“Moving Boxes”, the third single of Love and Loathing, while seeming to be a song about failing love; in reality, it’s actually a song about memories. The song focuses on the idea that memories aren’t bound to us through physical objects and that leaving these behind help us move forward.
The song...
[Intro: Jayden Seeley]
These days I’ve been nothing but a burden
At night while you’re tossing and you’re turning
Get high on the dust that I am breathing
Oh, oh, oh, one week to go (go)
[Verse 1: Jayden Seeley & Inigo Del Carmen]
Wake up to the absence of your body
Doors shut but you know that you can’t stop me
In a box, all our memories are burning
Oh, oh, oh, one week to go
[Chorus: Jayden Seeley]
I hope you’re ready cause you’re gonna sleep alone tonight
We’re temporary and you’re moving further out of sight
Hold it steady cause we’re gonna set it all alight
I’m moving boxes in, we are now separate
I hope you’re ready cause you’re gonna sleep alone tonight
We’re temporary and you’re moving further out of sight
Hold it steady cause we’re gonna set it all alight
I’m moving boxes in, we are now separate
[Verse 2: Inigo Del Carmen]
Catch up from the things we haven’t heard yet
Go back to the place where we had first met
Sprawled out like reflections on the ceiling
Oh, oh, oh, one week to go
[Chorus: Jayden Seeley]
I hope you’re ready cause you’re gonna sleep alone tonight
We’re temporary and you’re moving further out of sight
Hold it steady cause we’re gonna set it all alight
I’m moving boxes in, we are now separate
I hope you’re ready cause you’re gonna sleep alone tonight
We’re temporary and you’re moving further out of sight
Hold it steady cause we’re gonna set it all alight
I’m moving boxes in, we are now separate
[Bridge: Jayden Seeley]
These days I’ve been nothing but a burden
At night while you’re tossing and you’re turning
Get high on the dust that I am breathing
Oh, oh, oh, one week to go
[Chorus: Jayden Seeley]
I hope you’re ready cause you’re gonna sleep alone tonight
We’re temporary and you’re moving further out of sight
Hold it steady cause we’re gonna set it all alight
I’m moving boxes in, we are now separate
I hope you’re ready cause you’re gonna sleep alone tonight
We’re temporary and you’re moving further out of sight
Hold it steady cause we’re gonna set it all alight
I’m moving boxes and everything that you left
I’m moving boxes in, we are now separate
Moving Boxes was written by Inigo Del Carmen & Jayden Seeley & Joshua Brozzesi.
Moving Boxes was produced by Mike Green.
With Confidence released Moving Boxes on Fri Aug 10 2018.
The band said via their Facebook page:
This is ‘Moving Boxes.’ The main idea behind the song and video is that our memories aren’t bound to these physical objects. Leaving these mementos behind helps us move on by focusing on the things we really need and leaving behind the things we don’t.