Playground Love
A.I.R. Lyrics

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I'm a high school lover,
And you're my favorite flavor
Love is all, all my soul
You're my playground love

Yet my hands are shaking
I feel my body remains,
Themes no matter, I'm on fire

On the playground, love

You're the piece of gold,
The flushes all my soul
Extra time, on the ground
You're my playground love

Anytime, anyway,
You're my playground love

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to A.I.R.'s song "Playground Love" are about the intense feelings of love between high school lovers. The singer describes their significant other as their favorite flavor and the piece of gold that flushes their soul. Despite feeling nervous and physically overwhelmed by their emotions, the singer is on fire for their partner. They see their partner as a playground love - someone they can explore and have fun with, no matter the time or place.

The use of playground metaphorically represents the idea that love can be a form of play, but it can also be emotionally intense and overwhelming. The intense emotions brought in by love can be both exciting and scary at the same time. The theme of young love is symbolized by the idea of being in high school, where one often experiences the first flush of emotions and desires. The lyrics show a sense of yearning for someone who makes their heart race and makes them feel alive.

Line by Line Meaning

I'm a high school lover,
I am deeply in love during my high school years,

And you're my favorite flavor
You are the one that I am most attracted to,

Love is all, all my soul
Love is everything to me and fills my entire being,

You're my playground love
You are the love that I enjoy exploring and experiencing with,

Yet my hands are shaking
Despite my love and excitement, I am still nervous and anxious,

I feel my body remains,
I am aware of my physical presence and sensations,

Themes no matter, I'm on fire
Despite any obstacles, my passion and desire are still burning strong,

On the playground, love
We are exploring our love like children play on a playground,

You're the piece of gold,
You are the most precious thing to me,

The flushes all my soul
You fill me with emotions that I cannot explain,

Extra time, on the ground
We want to spend as much time together as possible,

You're my playground love
You are the love that I enjoy exploring and experiencing with,

Anytime, anyway,
I am always ready and willing to be with you in any situation,

You're my playground love
You are the love that I enjoy exploring and experiencing with,

Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, SHAPIRO BERNSTEIN & CO. INC.
Written by: JEAN BENOIT DUNCKEL, NICOLAS GODIN, THOMAS CROQUET

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Most interesting comment from YouTube:

@radioguitarra420fm

37w↑35

I'm a high school lover
And you're my favorite flavor
Love is all, all my soul
You're my playground love

Yet my hands are shaking
I feel my body reeling
Times no matter, I'm on fire
On the playground, love

You're the piece of gold
That flashes on my soul
Extra time, on the ground
You're my playground love

Anytime, anywhere
You're my playground love

All comments from YouTube:

@mayjailer_1

3y↑2.2K

i hope i turn into this song when i die

@yasminaelmalhouf9898

3y↑76

that's the weirdest thing I ve heard today

@ecstasy3692

3y↑119

@@yasminaelmalhouf9898 and the best

@Tenzing_oboba

3y↑14

ესეთი სიტყვები ჯერ არ წამიკითხავს, მაგრამ ძაან ასწორებს

@mayjailer_1

3y↑6

@@Tenzing_oboba <3

@nicole-gw1ok

3y↑2

me too

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@KathrineBliss

3y↑1.4K

That scene on an empty sports field in the morning after is just everything... I love this song.

@latitudeselongitudes1932

2y↑36

Sex is gross, disgusting

@ismellnumbers

@@latitudeselongitudes1932 girls got cooties

@nadhirmemmiche7171

2y↑1

Pes 4 stand up speak up formation theme

@askingforthemoon

2y↑54

@Latitudes e Longitudes it's a very natural thing... Either you’re missing something in life or you’re just 10

@gistvisions

2y↑11

I believe that was the latter half of high school lover, which I consider to be the main theme of the movie is its repeated 3 or 4 times. Air did so wonderful with TVS.

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@arcane1282

2y↑208

This song gives off a vibe I CANT explain

@Jaiyro

2y↑4

I agree

@jxivanx

1y↑9

I would say that it gives a vibe of peace laying with a girl you like meanwhile you hold her hand and both only shut your eyes and live the moment.

