Loud Places
Jamie xx Lyrics


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I go to loud places to search for someone
To be quiet with who will take me home
You go to loud places to find someone who
Will take you higher than I took you
Didn't I take you to higher places you can't reach without me?
Reach without me?

I feel music in your heights
I have never reached such heights

I go to those places where we used to go
They seem so quiet now
I'm here, all alone
You go to new places with I don't know who
And I don't know how to follow you

Higher
I take you higher and I'll take you
Didn't I take you higher?
I take you higher
I take you higher and I take you
Didn't I take you higher?
Didn't I take you to higher places you can't reach without me?
Reach without me

I feel music in your heights
I have never reached such heights
Oh
I feel music in your heights
I have never reached such heights

I feel music in your heights
I have never reached such heights
You're in ecstasy without me




When you come down
I won't be around

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Jamie xx's "Loud Places" describe two people who are not on the same page in their relationship. One person goes to loud places to search for someone to be quiet with and take home, while the other person goes to loud places to find someone who will take them higher than the first person did. The first person questions if they did not take the second person to higher places that they cannot reach without them, and expresses their feelings of sadness and loneliness now that they are alone. The second person seems to have moved on and is experiencing ecstasy without the first person, but the first person knows they will not be around when the second person comes down from their high.


The song's chorus "Didn't I take you to higher places you can't reach without me?" speaks to the idea that there are experiences that can only be shared with certain people, and that the first person feels like they had a special connection with the second person that they will not be able to find with anyone else. The verses contrast this feeling of closeness with the distance that has developed between the two people, as they go to different places and are with different people.


Overall, the song is about longing for someone who is no longer there, and the feeling of loneliness when you can't share the same experiences with someone else that you once did with them.


Line by Line Meaning

I go to loud places to search for someone
I visit crowded places to look for someone


To be quiet with who will take me home
To find someone with whom I can relax and who will take me back home


You go to loud places to find someone who
You go to noisy places to search for someone who


Will take you higher than I took you
Will uplift you beyond the level I have


Didn't I take you to higher places you can't reach without me?
Have not I already taken you to levels you cannot achieve without me?


Reach without me?
Can you attain the same level without me?


I feel music in your heights
I sense music in your elevated state


I have never reached such heights
I have not experienced such an elevated state


I go to those places where we used to go
I go to the same locations we had visited earlier


They seem so quiet now
These locations appear peaceable now


I'm here, all alone
I am present here, all by myself


You go to new places with I don't know who
You go to unknown locations with someone I am not aware of


And I don't know how to follow you
And I am clueless about how to catch up with you


Higher
Uplifted


I take you higher and I'll take you
I uplift you and I will continue to do so


Didn't I take you higher?
Have I not elevated you?


I take you higher
I uplift you


I take you higher and I take you
I uplift you and I keep on doing so


Didn't I take you higher?
Have I not uplifted you?


Didn't I take you to higher places you can't reach without me?
Have I not elevated you to a level that you cannot achieve without me?


Reach without me
Achieve without me


I feel music in your heights
I sense music in your elevated state


I have never reached such heights
I have not experienced such an elevated state


Oh
An expression of realization


You're in ecstasy without me
You are in a state of overwhelming delight without me


When you come down
After you return to normal


I won't be around
I will not be present




Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, THE MUSIC GOES ROUND, Peermusic Publishing
Written by: Rick Nowels, Romy Madley Croft, David Matthews, Jamie Smith, Tony Sarafino

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Lyrics

I go to loud places
To search for someone
To be quiet with
Who will take me home
You go to loud places
To find someone who
Will take you higher than
I took you

Didn't I take you to higher places you can't reach without me?
(I have never reached such heights) Reach without me
(I feel music in your eyes
I have never reached such heights)

I go to those places
Where we used to go
They seem so quiet now
I'm here, all alone
You go to new places
With I don't know who
And I don't know how
To follow you

Higher
I take you higher and I’ll take you
Didn’t I take you higher?
I take you higher
I take you higher and I take you
Didn’t I take you higher?
I take you

Didn't I take you to higher places you can't reach without me?
(I have never reached such heights) Reach without me
(I feel music in your eyes
I have never reached such heights)

I feel music in your eyes
I have never reached such heights
I feel music in your eyes
I have never reached such heights

You're in ecstasy without me
When you come down
I won't be around



@ElCorazondeLosLibros

I go to loud places
To search for someone
To be quiet with
Who will take me home
You go to loud places
To find someone who
Will take you higher than
I took you

Didn't I take you to higher places you can't reach without me?
(I have never reached such heights) Reach without me
(I feel music in your eyes
I have never reached such heights)

I go to those places
Where we used to go
They seem so quiet now
I'm here, all alone
You go to new places
With I don't know who
And I don't know how
To follow you

Higher
I take you higher and I’ll take you
Didn’t I take you higher?
I take you higher
I take you higher and I take you
Didn’t I take you higher?
I take you

Didn't I take you to higher places you can't reach without me?
(I have never reached such heights) Reach without me
(I feel music in your eyes
I have never reached such heights)

I feel music in your eyes
I have never reached such heights
I feel music in your eyes
I have never reached such heights

You're in ecstasy without me
When you come down
I won't be around



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@PositiveEnergyPodcast

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Me too.. bottle plink noise..

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@alexanderlaver8800

My geography teacher played this in class because we asked her to put her favourite song and to this day I still love it and it just gives me such nostalgia!! She was so lovely and just made geography amazing!! I'll forever love this song

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beautiful story

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You have amazing teacher

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