Country-rock band LANCO -- which stands for Lancaster & Company -- were for… Read Full Bio ↴Country-rock band LANCO -- which stands for Lancaster & Company -- were formed in 2013 by namesake and frontman Brandon Lancaster. Hailing from Georgia, Tennessee, and Kentucky, the quintet members included drummer Tripp Howell, guitarist Eric Steedly, keyboardist Jared Hampton, and bassist Chandler Baldwin. Crafting feel-good country anthems tinged with classic rock and blues edges, LANCO got their start after a chance meeting between Lancaster and producer Jay Joyce (Eric Church, Little Big Town) at a Keith Urban concert. Joyce signed LANCO to his publishing company and produced their eponymous debut EP. The band signed with Sony Music Nashville imprint Arista Nashville in late 2015. Their second EP, Extended Play, was released in early 2016. It contained three of the same songs as their debut, exchanging "High" for newer track and lead single "Long Live Tonight," a pop-infused country song with a Kings of Leon undercurrent. In 2017, their song "Greatest Love Story" was also featured as the theme for the Netflix series The Ranch, and this placement helped break the band, with the single reaching Billboard's Hot Country Songs Top Ten. Hallelujah Nights, the band's long-awaited full-length debut, appeared in January 2018.

High
Lanco Lyrics

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I was always a good time, looking for a place to happen.
I lose my head with no regrets,
not 'til the morning after.
Take a hit, take a sip, just a temporary fix.
Took awhile but I get it now.
Whatever got me high, was bound to bring me down.
But girl you make me fly.
Still haven't hit the ground.

I keep waiting on the crash and burn,
we're past the point of no return, now, this time around, I'm never coming down.
Before you, I was just getting through a
life I thought was livin' but you spoke my name
and took me away to a new dimension.
Another kiss from your lips, I ain't never felt like this,
took awhile but I get it now.
Whatever got me high was bound to bring me down.
But girl you make me fly, I still haven't hit the ground.
I keep waiting on the crash and burn,
we're past the point of no return now this time around,
I'm never coming down.
You take me up, up as high as I can go.
You make me feel high.
Whatever got me high was bound to bring me down,
but girl you make me fly.
I stilll haven't hit the ground.
No, no there won't be no crash and burn,
we're past the point of no return, now, this time around. I'm never coming down.

I'm never coming down, down, down.
I'm never coming down.

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of "High" by Lanco are about the euphoric feeling of being in love and how it makes you feel like you're on top of the world. The song basically describes how the singer had always been looking for a high, had been chasing it through partying, drinking, and taking drugs, but nothing had ever made him feel the way his girlfriend does now. She has taken him to a new dimension, where everything seems brighter and happier. They have reached the point of no return, and he never wants to come down from it.

The singer has finally found the happiness that he had been looking for, and he attributes it all to his girlfriend. He acknowledges that everything that made him feel high before was just a temporary fix and was bound to bring him down. But his girlfriend is different; she makes him feel like he's flying, and he has never felt this kind of happiness before. He is afraid that he might crash and burn, but he knows that with her, it won't happen.

Overall, "High" is a song about love that makes you feel like you're on top of the world, and nothing else can compare to it.

Line by Line Meaning

I was always a good time, looking for a place to happen.
I used to enjoy having a good time and was always searching for something exciting to happen.

I lose my head with no regrets, not 'til the morning after.
I tend to act impulsively and without regret until the consequences hit me the next day.

Take a hit, take a sip, just a temporary fix.
I sometimes turn to substances as a temporary solution to my problems.

Took awhile but I get it now. Whatever got me high, was bound to bring me down.
It took me some time, but now I understand that anything that causes me to feel high will eventually lead to a low.

But girl you make me fly. Still haven't hit the ground.
However, you, my love, make me feel like I'm flying and I have yet to hit rock bottom.

I keep waiting on the crash and burn, we're past the point of no return, now, this time around, I'm never coming down.
Even though I used to believe my soaring emotions would inevitably come crashing down, we've gone past the point of no return and I'm certain that I'll never come back down to earth.

Before you, I was just getting through a life I thought was livin' but you spoke my name and took me away to a new dimension.
Before I met you, my life felt lackluster and uneventful. But then you entered my life and took me to a new dimension of happiness and fulfillment.

Another kiss from your lips, I ain't never felt like this, took awhile but I get it now.
Whenever I kiss you, I feel an unparalleled sense of euphoria. It took me a while to understand it, but now I do.

You take me up, up as high as I can go. You make me feel high.
Being with you elevates me to new heights of happiness and contentment.

No, no there won't be no crash and burn, we're past the point of no return, now, this time around. I'm never coming down.
I know for certain that we won't experience a catastrophic fall because we've gone too far to turn back. I'll never come down from this love.

I'm never coming down, down, down. I'm never coming down.
I'll always stay up high with you by my side.

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