@tobychainsawmeyers

Exactly

@Anonymous-wi6ig

1y↑10

@@jxivanx no it’s sadder. It gives off a feeling of being alone and wallowing in self pity.

@connie_theechocat1118

8w↑1

the vibe of the movie but with darker colours

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@tristezzalamentoluciano265

2y↑350

Anyone who hasn't read the book, and likes to read, really should read it. It's beautiful and metaphoric and sad. Poetry.

@sophiathornberry8138

2y↑11

I ordered the book and it came in pocket size 😭

@thebeyond2855

2y↑28

@@sophiathornberry8138 Same here, Its a tiny book with flowers on it. I read the entire book in one night. I though it explained a few things a little bit better than in the movie,and I don't understand why certain events in the book were left out of the movie.

@PaulAllPro

2y↑1

What book

@tristezzalamentoluciano265

@@PaulAllPro Virgin Suicides. It's good

@reallycoolcat2686

2y↑1

@@PaulAllPro the book the movie is made after

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@perfectlyperfectpoint9090

4y↑920

Literally one of the best songs ever

@christophecabot6950

4y↑18

French touch

@tonytango7253

3y↑7

Totally agree x

@mulholland4921

3y↑5

On s en fout un peu que ce soit français ou chinois mec...

@pablobasile9450

2y↑3

I agree

@drsteele4749

2y↑6

Figuratively one of the best songs ever.

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@Makeupwithlele

50w↑63

“That’s such nonsense I would never say that”

@user-br7oy9zz3e

50w↑9

Let them eat cake

@DianaSimonyan

That's not from this movie but same actress yes 😭

@joebay6962

4y↑602

this song needs to be at least three times longer

@kayeplaguedoc9054

4y↑24

I can say if you like this you'll probably like the full album its from. It's got a wonderful, bittersweet atmosphere

@kristiantorres1080

3y↑4

I think the same! It lets you wanting for more. I have to listen to the full album!

@nc30guy

3y↑1

https://youtu.be/5MCc66IY2oQ

@pablo7150

https://youtu.be/5MCc66IY2oQ

@K-2427

5y↑892

This song is a definition of nostalgia

@christophecabot6950

4y↑6

Air is French

@benneely5512

4y↑1

Very

@footprints2324

4y↑1

Very true. Do you like Left Bank

@shasongs

4y↑3

yes one of the many. i respect your use of language. but the dictionary is a form of oppression.. do not forget that in your travels my love

@scorsese90

3y↑1

Totalmente de acuerdo con tu acertado comentario, se puede decir mas alto pero no mas claro. Saludos cordiales Kk Hace.

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@sarahl9398

3y↑462

Watching The Virgin Suicides again and it brings me back to the sheer excellence that is Air. Love how Coppola features them heavily in this and Lost in Translation.

@roberth1322

3y↑20

Coppola has excellent musical taste - in addition to Air, she's a huge My Bloody Valentine fan, hence the Kevin Shields tracks on Lost in Translation. Someone needs to introduce her to Stereolab and Broadcast, then she'll have the perfect quartet.

@vascoafonso1877

You can not say "Coppola" whitout being Francis... 😔

@isxheloo

5w↑8

Someone in 2024?

@mauroescobar3564

Yeah

@irmagreen7790

4y↑439

The love of my life sent me this song as I fell in love with him. It was our unofficial song. Anytime I hear it I am taken back to that magical feeling, floating in time.

@sunnymilasolnyshka6941

3y↑11

This is so beautiful ❤

@electrokiiid

3y↑9

you'll find another one don't worry

@lefeuviolet

2y↑1

Beautiful 🌹

@alexandrebillon7479

2y↑3

Mine commits suicide after we ‘ve seen this movie

@clementsimonnet5187

We all need dopamine

5 More Replies...

@mariontsilivi1740

5y↑1.7K

This song is pure magic and gives you vintage summer vibes . I adore it ❤️.

@milosstefanovic545

5y↑6

word!

