“The Same” plays with ideas of inertia as part of human nature. In a self-aware and upbeat tone, Blume contemplates the role of commercialism and the media in feeding his own vanity.
Blume tries to talk about untouched topics in this song — in his opinion this is:
The glory of loving oneself, [and...
[Verse 1]
Ever trip on a pavement
And wonder how you fell
How you got distracted
What went wrong, how did that happen?
And you're fine but you're shaking
And everybody stares
But nobody close to help you
'cause nobody cares
[Pre-Chorus]
We all live such lonely lives
Material plastic ties
Commercially satisfied
From birth till the day we die
[Chorus]
And I forget to pay attention
You would think I learned my lesson
But the years go by and I don't change
I just complain and stay the same
I stay the same
[Verse 2]
Do not ask me how my love life is
My love life is my life
And I'm not concerned with definitions otherwise
[Hook]
I'm scared that I love me too much
Too much
Too much
Too much
Can you love yourself too much?
[Pre-Chorus]
We all live such lonely lives
Though husbands and wives deny
Material plastic ties
From birth till the day we die
[Chorus]
And I forget to pay attention
You would think I learned my lesson
But the years go by and I don't change
I just complain and stay the same
[Verse 3]
I wonder what it would be like if I was different
Wonder what it would be like if I couldn't sing
What if I was born somewhere non American
Where there wasn't cellphones
And high end medicine
What do I do with all this greed?
How much I wanna see myself succeed
How much I want you to see me on TV
How much I love publicity
[Hook]
I'm scared that I love me too much
Too much
Too much
Too much
Can you love yourself too much?
[Pre-Chorus]
We all live such lonely lives
Material plastic ties
Commercially satisfied
From birth till the day we die
[Chorus]
And I forget to pay attention
You would think I learned my lesson
But the years go by and I don't change
I just complain and stay the same
I forget to pay attention
You would think I learned my lesson
But the years go by and I don't change
I just complain and stay the same
The same
I stay the same
I stay the same
I stay the same
[Outro]
I stay the same
(Just like that)
I stay
I stay
I stay
I stay
The Same was written by Michael Blume.
The Same was produced by Scott Jacoby.
Michael Blume released The Same on Fri Jul 29 2016.