc. politicians and businessmen, perhaps) is not the way to live. But there is seemingly no way out but death. He'd rather die peacefully right now than live in this cage. While our lives are often shielded, we're in our own protective bubbles, or protective helmets like the one Thom wears, if we look a little harder we can see all the corruption, lies, manipulation, etc. that is going on in the world, often run by huge yet nearly invisible organizations, corporations, and 'leaders'. It's a very hopeless song because it reflects real life.
Head > Heels
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
“Head > Heels” is a track that aims to capture what it feels like to experience romance that exceeds expectations. Ed Sheeran dedicates his album outro to a lover who has blessed him with a unique experience that he seeks to describe through the song’s nuanced lyrics.
This song is about being infatuated with a man while being in a relationship and considering her significant other, whom she be feels is the "other man" because the man she's infatuated with in love with/ enamored with/ obsessed with the guy who is in her "heart, in my head" and she takes the passion she has for him everywhere she goes to the point at the end of the song she screams and shrieks from anguish, love.
"How do I fake it with another? How do I get off on the weekend?"
She's trying to figure out how maintain normalcy around her boyfriend while being preoccupied with this man in heart heart and head.
I think this song is about not being with someone anymore (either death or breakup) that they were absolulty in love with. "How do I fake it with another man" And the line "How do I fake it on the weekend" imply the free time you would have (typical 9-5 weekdays and party time on weekends) "I know you're here with me" imply the guys dead. So I'm assuming a dead lover.
My Interpretation is that its about being in a relationship with someone that you aren't in love with. When she says you're in my heart, in my heart, in my head i take that as shes saying exactly what she means, the person is in her heart, in her head, not really in her heart though.
I take it as she is questioning if her love is real or not like shes asking herself pretty much if i love you then how can i emotionally/physically enjoy another man in that way. Maybe she feels guilt/shame and is trying to sort out whats real and whats in her head.
The screaming at the end seems like some kind of release. could be anger maybe? anger at herself for not realizing sooner or maybe anger at the person she thought she loved, maybe both? Idk thats just what I get from it.
BTW the part when she says I feel the air retreat, I know you're here with me, I take that as either the person she desires is there like "taking her breath way" OR maybe its the person she no longer loves and she almost feels smothered, like his presence is almost like taking her air supply away.
Hmmm i just had a thought of maybe she is angry with her "partner" and she is almost hatefully having affairs to numb herself from the pain her relationship is causing her but feels some kind of disgust with her actions?
Thanks for letting me share my thoughts.
"How do I fake it with a another man"......
How do I pretend to want, desire, love, someone else When it's you that still lingers within my heart and head. You that I still want and can't bring myself to fully let go of You, that torments my mind with memories that makes my soul ache.... just to feel your lips on mine
In the video... The burning tree that she drags around.... is symbolic of the burning torch that she still holds for someone And how the flames of it still consumes her thoughts, mind, heart.... her very being And no matter what... whether she isolates herself, numbs herself, tries to move on, start over with someone new..... drown herself by whatever means possible to forget.... That desire for her true love....That torch.... That fire still consumes her
She's in love with a married/taken man, she's probably the mistress who get to see him during week days but can't contact him on weekends when he is with hi wife or family, the struggle in her is clearly evident, that or the opposite, she is with someone while loving another, who she can be with during weekdays.