@christophecabot6950

4y↑13

French touch 💪👍

@clarachaouat3697

4y↑3

Definitely agree with u :)

@homenakki1663

4y↑1

Nope...

@jitterrypokery1526

4y↑8

Really? I get fall vibes

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@TheRedBaron12.8

2y↑97

"It didn’t matter in the end how old they had been, or that they were girls, but only that we had loved them, and that they hadn’t heard us calling, still do not hear us, up here in the tree house, with our thinning hair and soft bellies, calling them out of those rooms where they went to be alone for all time, alone in suicide, which is deeper than death, and where we will never find the pieces to put them back together."

@JebediahCrinkleBoots

1y↑15

i hate those boys so much oh my goodness that monologue made me wanna punch them through the screen so like, good job coppola you translated that feeling perfectly from book to movie

@saidyne72716

49w↑8

@@JebediahCrinkleBoots right?? they were so fucking creepy annd weird

@zyzy7102

3y↑168

This whole album is a masterpiece with a special groove.

@roberth1322

3y↑2

Agree, Back when Air were on fire, nothing they did was even close to average. 10000Hz Legend is one of my best albums of the 21st century, but will always be forgotten in those polls at the ends of decades, and was in 2010/11.

@julieerin115

4y↑70

This song makes me feel like I was a teen of the '70s.

@Lunoira

5y↑583

a pleasant surpirse to see this uploaded, The Virgin Suicides really marked my years as a young girl like maybe no other movie did, this song evokes those images as if they were my own memories, i will forever love it.

@muddyduck64

4y↑2

guess you read the book

@beatricevonskjold6682

3y↑1

I’m 14 and I watched tvs when I was 12 and I watch it every week it’s my fave!!!

@barbarrrah

3y↑25

Yes, me too, I could never rewatch it though, it just hit a nerve, 20 years later and until now when I still tear up remembering it. I was 17 and had been through similar upbringing and experiences with my parents and my biggest fear was being dumped by a guy with whom I'd lost my virginity before marriage as if it were the worst thing that could happen to a girl. The movie just condensed all of these feelings and fears and left me gutted. The movie and soundtrack is unforgettable, since then I've become a huge fan of Air and this song has always been one my favorites.

@fernandogomes2472

@@barbarrrah
Eu também tive uma criação religiosa,limitante e careta

@venusinloop6446

4y↑175

This song touches my heart in a very peacefull but hurtfull way, pure poetry

@brettanderson7832

2y↑7

It's been 2 years since you posted. Hopefully you're still alive. This is just a reminder for you to listen again

@venusinloop9967

2y↑8

@@brettanderson7832 you have no idea how much your comment meant, just at the perfect time to listen to this again ❤️ thank you!

@brettanderson7832

2y↑4

@@venusinloop9967 Aww. Thank you. Glad that I helped you find something that you needed today.

@TEETHIER

4y↑168

Am I the only one who wear any Air song and just feel,,, strange? I mean a good strange. It just brings me back. My dad use to put on Air a lot for me as a child. It just made me so relaxed. Their music makes me weirdly emotional and I’ve never known why

@Jessica-od7ld

3y↑1

same

@juicebox9465

3y↑9

I remember when my dad played air while the soft afternoon sunlight gently fell through the living room curtains. There was this bird that would slowly go who,who in a very slow and relaxing way. I'd invite the neighborhood kids over to play Mario Kart Wii, with me and my brother. When it got cool we would sit on our skateboards and race down the street, side by side. Then we'd come home for a delicious dinner my mother had cooked. Then we would back out and try to attach flashlights to out skateboard so we could race in the dark! Me and my grandparents would go to the store and let me pick out a wooden model train and help me build it!

Now my days are consumed by boring schoolwork. I hardly have any social interaction and all the colour that used to be there is gone. I miss it so much, my grandparents, my childhood friends. I can never return but I can make a sorry attempt to by listening to this music.

