His second studio album, Bloom (2018), reached number three in Australia and number four on the Billboard 200 chart. Its lead single, "My My My!", became Sivan's second number-one single on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart. In 2020, his EP In a Dream was released.
As an actor, Sivan portrayed the younger Wolverine in X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) and starred as the titular character in the Spud film trilogy. In 2017, he became the youngest recipient to receive a GLAAD Stephen F. Kolzak Award. In 2018, he received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Original Song for "Revelation", from the film Boy Erased, in which he also had a supporting acting role. He has since starred in the film Three Months (2022) and the series The Idol (2023).
DKLA
Troye Sivan Lyrics
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Wrapped your body on my mind
Play it back and press rewind
To when you traced your fingers, drew my spine
Lost it's beat and so I find
Starve my heart of touch and time
I don't keep love around
So what do I do now?
I don't keep love around
What do I do now?
I don't keep love around, love around
Love around, love around
When we tried it, we were a fire with no smoke
Rags to riches but I'm addicted to being broken
Take my breath away, you know I'm bound to choke
When I close my eyes. I still see your ghost
So what do I do now?
I don't keep love around
So what do I do now?
I don't keep love around
What do I do now?
I don't keep love around, love around
Love around, love around
I don't keep love around
I don't keep love around
Ooh yeah, I don't keep love around
Love around
Love around
They can't stand, I handstand
Don't hold on right anymore
Pleased to meet you, I'm kinda moved
But that last one was my antidote
Green eyes, become green times
But there is no first or a last chance
They're telling me to turn down
'Cause I'm so lit, recall Flash Dance
Only A1 and I stay 1
And I'm counting out for that day when
Residuals become imminent
Because failure is not pivotal
They just be asking the same
Try switch it up, I switch lanes
No love in this world, I'm still sane
Right, because that's enough
When the light on and you don't keep love
'Distance makes the heart grow fonder'
Said by someone stronger than me
So what do I do now?
Do now?
So what do I do now?
I don't keep love around anymore
I don't keep love around anymore
I don't keep, I don't keep
Love around
The song DKLA by Troye Sivan is a musing on the fleeting nature of love, and the struggle of moving on from lost love. The opening lines express the way in which the subject of the song is consumed by thoughts of their former lover, unable to move on from the memories of the relationship - even as they know they should. The lyric "lost its beat and so I find / starve my heart of touch and time" suggests that the subject of the song is punishing themselves in some way, perhaps by holding onto the pain of the breakup.
The chorus of the song is an almost rhetorical question - "so what do I do now?" - which the subject of the song seems to be asking themselves. They know that they should move on, but they can't seem to shake the memories of the past. The bridge of the song is a kind of rap, in which Troye sings about the disorienting effect of trying to move on from love, and the way in which it can leave a person feeling ungrounded and unsure.
Overall, DKLA is a song that meditates on the way in which love can consume us and change us, even after it is gone. It is a song that acknowledges the difficulty of letting go, even as it encourages us to try to move forward.
Line by Line Meaning
Wrapped my thoughts around your mind
I thought about you constantly, wrapped up in the idea of you.
Wrapped your body on my mind
I was constantly thinking about your body, fantasizing about you.
Play it back and press rewind
I wish I could go back in time and relive the moments we shared together.
To when you traced your fingers, drew my spine
I remember the way you touched me, tracing your fingers down my spine.
Lost it's beat and so I find
My heart is broken and I can't seem to find a way to fix it.
Starve my heart of touch and time
I've been avoiding love and any kind of emotional connection, isolating myself from others.
So what do I do now?
I don't keep love around
So what do I do now?
I don't keep love around
What do I do now?
I don't keep love around, love around
Love around, love around
I've realized that I avoid love, but I don't know how to change my ways or open myself up to it.
When we tried it, we were a fire with no smoke
Our relationship was intense, but it lacked substance or meaning.
Rags to riches but I'm addicted to being broken
I may have gone from nothing to having everything, but I still feel broken and can't let go of that feeling.
Take my breath away, you know I'm bound to choke
You leave me breathless and overwhelmed by my feelings for you, to the point where it's suffocating.
When I close my eyes, I still see your ghost
Even though you're no longer with me, I can't escape thoughts of you and my memories of our time together.
I don't keep love around
I actively avoid committing to love or relationships in order to protect myself from getting hurt.
They can't stand, I handstand
Don't hold on right anymore
Pleased to meet you, I'm kinda moved
But that last one was my antidote
Green eyes, become green times
But there is no first or a last chance
They're telling me to turn down
'Cause I'm so lit, recall Flash Dance
Only A1 and I stay 1
And I'm counting out for that day when
Residuals become imminent
Because failure is not pivotal
They just be asking the same
Try switch it up, I switch lanes
No love in this world, I'm still sane
Right, because that's enough
When the light on and you don't keep love
These lines are somewhat abstract, but they convey a sense of resistance to conforming to societal expectations and a desire to be true to oneself, even if that means forgoing love.
'Distance makes the heart grow fonder'
Said by someone stronger than me
So what do I do now?
Do now?
So what do I do now?
I don't keep love around anymore
I don't keep love around anymore
I don't keep, I don't keep
Love around
The old adage of distance making the heart grow fonder suggests that there may be a way for me to overcome my issues with love, but I'm not sure how to do it and I'm still committed to avoiding it.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: Alex Hope, Alex Jia Lih Hiew, Jean Capotorto, Takudzwa Maidza, Troye Sivan Mellet, Alex Jia-Lih Hiew, Alexandra Hope Robotham, Jean-Christophe Lucas Capotorto, Takudzwa Victoria Rosa Maidza
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@AlexanderStewart
troye is amazing, he inspired me to do so much, i even started my own channel because of him!
@hienn68
This song is so underrated ! It's fucking amazing
@ram-vh7sn
i really enjoy your profile pic .
@limekisses8071
Underrated???? Whattttt!! & you are right this song is fucking amazing 🙌🙌
@wkw1333
+Kristina S that's why it is underrated. -.-
@Baronesz94
How can you say it's underrated when it came out this morning?
@hienn68
Gréta Lőrincz the EP dropped weeks ago ,love :)
@oresky03
"Distance makes the heart grow fonder said by someone stronger than me"
hit me right in the h e a r t
@zara.1212
same I felt physical pain
@caprianamcmurray818
Anyone else having a Troye Sivan marathon?