It Ain't Me
Kygo & Selena Gomez Lyrics
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We were sipping whiskey neat
Highest floor, The Bowery
Nowhere's high enough
Somewhere along the lines
We stopped seeing eye to eye
You were staying out all night
And I had enough
No, I don't wanna know
Where you been or where you're goin'
But I know I won't be home
And you'll be on your own
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning?
Who's gonna rock you when the sun won't let you sleep?
Who's waking up to drive you home when you're drunk and all alone?
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning?
It ain't me (The Bowery, whiskey neat, grateful, I'm so grateful)
It ain't me (The Bowery, whiskey neat, grateful, I'm so grateful)
It ain't me (The Bowery, whiskey neat, grateful, I'm so grateful)
It ain't me (The Bowery, whiskey neat, grateful, I'm so grateful)
It ain't me
I had a dream
We were back to seventeen
Summer nights and The Libertines
Never growing up
I'll take with me
The Polaroids and the memories
But you know I'm gonna leave
Behind the worst of us
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning?
Who's gonna rock you when the sun won't let you sleep?
Who's waking up to drive you home when you're drunk and all alone?
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning?
It ain't me, no, no
It ain't me, no, no
It ain't me, no, no
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning?
It ain't me (The Bowery, whiskey neat, grateful, I'm so grateful)
It ain't me (The Bowery)
It ain't me (grateful, I'm so grateful)
Ah, ooh (The Bowery, whiskey neat)
Ah, ooh (grateful, I'm so grateful)
It ain't me (The Bowery, whiskey neat)
Ah, ooh (grateful, I'm so grateful)
It ain't me (The Bowery, whiskey neat, grateful, I'm so grateful)
It ain't me
Na, na, na, na, na, Bowery
Na, na, na, na, na, whiskey neat
(Grateful, I'm so grateful)
It ain't me
In "It Ain't Me" by Kygo and Selena Gomez, the singer expresses how she can no longer be there to support her partner who has been staying out late and partying all night when she's had enough. The lyrics describe how the relationship has changed, as the two of them are no longer on the same page. Despite not wanting to know where the partner has been or where they're going, the singer ultimately must leave her partner behind, refusing to be someone who enables their indulgent habits. The chorus asks who will be there to take care of her partner when she's gone; someone to guide them through the dark side of the morning, to comfort them when the sun won't let them sleep, and to drive them home when they're drunk and alone. The song concludes with the singer ultimately acknowledging that it can't be her who does all of these things anymore.
The lyrics in "It Ain't Me" discuss a common theme of personal growth, where one must learn to leave behind relationships and habits that no longer serve them. This is specifically highlighted in the line "I'll take with me the Polaroids and the memories, but you know I'm gonna leave behind the worst of us." The song is ultimately about letting go of the past, and moving towards a brighter future, despite the pain and loneliness that might come with it.
Line by Line Meaning
I had a dream
I dreamt of a past when we were happy together
We were sipping whiskey neat
We were in a fancy bar, drinking whiskey without any mixer
Highest floor, The Bowery
We were on the highest floor of a building located at The Bowery street in New York City
Nowhere's high enough
Our relationship was at its peak and couldn't go any higher
Somewhere along the lines
At some point in our relationship
We stopped seeing eye to eye
We no longer agreed or understood each other
You were staying out all night
You were going out and not coming back until the morning
And I had enough
I reached the limit of what I could take
No, I don't wanna know
I don't care to find out
Where you been or where you're goin'
What you've been doing or where you're heading doesn't matter to me
But I know I won't be home
I won't be there waiting for you at home
And you'll be on your own
You'll have to face things by yourself
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning?
Who will be there to provide comfort and support when you're in a dark place in the early morning?
Who's gonna rock you when the sun won't let you sleep?
Who will soothe you when you cannot sleep because the sun is shining too brightly?
Who's waking up to drive you home when you're drunk and all alone?
Who will bring you home safely when you're drunk and alone in the middle of the night?