@TEETHIER

3y↑7

@@juicebox9465 Honestly, I can very much empathize with that. I’ve never had a proper childhood, and now that I’m 16, responsible are just flooding in, quicker than there. Air just bring me to some place. Like, it’s beyond relaxation. My mind is just at ease. Air, and specifically this album, inspires me a lot. I’m an artist and I like to make dumb stories up in my head. Anything I listen to air I just get so many thoughts, ideas, motivation. They truly are a band that can’t be matched.

I hope you find ease, or at least some time to have a break, dude. Remember there will always be somebody there for you. Someone who loves you. Stay strong :)

@juicebox9465

3y↑5

@@TEETHIER Thanks for the support. This song is one of those where you just start to drift off and daydream, really great for artistic inspiration.

@barbarrrah

3y↑4

I wish Air was around in my childhood. Been one of my favorite groups since I was a teen, saw them live, amazing experience.

@n.b.a7752

4y↑73

The song captures very well the feeling of falling in love.

@paolanamuncura8879

3y↑2

Well said

@eliyasara9786

2y↑2

yes. it does.

@meibi6241

2y↑1

It's not about love people

@undergroundlady5892

50w

@@meibi6241enlightened me...what is it about

@sonderdaze

43w↑2

@@undergroundlady5892 i would watch the original movie the soundtrack is from (virgin suicides) and you'll understand it better

@Merecatnip

21w↑14

The bittersweet eerie undertones throughout this song are crazy tbh. What a masterpiece

@ultimadien

2y↑192

This was myself and my high school girlfriends song. It’s been 10 years now and we just started talking again after all that time. She was never far from my thoughts 😕 there’s always hope guys. You know true love when you have a grasp of it. Never give up on that idea guys. There’s always someone out there for you, sometimes you just need to be patient.

@uscocovich73

1y↑11

What’s the update bro wtf can’t leave us hanging

@coveteddheart

1y↑3

@@uscocovich73 fr

@stopstalkingyouspookybastard

1y↑1

hope she cheats

@tobielewis4072

51w↑5

Yes, never give up. Back together with my 2nd grade crush and we're getting married next year. 50 years after being in 2nd grade.

@ricksanchez9217

49w

U touched my heart 😢

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@alainachkar

2y↑36

There is nothing like this song. A genre of its own..

@zwely01x

4y↑53

My life is the heartbreak I never fixed.

@haileymooney4912

1y↑10

“Lux never saw trip again”

@sophiasanders8321

3y↑75

one of my favourite songs ever, reminds me of the virgin suicides <3

@razminfox1787

3y↑40

I mean it’s literally the movies theme song

@roberth1322

3y↑5

@@razminfox1787 It reminds me of the film The Virgin Suicides too.

@sophiasanders8321

3y↑7

@@razminfox1787 hahaha yea ur completely right!! i guess i was trying to say it kind of transforms me into the movie, i adore this song with all of my heart ❤️

@lolamoonlight8194

1y↑25

I need to discover more songs like this

@radioguitarra420fm

37w↑35

@Beavofr

35w↑10

This song reminds me of love, But the kind of love that doesn't last forever. Only enough to make true memories to look back on. ♡

@kabr0njames23

5y↑161

What a surprise. Welcome back 2000.

@antonvasilev1986

17w↑7

Tears falling down for no reason at all, as I listen to this amazing sax line. Air are something else.

@ayawithoutwifi

19w↑3

How could i forget bout this song and the movie? 😭

@Rageingbull

19w↑1

How dare u😡

@jessieblossom3874

4y↑56

The Virgin Suicides was a spellbinding movie/book. And this song is a: Nostalgasm! Lol.

@gaby_._.

20w↑6

I deeply regret not having found this song sooner. However, I'm glad that I didn't find it later and I now get to enjoy it for the rest of my life :)

@zippy2218

1y↑3

What a beautiful song......

@rrr4121

4y↑157

I have the impression that this song is about an unrequited love, a shy boy in love with a girl from afar, always stealing glances

@hattymchappy

3y↑24

I always saw it as the kid you meet randomly on the playground one day, have the time of your life with him/her as if you've known each other forever. Then it's time to go home for dinner and you never see one another again.

Or at least that's what it makes me feel like. I realize it says "high school lover," but still gives me that feeling above.

