Drugs
Private Island Lyrics
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Who knew,
I'd even care at all but it's hard when all the oxygen leaves when you do
Your vibe is straight from a myth
A color new to exist
How'd you bend time and space?
Making life slower paced
This has to be more than just an emotion
Does love feel like you're running without your head?
Say it isn't so you're the part of me that plays on repeat,
For weeks
You're messing with my sleep, I can't tell if you some type of lucid dream, or real
You are the trip I let slip
Too deep into the abyss
How'd you bend time and space?
Making life slower paced
This has to be more than just an emotion
Does love feel like you're running without your head?
Please don't make me go
Please don't make me go
It would be fatal
Please don't make me go, please don't make me go back to real life
It could be fatal
Please don't make me go back to my mind
This has to be more than just an emotion
Does love feel like you're running without your head
Don't make me go
Don't make me go
It would be fatal
The song "Drugs" by Private Island is an introspective expression of the overwhelming feeling of love, infatuation, or addiction. The opening lines "Things won't be the same when you get up and walk out the room Who knew, I'd even care at all but it's hard when all the oxygen leaves when you do" depict a sense of attachment and dependency towards a person. It's clear that the persona is affected by this person's presence and feels a loss when they depart.
The following verse, "Your vibe is straight from a myth, A color new to exist, How'd you bend time and space? Making life slower paced," the persona is expressing an unconscious attraction to this person’s mysteriousness; they are infatuated with their aura, a mythical quality that seems to be alluring. The persona is entranced by the person's ability to make their reality a more beautiful and slower-paced world.
The chorus repeats the question, “Does love feel like you’re running without your head?" eventually acknowledging the fact that "this has to be more than just an emotion," this person is an addiction, a high that they can't quite shake off. The phrase "Please don't make me go back to real life, it could be fatal" suggests that if the persona is forced to abandon the feeling that the person evokes, they will fall into a depression or a sense of emptiness. The chorus' closing lines, "Don't make me go, Don't make me go, It would be fatal," implies that the persona is willing to risk everything to stay in this fantasy.
Line by Line Meaning
Things won't be the same when you get up and walk out the room
I feel your absence deeply when you leave, and it changes everything
Your vibe is straight from a myth
Your energy and presence seem magical and impossible
A color new to exist
Your aura is so unique and vibrant that it defies categorization
How'd you bend time and space?
You have the ability to transform reality just by being in it
Making life slower paced
The world seems to slow down and become more manageable with you around
This has to be more than just an emotion
This connection and feeling is deeper than just a passing feeling
Does love feel like you're running without your head?
Is it normal to feel lost and swept up by love?
Say it isn't so you're the part of me that plays on repeat, For weeks
I can't get you out of my head, and it's been consuming me
You're messing with my sleep, I can't tell if you some type of lucid dream, or real
You have me so infatuated that I can't distinguish reality from dreams
You are the trip I let slip
You are the adventure that I nearly missed or didn't appreciate fully
Too deep into the abyss
I am in too deep to easily extricate myself from this experience
Please don't make me go
I am begging you to stay with me and not leave me alone
It would be fatal
I fear that I cannot survive without your presence and love
Please don't make me go back to real life
I dread the thought of having to return to the monotony and mundanity of everyday life
Please don't make me go back to my mind
I don't want to return to a state of boredom or emptiness in my thoughts
Don't make me go
I am begging you to stay with me and not leave me alone
Contributed by Layla A. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
cool killer
Lyrics
Things won't be the same when you get up and walk out the room
Who knew,
I'd even care at all but it's hard when all the oxygen leaves when you do
Your vibe is straight from a myth
A color new to exist
How'd you bend time and space?
Making life slower paced
This has to be more than just an emotion
Does love feel like you're running without your head?
Say it isn't so you're the part of me that plays on repeat,
For weeks
You're messing with my sleep, I can't tell if you some type of lucid dream, or real
You are the trip I let slip
Too deep into the abyss
How'd you bend time and space?
Making life slower paced
This has to be more than just an emotion
Does love feel like you're running without your head?
Please don't make me go
Please don't make me go
It would be fatal
Please don't make me go, please don't make me go back to real life
It could be fatal
Please don't make me go back to my mind
This has to be more than just an emotion
Does love feel like you're running without your head
Don't make me go
Don't make me go
It would be fatal
cool killer
Lyrics
Things won't be the same when you get up and walk out the room
Who knew,
I'd even care at all but it's hard when all the oxygen leaves when you do
Your vibe is straight from a myth
A color new to exist
How'd you bend time and space?
Making life slower paced
This has to be more than just an emotion
Does love feel like you're running without your head?
Say it isn't so you're the part of me that plays on repeat,
For weeks
You're messing with my sleep, I can't tell if you some type of lucid dream, or real
You are the trip I let slip
Too deep into the abyss
How'd you bend time and space?
Making life slower paced
This has to be more than just an emotion
Does love feel like you're running without your head?
Please don't make me go
Please don't make me go
It would be fatal
Please don't make me go, please don't make me go back to real life
It could be fatal
Please don't make me go back to my mind
This has to be more than just an emotion
Does love feel like you're running without your head
Don't make me go
Don't make me go
It would be fatal
Mr Take-It-Easy
I love this song, it goes so well with the video in portraying teenage angst, which everyone goes through at one point.
Big up Private Island!! x
Charles Miles
How absolutely perfect is this song and music video? The realness and true relatable theme hits so close to home. 28 years old and hearing the line " please don't make me go back to real life " resonates in a way that I honestly can't put into words.
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Delphine Collard
I'm clearly responsible for all the streams of this song on spotify. So good.
Taveet Tabanian
I will call that bet sir
Scarlett McAdams
FUCK FINALLY you guys deserve more recognition ♥♥♥
Wade Brashear
So good! How have I never heard these guys before?!
Joey Enniss
Last minute of this song is hands down best thing my ear drums has ever processed, music video 10/10 as well.
Michael McGrath
....998 likes? Should easily hit 100k. I have played your music on repeat an entire week in the evening...I keep making people listen. Such a unique sound, killing it.