Sugg has come a long way from the being the little boy growing up in Tennessee that was once intrigued and inspired by the sheet music hidden in his aunt’s old piano bench. Always ready to accomplish a new challenge – Sugg began teaching himself how to play the piano at age 11. Soon after learning his first instrument, he found himself picking up an acoustic guitar and doing just the same. Now 23 years old, Sugg has gone on to master the drums, banjo, bass, and even the mandolin. The ever-evolving musician found his earliest musical creations channeling his biggest musical influence, Bright Eyes, and has since taken the emotionally sincere lyrical qualities of this inspiration and blended them with his own unique disposition of optimism and content.
In just five short years, the charismatic Sugg has used simplicity, sincerity, and smiles to gain the approval of the music world. In his short career, Sugg has already pumped out six EPs (many of them featuring a “full length” amount of songs), five annual holiday EPs, and one LP, Dressed Up Like Dreams. The non-stop production of music, touring, and self-promotion has certainly started to pay off - With over 500,000 song downloads on PureVolume, nearly 100,000 singles sold, and thousands of albums sold, it comes as no surprise that Backseat Goodbye has already found a place in the iTunes Folk Top 100 Album and Singles charts - multiple times, and has landed himself coveted sets at SXSW and CMJ, as well as a being a featured band in Alternative Press Magazine’s AP&R section.
Reminiscent of the high spirited vocals and positivism of The Rocket Summer and the polished, upbeat musicality of Eric Hutchinson, Backseat Goodbye has created a blend all his own, that immediately embraces the hearts, imaginations – and hope, of listeners around the world.
In the words of Sugg, Backseat Goodbye is “music for the hopeful, music for the kids with their heads in the clouds, and music by a kid that’s just as lost in life as everyone else.”
Daytime TV
Backseat Goodbye Lyrics
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The lyrics to Backseat Goodbye's "Daytime TV" are a reflection of the tender moments shared between two people in love. The verses describe how the singer finds various qualities in their lover that they find attractive – their way of saying "I love you" is funny, they have a pretty smile that they should use more often, their eyes are worth staring into, and they have a beautiful voice. These moments are what make the singer feel alive and happy. They have a few hours to spare with their lover before they leave and the rain outside beckons them. The singer suggests that they should go out and embrace the rain instead of spending their time indoors watching daytime TV.
The chorus describes how the singer and their lover are lost in the moment, dancing to a song playing on the am station. They are happy to be in each other's company, and their laughter and footsteps synchronize with each other. The singer expresses their desire to lay in the sunshine with their lover forever. They confess their love for their lover, stating that they can't stop thinking about them. The singer suggests that they should stay up all night to watch the sunrise and forget about everything else, just being together in the moment.
Overall, the song is a beautiful representation of how true love can make people feel alive, and how it can make even the smallest moments so much more meaningful.
Line by Line Meaning
you got a funny way of saying i love you.
You express your love in a unique and humorous way that I find endearing.
you got a pretty smile you should use it more often.
Your smile is beautiful and it would be great to see it more often.
you got a pair of eyes i like to look at.
Your eyes are captivating and I enjoy gazing into them.
you got a beautiful voice i like to listen to you sing in the morning on our way to school.
Your singing voice is lovely and it's a pleasure to listen to it with you in the morning on our way to school.
i got a couple of hours to spare this evening.
I have some free time this evening.
and just a few more days before i'm leaving.
I will be leaving soon, in just a few days.
the rain outside is calling our name.
The rain is inviting us to come outside and enjoy it.
i think we should show it up and prove city kids do more than just sit indoors and watch daytime tv.
Let's go outside and do something fun to prove that city kids are capable of more than just watching TV all day.
there's a song playing on the am station.
A song is currently playing on the AM radio station.
i look at you and i start dancing.
You make me so happy that I can't help but dance when I look at you.
your laugh's about as loud as my footsteps.
Your laughter is infectious and it's just as loud as my footsteps on the creaky wooden floor.
on the wooden floor we don't sweep too often 'cause we're lazy and we're free to do as we please.
We don't sweep the wooden floor too often because we're carefree and we do what we want.
i wanna lay forever with you in the sunshine. kinda like the stars above do with the moonlight.
I want to lay in the sun with you forever, like the stars in the sky always stay with the moon at night.
you can pretend all you want to. but the truth is darling i love you.
You can pretend otherwise, but the truth is that I love you.
yeah it's true i can't get you out of my mind but i really don't mind.
It's true that I can't stop thinking about you, but I don't mind at all.
and i know it's getting kinda late.
I know it's getting late.
and i know you're not much on fairytale endings.
I know you're not one for fairy tale endings.
so i suppose we should save that for the story books.
I guess we should leave the fairy tale endings for story books.
and i know you're thinking boy you're crazy, but can you blame me for hoping this is only the beginning.
I know you might think I'm crazy, but can you really blame me for hoping that this is just the start of something great.
why don't we stay up all night just to watch the sunrise.
Let's stay up all night and watch the sunrise together.
why don't we say we're fine just to stay alive.
Let's pretend we're okay just to keep going and stay alive.
why don't we forget everything for this moment.
Let's forget everything else and just enjoy this moment.
why don't we wake up in the morning side by side, eye to eye
Let's wake up together in the morning, side by side and looking into each other's eyes.
Contributed by Kaylee K. Suggest a correction in the comments below.