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Jamie T Lyrics

Wrapped in cling film, staying til the morning
Staying overnight with someone, possibly for sex, while wrapped in cling film.

Working in a shop off New Bond Street
Employed in a retail shop located off New Bond Street, a fashionable area of London.

Lived in your building high up on the ceiling
A figurative way of saying that someone lived in the same building but on a different floor than the singer.

When she rushed the floorboards creaked
The sound of someone else walking on the floorboards was a sign of someone else living nearby.

Lost in this town, haunting girl
Feeling lost and haunted by a girl in this town.

Your calling up my friends
Someone is contacting the singer's friends to try and find out where they've been.

Try to find out where I've been
Someone is attempting to discover the singer's whereabouts and activities.

I'm a holding, holding again
The artist feels trapped and unable to escape their current situation.

Gave money to the man he put a bag in my hand
The artist purchased a bag of drugs from someone with whom they felt familiar.

Said son don't you understand
The dealer tried to impart some sense of caution or wisdom on the artist.

This isn't the way out this is the way in
Using drugs won't help the singer escape their problems and is instead a way of getting further entangled in them.

Your doubling your troubling
The more the artist uses drugs, the more their problems will increase.

Three hundred, three hundred and sixty-eight
Refers to the amount of fluid (possibly alcohol or drugs) consumed.

Milliliters down
The fluid has been consumed and is now in the singer's system.

Where you come from, where you at Jack
Asking about Jack's background and current situation.

Is it the clothes, the bullet holes or the shit up your nose
Questioning Jack's appearance and habits, potentially related to drug use or violence.

That makes your body contort like that
Wondering why Jack's body moves in a strange way.

Like a Denmark Street thief feeding the crack
Comparing Jack to a thief who is addicted to crack cocaine.

They cut the paws off the boar for the fractured jaw
Refers to some cruel or unnecessary action taken against an animal.

That was given to the government tax
Suggesting the government is responsible for or profiting from the cruel treatment of animals.

Way back then when Maggie-aggie-aggie
Referencing former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, known by the nickname 'Maggie'.

Always made em sad but she never made em happy
Thatcher's policies may have caused hardship for many people, but did little to improve their overall wellbeing or happiness.

I was lost, weak, bleak in the street
Feeling lost and powerless while outside in a public area.

Knocked me off of my feet
Something or someone caused the artist to become emotionally overwhelmed or physically unstable.

Hanging round with the people I should never meet
Spending time with people who are bad influences on the singer.

I'll always believe that the air that we breathe
The singer has a particular and strongly held belief regarding the quality of air.

Will choke our lungs and clog up our arteries
The singer believes that the air is toxic and has harmful health effects.

And now, I'm down on my knees take it up on the police
The artist is in a desperate position and may need to turn to the police for help or protection.

Take it down for a man did a call the police
Someone else called the police and the artist is potentially recounting the story.

And I'm up now, sitting in the gutter
The singer has experienced a change of fortunes and is now in a lowly or dire situation.

Rolling back down if I had to cover upper
The singer's current position is precarious and they may easily fall even further.

While the neighbors are swapping infections
Suggests a feeling of being surrounded by people who are untrustworthy or unhealthy.

Ken and Jimmy had a spin and went mad and got sectioned
Two people named Ken and Jimmy did something that resulted in them being sent to a mental institution.

I was outside trying to shotgun a ride off a guy
The artist was attempting to hitch a ride with someone, possibly without reputable intentions.

Who like I has no sense of direction
The person with whom the singer is trying to get a ride is also directionally challenged.

Tension is building in a white heart pub
There is a confrontational or scary situation happening in a pub named 'White Heart'.

By the time we drove by the floor's covered in blood
Suggests that violence or danger was taking place near the singer while they were travelling past in a car.

Man next to me said oh, fucking much just throw them cunts
A stranger or acquaintance made a violent or aggressive remark in front of the singer.

Fore I fell in love with a brunette rough neck
The singer developed romantic feelings for a woman who is tough and possibly involved in crime or violence.

Fits like a glove, kept me back down
Being with this woman is comfortable for the artist, but also keeps them in a bad place in life.

When I came back up
The artist had previously fallen into a bad situation, but has now returned to a better place.

When my feet hit the ground man, I started to run
The singer is making a decisive move to escape their problems and move forward.

And since that day that's all that I've done
The singer has been working hard to improve their life and maintain their progress ever since that moment of decisiveness.

It's the only way that you're getting out
Leaving a negative situation is necessary, but not easy.

If you hang around boys round here they'll bring you down
Being in the wrong company can have negative consequences and hold you back.