“I Get No Joy” deals with the feeling of defeat and disillusionment you can have while overthinking about your struggles or simply after a bad argument, and the consequent and natural necessity to lash out.
Contrast is provided by the tones used on the verses and the bridge, where Jade’s voice is f...
[Verse 1]
Military march
In and out my head
Everything I did
Everything I said
Take you to the arch
For your happiness
Or spend it like a lark
Singing for nothing
[Chorus]
I get no joy
I get no joy
All the words my mother said
Can't seem to get them out my head
Everything becomes everything
You live, you learn, you love, you're dead
I get no joy
[Verse 2]
Together and apart
Do it all again
Right back to the start
Straight up to the end
I'm such a fool
Got everything and you
Yet my heart is so blue
I'm singing for nothing
[Chorus]
I get no joy
I get no joy
All the words my mother said
Can't seem to get them out my head
Everything becomes everything
You live, you learn, you love, you're dead
I get no joy
[Verse 3]
I swear that I don't pay attention
If I did, would intervention come to me in a dream?
Or is that just what the directors and the pills and
Other deflectors would have you believe?
Psychotic, hypnotic, erotic; which box is your thing?
Fact how many days a week do you feel
Electric, connected, unexpectedly affected?
What do you need?
What do you need?
[Chorus]
I get no joy
I get no joy
All the words my mother said
Can't seem to get them out my head
Everything becomes everything
You live, you learn, you love, you're dead
I get no joy
[Bridge]
I know the sun will shine
Another day, another time
I know the sun will shine
Another day, another time
I know the sun will shine
I know the sun will shine
Electric, connected, unexpectedly affected
What do you need?
What do you need?
[Chorus]
I get no joy
I get no joy
All the words my mother said
Can't seem to get them out my head
Everything becomes everything
You live, you learn, you love, you're dead
I get no joy
I get no joy
[Outro]
No joy
I Get No Joy was written by Jade Bird.
I Get No Joy was produced by David Baron & Simone Felice.
Jade Bird released I Get No Joy on Tue Jan 15 2019.
Jade Bird told The Line of Best Fit,
This song is about the stream of thought that runs through your head at all times as an over thinker. It’s about how that gets in the way of being present in the moment and ultimately “getting no joy” and about the frustration of everyone’s cliche of happiness n...
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