He’s still driving that 1970 hand-me-down truck
And he’s still wearing that red and black jersey
Waiting for the band to start up
He’s still showing up twenty late, finding hearts and rules …
You know I’m gonna hit it on the radio
You know I’m gonna put it on my video
I know you gon’ be turning up the volume
I know you wanna split me …
I’d rather go blind, blind, blind
Than to see you with her tonight
I’m done with your lies
But I can’t say goodbye
So, I’d rather go blind
[Verse 1]
See I remember, I remember that …
Gona open my heart, out of the scars and listen up
Gonna do what I’m told, go where im told and listen up
Take a shot in the rain, one for the …
[Hook]
She live in Fort Lauderdale and I’m closer to South Beach
I told her to come over, she said, “okay, don’t fall asleep”
She say she can be my housewife and keep …
My nights are broken up1 by the sounds of women I’ll never meet2
And when my eyes are closed I can start to feel you staring at me3
The right side of my bed has always left me feeling stuck in between4 (Oh, oh, oh, oh)
Everything I know and all the lies I tell myself so I can sleep.5
Pick apart the pieces you left,6
Don’t you worry about it, don’t you worry about it.7
Try and give yourself some rest8
And let me worry about it, let me worry about it.
You came around to say that you’ve been away, like I hadn’t known9
As if I don’t wake up every single day not seeing you go,10
As if this moon of ours only shines a half to make me feel whole11
As if I haven’t felt your breath in every step I take when the wind blows.12
Pick apart the pieces you left,
Don’t you worry about it, don’t you worry about it.
Try and give yourself some rest
And let me worry about it, let me worry about it.
Pick apart the pieces you left,
Don’t you worry about it, don’t you worry about it.
Try and give yourself some rest
And let me worry about it, let me worry about it.
(Oh, oh, oh, oh) (worry)
(Oh, oh, oh, oh) (worry)
(Oh, oh, oh, oh) (worry)
(Oh, oh, oh, oh) (worry)
(Oh, oh, oh, oh) (worry)
(Oh, oh, oh, oh) (worry)
(Oh, oh, oh, oh) (worry)
Pick apart the pieces you left,
Don’t you worry about it, don’t you worry about it.
Try and give yourself some rest
And let me worry about it, let me worry about it.
(Worry) (Worry)
(Worry) (Don’t you worry)13
“My night are broken up” means that Jack Garratt never gets good sleep.
“Women I’ll never meet” refers to fictitious women that Jack Garratt imagines in his dreams.
Although dreaming about girls would be a welcomed experience for many men, Jack Garratt dreams of a girl who does more haunting than anything else.
“Stuck in between” means “uncomfortable.”
Jack Garratt describes himself trying to ignore the haunting behaviors of the girl in his dreams so that he can get some rest.
“Pick apart the pieces you left” reveals that one of the girls in his dreams symbolizes a past lover who left Jack Garratt very hurt.
Worry doesn’t help anybody. Jack Garratt resolves not to worry so that he can cope with his life.
Jack Garratt tries to remain focused on life’s important things.
Jack Garratt describes himself as frustrated. He is upset that a past lover, whether in the flesh or in a dream, returns to him just to explain that she has been gone. This feels like a knife to his heart.
Jack Garratt recalls the break-up with his past lover every time he wakes up and realizes that he is alone.
The figurative statement of the moon shining a half refers to Jack Garratt’s pessimistic outlook on life.
Everything in life reminds Jack Garratt of his romantic loss.
This Jack Garratt song was written to mourn the loss of a romantic relationship that once held so much importance and meaning.
2 user explanations and meanings
Jasper
Interesting explanation. I agree with most of it, except the second paragraph. I don’t think he is talking to himself but rather to his past lover. I think his past lover hurt him many times. Yet she doesn’t even understanding that she hurt him or maybe she just didn’t caring. Him telling her to ‘not worry about it’ is his way of saying that he forgives her for hurting him and that he will take the burden of the pain without even getting acknowledge for it. I think that he really loved her even though it was a very unhealty relationship.
But that’s just my interpretation. I might be a little bias (I been in a similar relationship) and that might just be why I interpret it like this.
Jein
I agree with you