The 13th and final song on CHVRCHES' third studio album, Love is Dead, details grappling with the hardships of the world and dealing with symptoms of OCD related to it which the narrator is having troubles escaping.
The lines in Verse 2 + the chorus embody many of the symptoms of OCD, specific to b...
[Verse 1]
I am talking in my sleep
Hiding inside my dreams
Fighting inside my head
Scaring myself to death
We live in a wonderland
Like blood isn't on our hands
When will it be enough?
[Pre-Chorus]
When will I say I knew we had to get away
Knew we had to get away
Knew we had to get away from the storm?
[Chorus]
Can't live forever with my head in the clouds
Can't predict the weather with my feet on the ground
You tell me that we'll be alright, but I don't know if you're right
I can't live forever with my head and my heart in the clouds
[Verse 2]
I am counting every sheep
But these rabbit holes run deep
Trying to be so right
Desperate to start a fight
All of this pointless talk
Why can't I turn it off?
When will it all just stop?
[Pre-Chorus]
When will I say I knew we had to get away
Knew we had to get away
Knew we had to get away all along?
[Chorus]
Can't live forever with my head in the clouds
Can't predict the weather with my feet on the ground
You tell me that we'll be alright, but I don't know if you're right
I can't live forever with my head and my heart in the clouds
[Instrumental Break]
[Chorus]
Can't live forever with my head in the clouds
Can't predict the weather with my feet on the ground
You tell me that we'll be alright, but I don't know if you're right
I can't live forever with my head and my heart in the clouds
Wonderland was written by Lauren Mayberry & Martin Doherty & Iain Cook & Greg Kurstin.
Wonderland was produced by Greg Kurstin.
CHVRCHES released Wonderland on Fri May 25 2018.