my Ready, steady, go! interpretation
idk if this is the intended meaning from harry’s side but it’s how i interpret it based on:
- our knowledge of how jealous and possessive harry can be re louis (see all the many compilations)
- how stubborn he is (“we’re both stubborn i know” sweet creature)
- how h&l’s arguments look sometimes based on Written All Over Your Face
- and how harry talked about the ups and downs in relationships in coming up roses (“Just say the word and we'll take up the test where we Flirt with the bad ones and skip all the rest”) + the zane lowe interview
One could see Ready Steady Go! as harry’s perspective and mental spiraling during an argument with L
Two times is one too many”
The start of the argument. Harry is stewing in stubborn frustration bc louis (knowingly or unknowingly) did something that pissed harry off.
“One, two, three times you're on me
Louis confronts him like “what’s did i do what’s your problem?!” Refer to WYOF “You're giving me that silent treatment Don't know what it's achieving”
“You touched me goodnight
Butterflied both our bellies”
Louis is kind anyways, tells him goodnight, and wants to not go to bed angry but harry is still pressed and expects louis to know what he did wrong 😤🤭
“You and me are skipping sleep
Resulting in both of them not sleeping. dirty feet could be a metaphor for tiptoeing around each other or for acting or moving in ways that are wrong.
QUE the harry styles mental spiraling!
You call it only in my head
Harry’s insecurity in relationships. Like the stupid shit you say in the heat of an argument “if you hate me so much, if you’ve got enough, why don’t you go call Leon, Louis!” The test of flirting with the bad ones that harry talks about in Coming Up Roses. While we do too much could be like “it shouldn’t be this complicated to be in a relationship so why is it?! is it cuz we’re not meant to be?!”
Ah, you did you call it only in my head?”
H realizing that oh maybe i’m just projecting my insecurities that you could dump me for Leon. it’s all in my head. (Side note: idk if leon is a real name or not. it reminds me a bit of the typical male heartthrob names in the romance novels. ala Lorenzo or smth. so could be a real name or could be a made up name for this hot exotic alternative person harry could be replaced with)
“'Cause you've got enough on your hands
Maybe you don’t have time for me. Again parallel to Coming Up Roses “am i back seating your life judging while you drive”.
It's two times as fun already
One, two, three times you're only
the contrast between the first verse and this is like “ oh actually maybe you weren’t actually trying to piss me off for real maybe you were just pushing my buttons like the lovely little shit you are”. again, harry taking about Coming Up Roses on Zane Lowe; how in relationships your partner challenges you bc they know your goals and want you to achieve them. so even if it feels like confrontation they’re doing it for your own good.
Like harry is realizing that he maybe blew things out of proportion…whoops 😅
and then the rest of the song is him being confused about which one is the right way to feel. his mind is spiraling, ready steady go, can’t stop the spiraling. the instrumental gets more chaotic, the tempo speeds up all the way to the end of the song.
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