It ain't me
I'm not the one who will take care of you anymore
I had a dream
Another dream of nostalgia and happier times
We were back to seventeen
We were young and carefree, without the troubles of adulthood
Summer nights and The Libertines
We enjoyed summer evenings while listening to music by The Libertines
Never growing up
We wished to stay young and free forever
I'll take with me
I will keep and cherish
The Polaroids and the memories
The photographs and the moments we shared together
But you know I'm gonna leave
You're aware that I'll move on and leave our past behind
Behind the worst of us
I will leave behind the worst parts of our relationship
It ain't me
Once again, I'm not the one who will be there for you
Na, na, na, na, na, Bowery
A chorus sung to the melody of The Beatles' song 'Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da'
Na, na, na, na, na, whiskey neat
Another chorus sung to the same melody
(Grateful, I'm so grateful)
A phrase added to express gratitude towards the good memories
It ain't me
A final confirmation that it will not be me who will be there for you
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Peermusic Publishing, Reservoir Media Management, Inc., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Alexandra Leah Tamposi, Andrew Wotman, Brian D Lee, Kyrre Gorvell-Dahll, Selena Marie Gomez
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@xm377Moyocoyatzin
It was the girl who died... In case nobody figured that out. The lyrics point to the fact that she is not there, she's gone, i.e. dead. What hinted her death? She is not seen here: 0:15 she is completely unscathed here 0:36 after showing all the damage he sustained, notice her hands don't even have so much as a scratch, and then her obvious absence at the end.
He sees her while he's in limbo between life and death because she is already on the other side, looking over him on his bedside which is where we the audience also sees her like a sort of angel watching over him, she tries to keep him away from the light, away from crossing unto the other side and unto death, she does this through care and song so that he doesn't cross unto death as well. He sees her in his dreams and we see her on his bedside because she has transcended, she's moved on, she has died. The symbolism of the butterfly is change, metamorphosis. The caterpillar that becomes a butterfly, she is in a different state of being now. She lives only in his memory.
Metasymbolically both the lyrics and the video point to her absence. She is gone, and the void left by her absence is akin to her having died because in either case she is gone.
But I know I won't be home
And you'll be on your own
The lyrics alone talk about her leaving him. But the video plays with the idea of her leaving has the same impact as her dying and being forever gone from his life.
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Upon request for more details I wrote the following in a response to another user but I will post it here for all to see:
1. 0:30 When the paramedics shock his heart back to life his consciousness awakens but in another realm, in another state of consciousness.
2. 0:40 He starts to walk towards the light at the end of the tunnel, about to cross to the other side himself.
3. 0:43 The doctor shines a light into his eye, in medical science this is a procedure in order to see if there is brain activity, to see if he's still there and not brain dead. He then sees another light up in the sky, as if the light the doctor shines in his eyes beckons his consciousness.
4. 0:45 This is another light, a new light above instead of ahead as when he was in the tunnel. Notice he is not standing on the tunnel anymore, he is on a road. A road symbolizes a path and a choice: does he keep going or does he take the road back to where he came?
5. Notice that up to this point the colors of both lights are hues of blue which is a cold color.
6. 0:49 Also note that at this precise moment is when the lyrics say "Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning?" What does that tell you? The female vocals in tandem with the video speak of her being there for him both in life and in death, it's a double entendre. It means she is physically there to care for him through the night as well as her being there to care and walk with him through the "night" of consciousness, a metaphor for the limbo he is in between life and death at this point.
7. The color scheme here then cuts from cold blue to warm orange and yellows. She is tending to him while the morning light shines in and in the next scene we see him in a forest full of candles. The color is warmer, the forest is a symbol of the unconscious and the light of the candles may symbolize the warm and illuminating memories of happier times with her. Her spirit is warm and nurturing to his physical body and thus he is in a forest of memory with warm lights from those memories of her.
8. 1:00 to 1:06 We see a sequence of her in the physical world looking after him, we see for a very brief moment that she speaks to the doctor, could she be whispering thoughts into his own mind? Giving the doctor insight into how best to treat his broken body?
