I Woke Up With This Song in My Head This Morning
Bright Eyes Lyrics


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I woke up with this song in my head this morning
I woke up with this song in my head this morning
I was dreaming about your record collection
And all of our scratched affection
I woke up with this song in my head this morning

With no singing
There's no swinging too
There's no dancing
There's no missing you

I woke and put your record on this morning
I woke and put your record on this morning
So when the oven's hot
I'm gonna melt the plastic
Into an ashtray or candy basket
I woke up and put your record on this morning

With no singing
There's no swinging too
There's no dancing
There's no missing you

When you go
Will you glow
On and on and on and on?
When you go
Will you glow
On and on and on and on?

I woke up with this song in my head this morning
I woke up with this song in my head this morning
It made my head ache
It was that great
But now it's gone, and life is wonderful
You made my head ache
You were that great
But now you're gone, and life is wonderful

There's no singing
There's no swinging too
There's no dancing
There's no missing you

There's no screaming
There's no listening too
There's no scheming




There's no missing you
No missing you

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Bright Eyes's "I Woke Up With This Song in My Head This Morning" is about waking up and remembering an ex-lover. The singer is reminiscing about their past relationship with their ex-partner whom they still miss terribly. The song begins with the singer waking up with a song in his head that reminds him of his ex’s record collection that they both used to listen to. He talks about their “scratched affection,” which is most likely a metaphorical reference to something that was once beautiful is now marred and no longer perfect.


The singer then recalls putting on one of his ex-partner’s records, and melting the plastic into an ashtray or candy basket as a way of holding onto the memories they shared together. The lyrics suggest that he is holding onto these memories by breaking something beautiful, like the record, and transforming it into something else.


The chorus of the song seems to be the main message of the singer. Without his ex-partner, there is no singing, dancing, or swinging, but life is still wonderful. He acknowledges the pain that comes with missing someone, but the world moves on, and things get better. He ends the song on a note of acceptance, saying that there is no missing or clinging onto the past.


Some possible interpretations of the song could be that it’s about nostalgia, lost love, and the pain of letting go. The singer expresses how beautiful and great his relationship was while it lasted, but also how he had to face the reality of life after the relationship ended. The song's title emphasizes the idea of waking up with a song in your head, which can signify the hold that memories and emotions can have over us.


Line by Line Meaning

I woke up with this song in my head this morning
The singer woke up with a particular song in their head and became nostalgic.


I was dreaming about your record collection
The singer was dreaming about a person’s record collection.


And all of our scratched affection
The affection the singer had for someone is worn down and damaged.


With no singing There's no swinging too There's no dancing There's no missing you
Singing, swinging, dancing, and missing someone are all interconnected feelings.


I woke and put your record on this morning
The artist woke up and played someone's record to extend the feeling of nostalgia.


So when the oven's hot I'm gonna melt the plastic Into an ashtray or candy basket
The singer is willing to destroy the vinyl record to make something new and perhaps poetic.


When you go Will you glow On and on and on and on?
When someone leaves a significant impact on a person, they still think about them even after they’ve gone.


It made my head ache It was that great But now it's gone, and life is wonderful
The song and the feeling it brought caused the artist pain and pleasure, but ultimately relieved them of their pain.


There's no screaming There's no listening too There's no scheming There's no missing you No missing you
Screaming, listening, scheming, and missing all interconnect to make up parts of a relationship or how a person feels when they’ve lost that relationship.




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