@blendermen1070

3y↑17

In The Virgin Suicides we follow the perspective of a few boys in love with girls they don't really know who commit suicide. In the movies the girls "steal glances" as you say.

@ladyvharsen

Indeed. I was the shy girl in love with a boy from afar always stealing glances.

@biaotoch

7w↑1

this song is one of the prettiest, and the melody.. Brings me something so unreal and memories, dreamcore? I can’t explain

@dare906

3y↑55

Nostalgia e melancolia.

@simonenin71

2y↑10

When this song came out I was living in New York City. I was married to my high school sweetheart. Now I am in a different city in a different continent. This song just takes me back to NYC and makes me feel nostalgic.

@eljefeEFE

4y↑24

İn 2009 we were lying on a boat listening this song when the wind was surfing on us. I miss that time and I Will always

@nadienoslee

4y↑43

This songs always makes comeback my memories of my first teenager love. A lot of sun and peace. Good times.

@yasmine6746

😊

@donaldbrawders5670

1y↑9

If they would do a whole album in this style...they would be super famous. this song is amazing. One of my favorite songs at the top of my list.

@soleydasoleyda

1y↑1

U think everyone cares about fame? I’d rather them do their own thing than just try becoming famous.

@salinaclark9752

47w↑3

The haunting beauty of this song is unmatched. Coming back to it in 2023!

@Nonexistanthuman

48w↑5

Never watched the movie but always enjoyed the song

@ajc94

8w↑1

I can't really explain it but there's something just so incredibly sexy about a lot of Air songs

@danniellazdavis1309

22w↑2

Alonzo,
you're the piece of gold, that flashes on my soul❤

@danslaneko3882

5y↑35

You're a piece of gold..

@julesrule

2y↑27

I watched the movie just a whole month ago this song is literally burned into my mind and it's so contagious

@melowoman89

1y↑3

I would like to live in a Virgin Suicides world, with Air
music in the background aIl!

@rohankhude7831

5y↑51

Love from India.
- A Extreme fan.

@rafaelhuggins6912

3y↑1

Who is your favorite character and why?

@jaydecrossley6736

26w↑2

Discovered this song at like 12 years old waaaay back in early 00s and have never stopped adoring it

@evastathopoulou4787

2y↑2

Childhood music memories...

@MrNotaComedian

4y↑6

Take me back to the 2000s

@Eralen00

1y↑2

that saxophone is magic

@alphaslash4076

26w↑2

Finally found the song from the twinings advert, have absolutely fallen in love with this song ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@hopebgood

25w

Enjoy! I love it when I find something I've been searching for too 😉👍

@kashmiiireskobarkamarillo6304

3y↑17

Nunca me cansaré de escuchar este rolón...
😍

@BiggoMonocromo

4y↑7

I was thinking at least once our twice a year about the video for this song...It took me like 13-14 years to find it again... such a remarkable feeling...

@rickpipes4487

5y↑52

Lux Lisbon 🖤🖤🖤

@kingjewelz9948

5y↑3

❤️

@SingerCommaMarla

4y↑2

✨✨✨✨

@wolfstar675

4y↑2

Lux 😍

@didgeteria9068

4y↑8

Air is the Heaven of music .

@sandraperez2238

3y↑7

This was my favorite when I was 16 🥲

@carlosmontufar1096

Same, I’m 30 now

@Dina4444.

6w↑1

I watched this movie wayy to much as a child. It was so beautifully tragic.

@bananapuding866

2y↑1

Yet anothe one of those bitersweet nostalgic songs that reminds me of so many long forgotten people.

@Nier2J

2y↑7

It was also played during one of medium episode, concerning the daughter of procuror Devalos. It was really a sad and touching episode, explaining why his daughter ended her life so young. One of the best episode of the serie, imo.

@Jaiyro

2y↑2

That's how i learned of this song. I agree it was a great episode, sad one too

@sharpiesharp9204

1y↑1

Beautiful track

@rockdisciple

2y↑1

an out of body experience for sure

@KaBaSki714

3y↑9

I'll love this song forever.

