Closer (feat. Halsey) Lyrics

Lyric discussion by porkkana 

Cover art for Closer (feat. Halsey) lyrics by Chainsmokers, The

They meet in hotel bar because this is where the girl hangs out for work with her friends. She was a spoiled daddys girl in Boulder with life coming easy for her, but now she`s faced lives tough reality. The song writer bittersweetly dedicates this songs to "all the girls in boulder".

This easy life girls ends up working girl, and thus the boy doesnt want to see her friends again. These girls hang out and find their prey in the hotel bar drunk. You dont look pretty in hotel bar for nothing. The girl is either nostalgic of meeting him or in desperate need for money and thus starts sweet talking him about old songs etc.

In her line of work they end up at the back of the car owned by her employer the pimp. She doesnt have money for that type of car, and he notices it or even teases her about it.

So they are both broken hearted to find her in that situation, and he specially down from her leaving him still. He may have hidden sadistic pleasure of her having stepped so low as she was the one who broke up. She being the rich girl with easy life, and then ending up like this.

My Interpretation