Freak Out Lyrics

Lyric discussion by mr1black 

Cover art for Freak Out lyrics by Tapes N Tapes

(I love this kind of vague lyrics, but with excellent energetic music!)

I think this is a song about general chasm between being wild and being civilized. Between one side which longs for freedom, honesty, simple and straight talk and acts, and other which complies to general social norms and rules. I think the official video is pretty straightforward - it shows a homemade video of New Year's party in 1994, crazy excesses of a girl, her dancing, eating and drinking, the main singer appears and she ends up hugging him and throwing up at him. The vid ends with lead singer watching the video with her, who is revealed to be his newlywed wife. So the song sings about change from the evening with partying and booze, into "the one you'll never know", so a person different than in that carefree party time. She is a wild man, free from others, isn't concerned what will others say about her and he likes that. But he can't stay that way and he'll retain his civilized daily manners and "go to places she'll never know". He likes her, a lot, and is worried how will she react to his daily "normal" behaviour and he wants her to stay with him, even though he can't be that free/wild as they were at the party.

My Interpretation