During the pandemic, some of us had to ask ourselves, “Are we lovers or are we roommates?” In his song “Roommates,” Isac Elliot managed to encapsulate the shocking revelations of growing apart in a soothing pop melody.
It’s one of the tracks written during Elliot’s trip to Berlin in the fall of 202...
[Verse 1]
Waking up alone
I guess that's how it goes
That's a start, we drift apart
Then the next thing you know
You're barely holding on
And you don't know what is wrong
You're tired of sleeping back to back
You miss the feeling that you had
[Chorus]
Are we? Are we? Are we lovers or are we roommates?
Are we riding our own waves
Now the only thing that we share is the toothpaste
Are we lovers or roommates?
Are we? Are we? Are we lovers or are we roommates?
Are we waiting for it to break
Now the only thing that we share is the toothpaste
Are we lovers or roommates?
[Post-Chorus]
Tell me girl if it's too late
Are we lovers or roommates? Now
Tell me girl if it's too late
Are we lovers or roommates?
[Verse 2]
Waking up alone
I guess flight mode is on
'Cause now we talk
Just like we are
Thirty thousand feet apart
[Pre-Chorus]
We were so busy changing
But forgot just how amazing we had it
And we take it all for granted
[Chorus]
Are we? Are we? Are we lovers or are we roommates?
Are we riding our own waves
Now the only thing that we share is the toothpaste
Are we lovers or roommates?
Are we? Are we? Are we lovers or are we roommates?
Are we waiting for it to break
Now the only thing that we share is the toothpaste
Are we lovers or roommates?
[Post-Chorus]
Tell me girl if it's too late
Are we lovers or roommates? Now
Tell me girl if it's too late
Are we lovers or roommates?
Tell me girl if it's too late
Are we lovers or roommates? Now
Tell me girl if it's too late
Are we lovers or roommates?
Roommates was written by Alex Stacey & Isac Elliot & Henrik Meinke & Jonas Kalisch & Jeremy Chacon & Alexsej Vlasenko.
Roommates was produced by Hitimpulse.
Isac Elliot released Roommates on Fri Apr 09 2021.
A few months back me and my girlfriend broke up after quite some time and it was probably because of this corona situation and you know, spending way too much time together and we kinda grew apart, so I wrote a song about it.
—via TikTok