“Uniform” by DLCL is a slow ballad about the desire for a lost lover or a past love. The song touches upon the feeling of loneliness and the longing for someone who’s no longer with them. The first verse describes a person standing by a river's edge with cigarette in hand, asking for a light. The speaker tells their pillows that they are as worn out as they are and requests their lover to stay with them for a while. However, the lover is distant and detached, only giving a smile that feels clinical and cold.

The choruses of the song repeat the phrase, “You look just like me, with your collar red and your knees stained green all night, in your uniform torn down the side”. These lines suggest that the lover is a reflection of the speaker, as they too are wearing a uniform that is ripped and worn out. The uniform metaphor could symbolize the past and how it’s been tattered by time. The speaker wonders if the lover still thinks of them, and if their rubber legs still shake through the night in uniform.

The bridge of the song has the two lovers meeting at the bank where the bridge is gone, staying up all night until the speaker realizes that “just how long is forever?” Their memories are covered over as they try to forget the sound of the reality of the situation outside the room they share. “Uniform” speaks to the idea of being stuck in the past and longing for what was lost, and the emptiness that comes with that state of mind.