9. 1:07 In this very next scene notice the cold blue hue creeps back as he is going into the CT machine, notice that she isn't there, without her presence and without her warmth the cold returns.
10. 1:10 He's no longer standing in a road, he is now in an opening in the middle of a field, possibly lost or stuck, looking down without any sense of will or resolve.
11. 1:13 He is back in that cold tunnel, staring ahead into the light, his expression is not passive anymore, he has some expressed emotion which can either be surprise, shock, or longing.Whichever the case, he can feel again, he's not a passive vegetable.
12. 1:16 She comes from the light at the end of the tunnel. She came from the other side and runs towards him. She appears happy to see him but more than that, she walks around him looking him up and down as if assessing him the way a nurse looks up a patient. She then hugs him apparently happy to commune with him after only tending to his body and not being able to actually talk to commune with him. This is all happening while he is under the CT scanner, could she be probing his brain so the doctors can see his neurological progress?
13. 1:35 All those cold blue lights dangling in the dark could certainly be interpreted to be brain synapses or possibly the tangled mess of colder bad memories as opposed to the warmer lights in the forest, and she appears to be dancing and walking amongst them.
14. 1:51 We then see him walking from amongst the blue lights and back into that forest where now we see her
15. 2:03 She is covered in butterflies: The symbol of metamorphosis and change. Specifically she pulls one out of her mouth, symbolizing that she is causing change by vocalizing it, by uttering an influence unto his mind that will compel him to change or transform. She is communicating change.
16. 2:22 She appears stressed, sad, depressed and frustrated. Perhaps because they have both been dwelling in this happy limbo but without any progress.
17. 2:27 Her body language here appears to mean that she is about to make a hard decision, maybe she is saddened that when he gets well she will no longer be able to be with him. And the longer she dwells with him in his mind and rejoicing in all those memories together he will stay stuck in that happy limbo a prisoner inside his own head wishing to keep re-living those memories with her.
18. 2:41 She is literally wearing a happy face. She wants to guide him back to the world of the living by showing him that there is also joy in life. He can only come back if he wants to, she then guides him back to life through song and dance the two most universal symbols of joy and happiness.
19. Her happy rhythm has an effect on him, he starts to walk away from the light, actually dancing away from it.
20. 3:07 She puts the song on his head
21. 3:12 appears to be saying her last goodbye
22. Notice that all the colors of the spectrum now fluctuate. Again, symbolizing an alert happiness, zest, when something is colorful it is a manner of saying it is alive, vibrant, and joyful.
23. 3:25 Her influence even gets the doctor to dance, gets him in a rhythm, he can hear her song, in his mind anyway on some unconscious level perhaps. She may have been influencing the doctors as well so that he can know the right things to do in order to save him and bring him back to health.
24. 3:43 One final kiss in both worlds he's in. Finally saying goodbye.
25. 3:46 He wakes up. A butterfly by his mouth where she kissed him in the next world, then when the scene backs away the butterfly is on his forehead where she also kissed him as she was nurturing him. It is one thing to be so romantically involved but the fact that the kiss reverberates twice - once on the forehead and once in the mouth simultaneously - demonstrates her deep affection, devotion, and love for him.
He wasn't just a boyfriend, he mattered to her, she loved him, truly loved him, even coming back from death to keep caring for him. There is still a ton of symbolism but I just wanted to point out the most obvious ones here to add more detail to my original comment and show why I came to that conclusion.
@mansinigam7272
I had a dream
We were sipping whiskey neat
Highest floor, The Bowery
Nowhere's high enough
Somewhere along the lines
We stopped seeing eye to eye
You were staying out all night
And I had enough
No, I don't wanna know
Where you been or where you're goin'
But I know I won't be home
And you'll be on your own
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning?
Who's gonna rock you when the sun won't let you sleep?
Who's waking up to drive you home when you're drunk and all alone?
