Clouds
Will Connolly Lyrics

Will Connolly's "Clouds" is a contemplative song that speaks of feeling disconnected from reality and living in a state of constant detachment. The opening lines of the song, "Dropped in a memory/A crash without sound/The hardware is invisible/Yet felt all around," paint an image of being lost in one's own thoughts and memories without being able to make sense of them. The following lines say "I'm as high as the clouds/My whole life in the clouds/I'm as high as the clouds/ And I'm never coming down," reaffirming a sense of disconnection from the world and living in a constant state of daydreaming.

The next verse talks of our quest to find peace and meaning in life, but ultimately coming up short, as the singer sings "One time I thought that peace/Was a wide open door/I swam in an endless sea/Till I saw phantom shores". This is followed again by the chorus that emphasizes the singer's detachment from reality: "I'm as high as the clouds/My whole life in the clouds/ I'm as high as the clouds/And I can't ever come down". The final verse shifts to a more personal focus on the singer's own emotions and how living in this detached state affects their life. The lines "I live half awake/I fall half asleep/I feel half the pain/And half the relief" portray a sense of numbness that comes from not fully engaging with one's own emotions. The song ends with a repeat of the chorus, one last time emphasizing the singer's detachment from the world and ultimately confirming that they will never "come down" from this state.