What do you think ever since new York is about? I feel a little stupid but I can't make sense of the lyrics
Well, it’s open to interpretation really like Harry said but mine is this one:
You know when you have to face adversitiy in your life, you have periods of hopelessness. Sometimes you get really depressed, feeling like you’re trapped and that there is no way out. I think this song was written in one of these moments. I t doesn’t mean Harry didn’t get out of of his funk after, there’s bound to be ups and downs in the shitty situation Harry and Louis are in, really.
Tell me something, tell me somethingYou don’t know nothing, just pretend you doI need something, so tell me something new
This is about frustration. You can feel his anger here. And when you feel desperate you lash out, it’s only natural and very much human to do so. It doesn’t mean you blame your significant other for all the shit you’re going through. My guess is that babygate was supposed to be over a million years ago and that it didn’t. Either this verse addressed to Louis or one of their handlers, Anyway it’s totally understandable.
Choose your words ‘cause there’s no antidoteFor this curse or what’s in waiting forMust desert you just before you go
This is to me a clear hint to their closet (the curse) and the way it straining on their relationship. Remember something (because I’m sure this will get me shit), couples have bad years (not bad days mind). It doesn’t mean they stop loving each other or that they have resentment between them, but it’s naive to think that they never fought about the way to handle it or were always on the same wavelength all the time about it. I believe this song is about one of these moments. (and yes I believe they have worked through it).
Oh, tell me something I don’t already knowOh, tell me something I don’t already know
When you have the same argument over and over again with your partner and you feel like you’re trapped, this is something you’re bound to say
Brooklyn saw me, empty avenuesThere’s no water inside this swimming poolAlmost over, that’s enough from you
This one fucked me up so bad omg. This screams despair (glass half empty analogy, almost over that’s enough for you– I almost hear us scream “END IT” in the background vocals)
It’s like he’s saying “stop with your wishful thinking, be realistic”, it’s like witnessing one of their arguments and this is why it’s painful for me.
I’ve been praying, I never did beforeUnderstand I’m talking to the wallsAnd I’ve been praying ever since New York
In this moment, there is no way out, no silver lining, the glass is half empty. No one is singing “Just Hold On” here. It’s the lowest of the lowest point. But remember something, once you reached rock bottom, there’s only one way to go: UP. (I believe other songs will feature this topic heavily on the album: the silver lining, just like it shows in the way he wrote in 1D albums.)
Bottomline, I believe something happened in New York, maybe this is where they learned Babygate had to go on for much longer than anticipated? I really don’t know. But what I do know is that the song is about one of the lowest points in Harry’s life and that it’s the only song he wrote without a silverlining somewhere.
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