I’m friends with Roland’s brother Julian, who sings in this song and also helped write and produce it. I’ve met Roland. Roland is not a warm person. I was warned by Julian when I met Roland NOT to run up and hug him, for example... (he was actually quite kind and I think had I hugged him, it would have been fine). Anyway, a woman wrote Roland a letter, I can’t recall the contents but basically looking up to him in this letter as if he was a God to her or something, reference to “Buddha,” and he’s like, me? I haven’t got a clue.” So he responded to her in a way similar to what the song describes, kinda like ‘lady, I don’t know, leave me alone.’ The woman writes him back again and says “how can you be so cold?” to Roland. There’s your song. Nockles is also reference to Nikki Holland, a friend of his in the music biz.
I’m friends with Roland’s brother Julian, who sings in this song and also helped write and produce it. I’ve met Roland. Roland is not a warm person. I was warned by Julian when I met Roland NOT to run up and hug him, for example... (he was actually quite kind and I think had I hugged him, it would have been fine). Anyway, a woman wrote Roland a letter, I can’t recall the contents but basically looking up to him in this letter as if he was a God to her or something, reference to “Buddha,” and he’s like, me? I haven’t got a clue.” So he responded to her in a way similar to what the song describes, kinda like ‘lady, I don’t know, leave me alone.’ The woman writes him back again and says “how can you be so cold?” to Roland. There’s your song. Nockles is also reference to Nikki Holland, a friend of his in the music biz.