"I remember when your head caught flame
It kissed your scalp and caressed your brain
Well you laughed, baby it's okay
It's buzz cut season anyway
(Well you laughed, baby it's okay)"
I can't tell for sure, but I'm pretty certain she's recalling some memory of someone's hair burning. And maybe she was really young, so she was very scared for the person, and they assured her it was fine, and made a joke about it.
"Explosions on TV, and all the girls with heads inside a dream"
I'm thinking this is referring to bad things happening on the news, and girls her age not caring about it, more caught up in their own lives.
"So now we live beside the pool, where everything is good"
This basically backs that up, saying that they're having fun at the pool, rather than worrying about things happening around the world. "Where everything is good" seems like someone distracting her, maybe an adult, making her feel more safe.
"We ride the bus with the knees pulled in
People should see how we're living
(We ride the bus with the knees pulled in)
Shut my eyes to the song that plays
Sometimes this has a hot, sweet taste
(Shut my eyes to the song that plays)"
The only thing I can think about this is that she's referring to poor people (People should see how we're living), but "We ride the bus with the knees pulled in" is probably talking about shy or insecure people.
"Shut my eyes to the song that plays" speaks for itself. She relaxes while listening to music. Maybe something about the song reminds her of something sad that happened in her life (Sometimes this has a hot, sweet taste).
"The men up on the news, they try to tell us all that we will lose
But it's so easy in this blue, where everything is good"
The news is reporting very bad things, I guess, but everyone is all caught up in luxury to care.
"And I'll never go home again (place the call, feel it start)
Favorite friend (and nothing's wrong when nothing's true)
I live in a hologram with you"
I guess this is talking about her family. "Favourite friend" must refer to siblings.
"I live in a hologram with you" is talking about having a fake not really in depth relationship with someone.
"Where all the things that we do for fun (and I'll breathe, and it goes)
Play along (make-believe it's hyper real)
But I live in a hologram with you"
She has a really fun and exciting relationship with someone, but she never really confides in them, so it's not a close relationship.
"Cola with the burnt-out taste
I'm the one you tell your fears to
There'll never be enough of us"
This flips everything around. I guess she begins trusting this person more, and they begin trusting her, telling her their fears, and maybe vice versa.
I just have to say though, it's an awesome song, the music and lyrics tbh.
"I remember when your head caught flame It kissed your scalp and caressed your brain Well you laughed, baby it's okay It's buzz cut season anyway (Well you laughed, baby it's okay)"
I can't tell for sure, but I'm pretty certain she's recalling some memory of someone's hair burning. And maybe she was really young, so she was very scared for the person, and they assured her it was fine, and made a joke about it.
"Explosions on TV, and all the girls with heads inside a dream"
I'm thinking this is referring to bad things happening on the news, and girls her age not caring about it, more caught up in their own lives.
"So now we live beside the pool, where everything is good"
This basically backs that up, saying that they're having fun at the pool, rather than worrying about things happening around the world. "Where everything is good" seems like someone distracting her, maybe an adult, making her feel more safe.
"We ride the bus with the knees pulled in People should see how we're living (We ride the bus with the knees pulled in) Shut my eyes to the song that plays Sometimes this has a hot, sweet taste (Shut my eyes to the song that plays)"
The only thing I can think about this is that she's referring to poor people (People should see how we're living), but "We ride the bus with the knees pulled in" is probably talking about shy or insecure people. "Shut my eyes to the song that plays" speaks for itself. She relaxes while listening to music. Maybe something about the song reminds her of something sad that happened in her life (Sometimes this has a hot, sweet taste).
"The men up on the news, they try to tell us all that we will lose But it's so easy in this blue, where everything is good"
The news is reporting very bad things, I guess, but everyone is all caught up in luxury to care.
"And I'll never go home again (place the call, feel it start) Favorite friend (and nothing's wrong when nothing's true) I live in a hologram with you"
I guess this is talking about her family. "Favourite friend" must refer to siblings. "I live in a hologram with you" is talking about having a fake not really in depth relationship with someone.
"Where all the things that we do for fun (and I'll breathe, and it goes) Play along (make-believe it's hyper real) But I live in a hologram with you"
She has a really fun and exciting relationship with someone, but she never really confides in them, so it's not a close relationship.
"Cola with the burnt-out taste I'm the one you tell your fears to There'll never be enough of us"
This flips everything around. I guess she begins trusting this person more, and they begin trusting her, telling her their fears, and maybe vice versa.
I just have to say though, it's an awesome song, the music and lyrics tbh.