[Part I]
[Intro: Future]
Drop your location, she think she me or sum’ (Hendrix)
Put on my chains, now she think she me or sum’
She keep a Glock in her bag, she think …
[Verse 1]
You said, “Speak from your mind
The words that it finds
Come out of your soul, a part of the whole”
You said, “What does it change?
Both of us know
After tonight, there …
[TONY]
Maria…
The most beautiful sound I’ve ever heard:
Maria, Maria, Maria, Maria…
All the beautiful sounds of the world in a single word:
Maria, Maria, Maria, Maria…
Maria, Maria…
Maria!
I’ve just met a girl named Maria
And …
[Verse 1]
What happens in dreams where we fly?
Never been as high as tonight
Staring through a window in time
For someone to show me what I’m like
He said, “Hello”, it’s like a …
[Verse 1]
Oh-oh-oh, every little smile hides a little lie
Could cut the silence with a knife
Subatomic bliss is nothing left to miss
It’s just empty Russian roulette
[Pre-Chorus]
Try to brush it off my …
In the crowd alone
And every second passing reminds me I’m not home
Bright lights and city sounds are ringing like a drone1
Unknown, unknown
Oh, glazed eyes, empty hearts2
Buying happy from shopping carts3
Nothing but time to kill4
Sipping life from bottles
Tight skin, bodyguards5
Gucci down the boulevard6
Cocaine, dollar bills7
And…
My happy little pill8
Take me away9
Dry my eyes10
Bring colour to my skies11
My sweet little pill
Take my hunger
Light within
Numb my skin12
Like a rock afloat
Sweat and conversations seep into my bones13
Four walls are not enough14
I’ll take a dip into the unknown, unknown15
Oh, glazed eyes, empty hearts
Buying happy from shopping carts
Nothing but time to kill
Sipping life from bottles
Tight skin, bodyguards
Gucci down the boulevard
Cocaine, dollar bills
And…
My happy little pill
Take me away
Dry my eyes
Bring colour to my skies
My sweet little pill
Take my hunger
Light within
Numb my skin
Oh, glazed eyes, empty hearts
Buying happy from shopping carts
Nothing but time to kill
Sipping life from bottles
Tight skin, bodyguards
Gucci down the boulevard
Cocaine, dollar bills
And…
My happy little pill
Take me away
Dry my eyes
Bring colour to my skies
My sweet little pill
Take my hunger
Light within
Numb my skin16
Troye Sivan opens the song by describing his context: an urban environment full of many people, but nothing that holds any real meaning. Lonely in a crowd, he feels the need to isolate himself from the people who make him feel alone by returning home.
“Glazed eyes, empty hearts” refers to people that go through the motions of life but never seek anything real. They are people who just follow the crowd for temporal pleasure.
“Buying happy from shopping carts” refers to people who are seduced by the culture of advertising. They buy into all of the lies that having more material things is the way to happiness.
“Nothing but time to kill” is yet another lyric about accepting the status quo ofreality by simply following the crowd.
“Tight skin, bodyguards” refers to the people found in the city who play roles in society but seem to have no distinct personalities of their own.
Gucci is a high-end fashion brand popular among “shop-o-holics.”
Drugs and money are other meaningless things that people chase to fill voids in their hearts.
Being depressed by all he sees, Troye Sivan tries to heal his wounds by comforting himself with a pharmaceutical drug.
“Take me away” means “help me forget the depressing things I’ve seen.”
“Dry my eyes” means “give me a reason not to cry.”
“Bring colour to my skies” means “help me to be happy in a world that seems so depressing.
“Take my hunger / Light within / Numb my skin” means “protect me from the depressing feeling I get when I see the world for what it is.”
The effect of the pharmaceutical drug is very strong. Troye Sivan feels like a floating rock, and he becomes hyper-aware of his body.
“Four walls are not enough” means that Troye Sivan is experiencing a high from his pill which breaks down the three dimensions to which he is accustomed during soberness.
“I’ll take a dip into the unknown” means that Troye Sivan is high on his pill.
This song is about using drugs to ease depression.
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