5 Seconds of Summer
5 Seconds of Summer
5 Seconds of Summer
5 Seconds of Summer
5 Seconds of Summer
5 Seconds of Summer
5 Seconds of Summer
5 Seconds of Summer
5 Seconds of Summer
5 Seconds of Summer
5 Seconds of Summer
5 Seconds of Summer
5 Seconds of Summer
5 Seconds of Summer
5 Seconds of Summer
[Intro: Luke]
Check, two
[Chorus: Luke]
I hope you think of me high
I hope you think of me highly
When you're with someone else
I know your friends all lie
I know your friends don't like me
They want you for themselves
[Verse 1: Luke]
Today, I called to tell you that I'm changin'
But I don't think you have enough respect to see me try
I've been wakin' up in different spaces
And I think that my heart is built to last more than a night
[Pre-Chorus: Luke & Calum]
I need to stop lettin' me down, down, down, down, down
I need to stop lettin' me down, down, down, down, down
[Chorus: Luke]
I hope you think of me high
I hope you think of me highly
When you're with someone else
I know your friends all lie
I know your friends don't like me
They want you for themselves
[Verse 2: Luke, All]
I know I'll never meet your expectations (Ah, ah)
But the picture that you paint of me looks better in your mind
Now, every step I take with hesitation (Ah, ah)
And I'll always miss the memories of the mornings we were high
[Pre-Chorus: Luke & Calum]
I need to stop lettin' me down, down, down, down, down
I need to stop lettin' me down, down, down, down, down
[Chorus: All]
I hope you think of me high
I hope you think of me highly
When you're with someone else
I know your friends all lie
I know your friends don't like me
They want you for themselves
[Post-Chorus: All]
Da-da-da, da-da-da-da-da
Da-da-da, ooh
When you're with someone else
Da-da-da, da-da-da-da-da
Da-da-da, ooh
They want you for themselves
[Outro: Luke]
I hope you think of me high
I hope you think of me highly
When you're with someone else
High was written by Louis Bell & watt & Ali Tamposi & Ashton Irwin & Calum Hood & Michael Clifford & Luke Hemmings.
High was produced by watt & Louis Bell.
5 Seconds of Summer released High on Fri Mar 27 2020.
Songwriting in itself is very selfish, and this song in particular, the lyric [“I hope you think of me high / I hope you think of me highly”] is very clever and very self-involved. I love the honesty. That’s why I wanted to close the album with it. I had these chords in my head; I really wanted a Be...
On a March 2021 Instagram livestream, drummer Ashton Irwin explained:
I think it’s a masterful song. We’re [The] Beatles fans, as everybody is, bless up The Beatles, we love you. This song was focused on a true old-school intention of writing a song.
On an interview with Ash London LIVE, Ashton Irwin said:
That’s a sad one, it’s about back and forth with someone, being wishy-washy and not working yourself out and ending up damaging the person you care about, which sucks. It’s also kind of a narcissistic song as well ‘cause it’s, like, “I hope y...
This song is a self-centered, almost narcissistic note to yourself. It paints the protagonist in a way that they play the victim, even though they’re the ones hurting someone else. It’s when you’re desperately holding on to hope, that even when you’re apart and not in the same city, that the person...