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 …
Talking like we used to do
It was always me and you1
Shaping up and shipping out
Check me in and check me out2
Do you like walking in the rain?
When you think of love, do you think of pain?3
You can tell me what you see
I will choose what I believe4
Hold on, darling
This body is yours,
This body is yours and mine5
Well hold on, my darling
This mess was yours,
Now your mess is mine6
Your mess is mine
See you in the marketplace
Walking ’round at 8am
Got 2 hours before my flight7
Lucky be on my side tonight
You’re the reason that I feel so strong8
The reason that I’m hanging on9
You know you gave me all the time
Oh, did I give enough of mine?10
Hold on, darling
This body is yours,
This body is yours and mine
Well hold on, my darling
This mess was yours,
Now your mess is mine
Bring me to your house
And tell you sorry for the mess
Hey, I don’t mind11
You’re talking in your sleep
Out of time
Well, you still make sense to me12
Your mess is mine
Your mess is mine
This body’s yours and this body’s mine
Your mess is mine
Nostalgic thoughts of past conversations that helped to cultivate an intimate companionship surface in Vance Joy’s mind.
Vance Joy speaks of traveling all of the time. Such a life is not logistically conducive to sustaining a deep romance.
Vance Joy relates love and sadness in these lyrics because those are the extreme feelings experienced in a relationship that involves constant travel.
Vance Joy’s view of the relationship’s destiny is rather fatalistic. He says that he believes the relationship to be whatever he wants it to be,regardless of the indicators reality gives him. Our natural instinct is to romanticize our perceptions and expectations.
By saying a body is owned by two individuals, Vance Joy hints at the physical intimacy of the relationship.
”You’re mess is mine” is a way of saying “I’m committed to you despite your flaws.”
Watching someone you love do routine tasks before departing for a long journey is often very emotional and sentimental.
Often in life when nothing else is motivating us, a loved one can be the sole source of our determination to carry on.
When someone loves another person, everything is done for the other person
Vance Joy questions whether he reciprocated time, energy, and love in the relationship. Perhaps he was giving his partner the short end of the stick.
The mess in the house is a metaphor for their relationship. While a house can be messy, the mess doesn’t have to interfere with the relationship’s progress.
Vance Joy resolves to love his partner regardless of her flaws. He even embraces those flaws.
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