@shortcake3450

11w↑1

this song is so bittersweet

@dairymilkbaraddict90

28w↑1

I can't stop replaying the intro 😍

@halfaxa6076

3y↑2

Feeling pure melancholy

@connie_theechocat1118

8w↑1

just coming from watching this movie and i dont think ill ever be the same

@jbm1980

1y↑2

I've never seen the movie. I'd like to but there's no way it's gonna match this song, surely? Bittersweet perfection.

@jbm1980

39w

I was just about to reply and say 'oh my god, that exact thought JUST crossed my mind' and then I realised I was about to reply to my own comment. (I realise i am doing that now). Time for me to step away from the wine...

@hsakura3351

5y↑14

My favorite band forever ❤

@Sancochef

5y↑3

Same here... I can't get over them

@crystal.castles

1y↑2

Everytime he hears this song he will think of me

@deadoralive1999

1y↑2

Miss the year 1999

@tsallen5150

4y↑5

I count this movie among my favorites. It was so well casted, and tells a story that feels like a piece of my own life in the 70's and this music is the glue that holds it all together. The song is sad and charming at the same time. Pure magic. It takes us all back to a time, that anyone who missed it, will never understand but they can taste it. Most certainly my favorite flavor.

@SingerCommaMarla

Novel is better but the movie was great too

@tsallen5150

@@SingerCommaMarla i'd like to read it. i'm sure it's very good.

@Tera_Piaa

4y↑19

this guy serenaded me with this song on MY guitar and now I absolutely love it 😭🥺❤️

@1iav

29w↑2

love is all, all my soul

@salvinaromeo7927

2y↑1

Absolutely love.... 😘😘😘 many kisses from Italy... 🤙

@GoodMenstruationAttitude

4y↑22

Air seemed a 70s throwback when this released, but as the recent skateboarder-driven resurgence has proven, it's simply timeless and heartfelt songwriting. Groovy!

@daintfangs

39w↑1

I listened to this before I attempted made the experience more transcendental

@shortcake3450

15w↑1

my favorite song ever huge winter vibes

@alexbalkan9018

44w↑1

This is one of the made in France things I love as an Italian .. true respect for this duo and their art.

@Kick-111

2y↑4

God forbid I ever get married….This will be the song 😍

@Mark-lc9ce

4y↑21

There is something about this song

@ashratempel5094

4y↑4

Never gets old.

@klitzy

3y↑14

I was 13 experiencing sapphic love for the first time with the wrong girl... 💜✨ sweet innocence

@pitrick_

4y↑4

such a beautiful song

@amber3296

3y↑2

i love this song. so happy i found it recently❤️❤️❤️

@brendan9537

3y↑1

Chills. Everytime 😌

@sasamilove

36w↑1

I think I first found this song from a Levi’s jeans commercial. Then watched virgin suicides. Amazing atmosphere and groove. Can’t get enough❤❤

@donnabrown1911

5y↑2

I just heard this song on an old episode of medium, brilliant tune x

@paoloborasi536

26w↑1

Nobody can reach love :it's always a step beyond ❤😮😢❤

@alber787

4y↑3

straight to my heart

@Sofiiiaa012

13w↑2

when i die thats the outro song from my life series <3

@Lorixit

4y↑4

I found this song after 8 years!!! I absolutely love it.

@hedibelhaj962

1y↑2

🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
I have good memories with this song

@flsmidfekar192

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Pure art, greetings from Argentina and keep the good music going ♥

@christophecabot6950

4y↑1

The French touch😀

@flsmidfekar192

@@christophecabot6950 French?

@christophecabot6950

4y↑2

Yes farid José Air is a French group, look Wikipedia if you want

@MrLukeWalters

4y↑1

Es bueno saber que hay otro argentino que le guste la buena música! Saludos y Abrazo! Desde Santa Fe!

@flsmidfekar192

4y↑1

@@MrLukeWalters Este tema esta en una videoparte de skateboarding, se llama Mark Suciu Verso Part, es una hermosa canción sin dudas amigo, abrazo desde Mar del Plata, Bs As :)

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