Ellie Lawson is an english independent Folk-Pop Singer Songwriter with her… Read Full Bio ↴Ellie Lawson is an english independent Folk-Pop Singer Songwriter with her own label Create Your Own Reality. She was previously signed to Atlantic records in USA and released her album exclusively with Barnes and Noble bookshops after an appearance on the Ellen DeGeneres show where Ellen championed the singer. Ellie is an Ambassador for the Clothing brand Quiksilver and having toured their shops in the UK and Ireland last year is working on a tour of European shops in 2012. Ellie is working on many side projects including a Dance album and has recently had a number 1 Beatport song with producers 4 Strings as well as a number 1 in the Music Week Cool Cuts chart with producer Richard Durand. She is due to release a new acoustic EP on November 15th 2011 with a song featured on the Music Week playlist called 'Lost Without You'. In March 2013 she released an eight-song EP entitled 'Resonate.'

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Gotta Get Up from Here
Ellie Lawson Lyrics

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Midnight here and I'm all alone again
Chain smoking and I'm in my bed
I just wanna disappear here inside of me
Ride out the hopelessness in my head

What you doing with your life you ask me
Baby you're not good enough for me
What's the matter with you, you keep asking

Can't you do better for me, better for me
Can't you do better for me better for me

Black hood up and I'm walking out the door
Head phones on and my beats up loud
Don't you wanna know how I'm truly feeling here
I don't think you do somehow
Who the hell do you think you are, you say
Don't you know that you've got no rights
While you're living under my roof you know
Dumb ba de doobe dad dumb dumb die die

There's a million reasons why I'm feeling down today
Still I wonder if I'll ever feel the same again
Seen a million situations should put me in my place
Guaranteed there's a million more yet to come up in my face

I've gotta change my ways
24 hour life crisis
Burning me up
Burning me inside
I've gotta find my way
24 hour life crisis
Burning me up burning me inside, I've

Gotta get up from here
Gotta get up from here
Gotta get up
I've gotta get up from here

Today and I'm taking control again
Patch on my arm in the bright sunlight
There's no way that I'm gonna go under now
Plenty of ways to make a wrong right
No more negative thinking around me
I don't wanna live my life that way
There's too many good people to compensate
All the energy lost
All my energy

There's a million reasons why I'm feeling down today
Still I wonder if I'll ever feel the same again
Seen a million situations should put me in my place
Guaranteed there's a million more yet to blow up in my face

I've gotta change my ways
24 hour life crisis

Burning me up
Burning me inside
I've gotta find my way
24 hour life crisis
Burning me up burning me inside, I've

Gotta get up from here
Gotta get up from here

Gotta get up
I've gotta get up from here

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Ellie Lawson's song "Gotta Get Up from Here" convey the feelings of hopelessness and despair, as well as the need for a change. The opening lines describe a lonely night, where the singer is chain-smoking in bed, wishing to disappear inside herself to ride out the hopelessness in her head. The next lines depict someone else questioning her life choices and asking her to do better, making her feel inadequate. She puts on her black hood and walks out, preferring to listen to her music rather than engage with the person who is bringing her down. The verses repeat the same sentiments of feeling down and hopeless, but there is a marked shift in the last verse, where the singer decides to take control of her life once again. She puts on a patch on her arm in the bright sunlight, signaling the start of a new day and a new attitude. She refuses to think negatively and instead focuses on the good people in her life and the positive energy she can draw from them. The chorus depicts this transition as well, with the repeated plea to "get up from here" and to keep striving towards a better life.

Overall, the song is about overcoming self-doubt and the negativity of others to find strength within oneself. The singer goes through a 24-hour life crisis, but ultimately emerges stronger and more empowered through her decision to change her ways.

Line by Line Meaning

Midnight here and I'm all alone again
It's midnight and I am by myself once again

Chain smoking and I'm in my bed
I'm smoking a lot and lying in bed

I just wanna disappear here inside of me
I wish to isolate myself from everyone and delve deeper into my own thoughts

Ride out the hopelessness in my head
I want to overcome the feeling of despair that I have in my head

What you doing with your life you ask me
You're questioning my purpose in life

Baby you're not good enough for me
You don't think I am good enough for you

What's the matter with you, you keep asking
You keep asking me what's wrong with me

Can't you do better for me, better for me
You wish for me to be better for you

Black hood up and I'm walking out the door
I'm wearing a black hoodie and leaving the house

Head phones on and my beats up loud
I have my headphones on and the music is playing loudly

Don't you wanna know how I'm truly feeling here
Do you really care about how I am feeling right now?

I don't think you do somehow
I don't believe you do

Who the hell do you think you are, you say
You are saying this in a confrontational way

Don't you know that you've got no rights
You don't have any right to do something

While you're living under my roof you know
You are staying at my house

Dumb ba de doobe dad dumb dumb die die
This doesn't have any particular meaning

There's a million reasons why I'm feeling down today
There are various reasons why I feel sad today

Still I wonder if I'll ever feel the same again
Despite this, I wonder if I will ever feel the same way again

Seen a million situations should put me in my place
I have experienced countless situations that should humble me

Guaranteed there's a million more yet to come up in my face
I know that there will be countless more difficult situations that I will have to encounter

I've gotta change my ways
I need to change my habits to improve my life

24 hour life crisis
This is a crisis that lasts for a full day

Burning me up
I feel very passionate and intense

Burning me inside
I feel very passionate inside

I've gotta find my way
I need to find my path in life

Gotta get up from here
I have to get up and move forward

Today and I'm taking control again
Today, I am taking back control of my life

Patch on my arm in the bright sunlight
I have a patch on my arm, and it's sunny outside

There's no way that I'm gonna go under now
I am not going to fail now

Plenty of ways to make a wrong right
There are many ways to turn something bad into something good

No more negative thinking around me
I don't want any negative energy or thoughts around me

I don't wanna live my life that way
I don't want to live my life with negative thoughts and energy