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning?
It ain't me (The Bowery, whiskey neat, grateful, I'm so grateful)
It ain't me (The Bowery, whiskey neat, grateful, I'm so grateful)
It ain't me (The Bowery, whiskey neat, grateful, I'm so grateful)
It ain't me (The Bowery, whiskey neat, grateful, I'm so grateful)
It ain't me
I had a dream
We were back to seventeen
Summer nights and The Libertines
Never growing up
I'll take with me
The Polaroids and the memories
But you know I'm gonna leave
Behind the worst of us
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning?
Who's gonna rock you when the sun won't let you sleep?
Who's waking up to drive you home when you're drunk and all alone?
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning?
It ain't me, no, no
It ain't me, no, no
It ain't me, no, no
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning?
It ain't me
It ain't me
It ain't me, ah, ah
It ain't me (The Bowery, whiskey neat, grateful, I'm so grateful)
It ain't me (The Bowery, whiskey neat, grateful, I'm so grateful)
It ain't me (The Bowery, whiskey neat, grateful, I'm so grateful)
It ain't me
❤❤❤❤
@masitarachmawati
[Intro: Selena Gomez]
I had a dream
We were sipping whiskey neat
Highest floor, The Bowery
And I was high enough
[Verse 1: Selena Gomez]
Somewhere along the lines
We stopped seeing eye to eye
You were staying out all night
And I had enough
[Pre-Chorus: Selena Gomez]
No, I don't wanna know
Where you been or where you're goin'
But I know I won't be home
And you'll be on your own
[Chorus: Selena Gomez]
Who's gonna walk you
Through the dark side of the morning?
Who's gonna rock you
When the sun won't let you sleep?
Who's waking up to drive you home
When you're drunk and all alone?
Who's gonna walk you
Through the dark side of the morning?
[Drop: Selena Gomez & Kygo]
It ain't me
The Bowery, whiskey neat, grateful, I'm so grateful
It ain't me
The Bowery, whiskey neat, grateful, I'm so grateful
It ain't me
The Bowery, whiskey neat, grateful, I'm so grateful
It ain't me
The Bowery, whiskey neat, grateful, I'm so grateful
It ain't me
[Verse 2: Selena Gomez]
I had a dream
We were back to seventeen
Summer nights and The Libertines
Never growing up
[Pre-Chorus: Selena Gomez]
I'll take with me
The polaroids and the memories
But you know I'm gonna leave
Behind the worst of us
[Chorus: Selena Gomez]
Who's gonna walk you
Through the dark side of the morning?
Who's gonna rock you
When the sun won't let you sleep?
Who's waking up to drive you home
When you're drunk and all alone?
Who's gonna walk you
Through the dark side of the morning?
[Drop: Selena Gomez & Kygo]
It ain't me, no no
It ain't me, no no
It ain't me, no no
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning?
It ain't me
The Bowery, whiskey neat, grateful, I'm so grateful
It ain't me
The Bowery, whiskey neat, grateful, I'm so grateful
It ain't me
The Bowery, whiskey neat, grateful, I'm so grateful
It ain't me
The Bowery, whiskey neat, grateful, I'm so grateful
It ain't me
The Bowery, whiskey neat, grateful, I'm so grateful
It ain't me
The Bowery, whiskey neat, grateful, I'm so grateful
It ain't me
@Luke-jx8ns
She died in the accident. It's her soul that stays with him. That is why she is not in the final scene when he wakes up from his coma. She is the butterfly.
@johndavies7669
So deep bruh 😭
@alanrichgomez9866
why did you say it: ((((
@marlonpoletto3278
Onwwwwwwwwwwww 🥲😢
@aegis062
well in everyone's head he passed away and we all married her! XD
@frankkiwanuka8350
@Abir hasan bad
@karmaexists3541
Director: Who's gonna be in this video?
Selena: It ain't me.
@zet9207
“Next” video
@thanushka2648
Lol
@MariamAhmed-lb2ep
LOL