“Happy Unhappy” is about having a crush on somebody.
Your life is fine and normal until you meet that one person that sends you spiralling, they shake up your world and you don’t know what to do, they’re always on your mind from when you wake up until you go to sleep.
[Verse 1]
I was higher than a biplane
Then you hit me like a hurricane
I bailed out, hit the ground
Washed up in a storm drain
Stumbled up the driveway
With a handshake and a slow wave
Now I'm crashed out on the couch
Wondering if you feel the same
[Pre-Chorus]
'Cause you're in my brain taking up space I need
For remembering pins and to take out the bins
And that one particular film that that actor was in
I see your face superimposed over everything
It ain't right (It ain't right, it ain't right)
[Chorus]
'Cause I was fine on my own
Tolling steady like a dial tone
Couldn’t you leave me?
I was happy unhappy
But now I'm overthrown
Wish my heart were really made of stone
And I could forget you
Like I really want to
[Verse 2]
I was living with your spare change
In the pocket of your cutaways
And I get so spent
Waiting on your lunch break
Broke every window pane
So I can feel the cold rain
When I lie in bed catching death
Trying to wash it all away
[Pre-Chorus 2]
'Cause you're in my brain taking up space I need
For delivering lies and suppressing the sighs
And for navigating escape when I get lost in your eyes
It's taking up all of my time just to keep it in line
It ain't right (It ain't right, it ain't right)
[Chorus]
'Cause I was fine on my own
Tolling steady like a dial tone
Couldn’t you leave me?
I was happy unhappy
But now I'm overthrown
Wish my heart were really made of stone
And I could forget you
Like I really want to
[Chorus]
I was fine on my own
Tolling steady like a dial tone
Couldn’t you leave me?
I was happy unhappy
But now I'm overthrown
Wish my heart were really made of stone
And I could forget you
Like I really want to
[Outro]
I could forget you
I could forget you
I could forget you
Happy Unhappy was written by Elizabeth Stokes.
Happy Unhappy was produced by Jonathan Pearce.
The Beths released Happy Unhappy on Tue Jun 05 2018.