Riptide Lyrics

Lyric discussion by alicenaughton 

Cover art for Riptide lyrics by Vance Joy

he starts with his fears 'I was scared of dentists and the dark I was scared of pretty girls and starting conversations'

all his friends are starting to make a lot of money 'Oh, all my friends are turning green'

he cant believe he has gotten such a beautiful girl and all his friends are jealous 'You're the magician's assistant in their dreams'

'I wanna be your left hand man' he wants to marry her.

'I got a lump in my throat because You're gonna sing the words wrong' he tells her he loves her and when she replies she doesnt say it or mean it.

I just wanna, I just wanna know If you're gonna, if you're gonna stay I just gotta, I just gotta know I can't have it, I can't have it any other way I swear she's destined for the screen Closest thing to Michelle Pfeiffer that you've ever seen, oh

his isnt sure if she is going to stay with him and its killing him because she is blow hot blow cold about him and he is very insecure

this is my interpretation. i dont know if its right but in summary it is a song about unrequited love.

My Interpretation

Yours is the closest to what I interpreted for this song, except I think it's more positive. I think he's remembering the day he proposed to her and she said yes.

'I wanna be your left hand man' he wants to marry her. (because the wedding ring goes on the left hand).

"I just wanna, I just wanna know If you're gonna, if you're gonna stay I just gotta, I just gotta know I can't have it, I can't have it any other way" --

I believe that SHE said this, it's her ULTIMATUM. He remembers how beautiful...