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“It’s Not Living (If It’s Not with You)” is an upbeat song that depicts Matty Healy’s struggle with heroin addiction. It is similar to how “UGH!” from The 1975’s second album discussed Healy’s cocaine addiction. The juxtaposition of the upbeat, pop melody with the deeper, sadder undertone of the ly...
[Verse 1]
Danny ran into some complications
He falls asleep during conversations
He's gotta search the street when he's on vacation
The worst thing is that I'm in the same situation
[Chorus]
And all I do is sit and think about you
If I knew what you'd do
Collapse my veins, wearing beautiful shoes
It's not living if it's not with you
[Verse 2]
And Danny says we're living in a simulation
But he works in a petrol station (Selling petrol)
He says it all began with his operation
And I know you think you're sly, but you need some imagination
[Chorus]
And all I do is sit and think about you
If I knew what you'd do
Collapse my veins, wearing beautiful shoes
It's not living if it's not with you
All I do is sit and drink without you
If I choose, then I lose
Distract my brain from the terrible news
It's not living if it's not with you
[Bridge]
I can't stop sweating or control my feet
Got a twenty-stone monkey that I just can't beat
I can stage a situation, but I just can't eat
And there's a feeling, you're replacing embrace
[Chorus]
It's true that all I do is sit and think about you
If I knew what you'd do
Collapse my veins, wearing beautiful shoes
It's not living if it's not with you
All I do is sit and drink without you
If I choose, then I lose
Distract my brain from the terrible news
It's not living if it's not with you
[Outro]
Oh, and Johnny got a job in a bank, I think
And he spent the time trying to pack in the drinks for me
I feel sick and I know that I'll lose, but
It's not living if it's not with you
(It's not, it's not)
It's not living if it's not with you
(It's not, it's not)
(It's not, it's not)
It's not living if it's not with you
(It's not living if it's not with you)
(It's not, it's not)
(It's not, it's not)
(It's not, it's not)
(It's not living if it's not with you)
It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You) was written by Matty Healy.
It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You) was produced by George Daniel & Matty Healy.
The 1975 released It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You) on Thu Oct 18 2018.
Healy talked about the song with Annie Mac prior to its debut on BBC Radio 1:
All The 1975 members appeared in the music video with Adam Hann having a couple of lines (0:54, 5:40).
Two Dirty Hit artists, No Rome (first appearance at 3:02) and Amber Bain (first appearance at 2:28) from The Japanese House have also featured in the music video.
The performance scene of the video is a reference to rock band the Talking Heads.
In a video where Matty breaks down music videos for “A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships,” Matty said:
This is the night before we shot “Sincerity Is Scary.” Basically, I wanted to do this video once where we’re in a music video and we run out of the studio through a door and then we go into...
SELLIN' PETROL!!!!!
— Matty Healy via Spotify