"wake up in the morning, stumble on my life" is such a devastating lyric thank you michael
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"wake up in the morning, stumble on my life" is such a devastating lyric thank you michael
Big Girl (You Are Beautiful) by Mika (2007)
Care to put your life in mine?
Looking at life from the perspective of a boy who's learned to love you but has also learned to grow.
Could we make it better? Stormy weather is so hard to know.
Oh, is there anybody home who will believe, won't deceive me, won't try to change me?
Oh, is there anybody home who wants to have me, just to love me?
Listening to this on repeat.
best mika album
life in cartoon motion
the boy who knew too much
the origin of love
no place in heaven
my name is michael holbrook
My fave Mika lyrics and my thoughts on them
“If half of what you said is true And half of what I didn’t do could be different, would it make it better?” Mika said that this is a quote from a female friend of his and that men don’t think that complicated and that explains a lot actually.
“I tried to live alone, but lonely is so lonely alone.” Ridiculous without context, still ridiculous with context but also heartbreaking.
“I sit and think about the day that you’re gonna die.” What an opener for a song and what a song to write about your grandma.
“I’ll say nothing on your microphone ‘till you swear to take me home.” I couldn’t make sense of this until someone suggested it might be a reference to oral sex and now I can’t unsee it.
“More than just a toy in a patched blue suit Hold me in your arms, I’m just a boy like you. But your Mama thought there was something wrong Didn’t want you sleeping with a boy too long.” It would take some people three more years to understand that Mika is in fact - gay -
“Like stupid Adam and Eve, they found their love in a tree, god didn’t think they deserved it. He taught them hate, taught them pride, gave them a leaf, made them hide Let’s push their stories aside, you know the origin is you” I could just include the whole of Origin of Love here, that song is pure genius.
“I had a dream last night I slept with someone else Does that mean that I cheated on you?” I really don’t think it does but you’re so sweet for thinking that.
“Standing on the field with your pretty pompoms Now you’re working at the movies selling popular corn.” Great wordplay, 10/10
“Emily, are you stuck up, are you gay?” Maybe I’m both, back off!
“Everyone says now or never, I say only if it’s better.” That’s really good advice actually.
“Don’t be offended, this might seem a little wrong: Where have all the gay guys gone?” Don’t apologize for asking the important questions!
“T'as voulu voir la mer, et on a vu la mienne” Amazing wordplay that is not translatable at all.
“Et tous les bourgeois du 16ème Se demandent pourquoi je t'aime Pour n'avoir pas besoin d'un zoom Quand toi et moi on fait boum boum boum” This one translates to “Posh homophobes would understand why two men love each other if they knew how amazing the sex is.”
“Growing up as the son of a preacher in a Catholic school Jumped out of the closet head first no parachute” Witty. Strong imagery. Yes.
“Bake you a cake and I burn it up twice I roll thirteen on a pair of dice” Boy do I know that feeling.
“Lived my life as the good boy I was told I should be Prayed every night to a religion that was chosen for me” The whole NPIH album is just “Catholic Guilt - The Musical”
“We may be tiny to the world but in our hearts We’d be giants with our tiny, tiny love.” So. Freaking. Cute.
“If this isn't what you wanted Then why'd you put a smiley in your message then?” Does Mika call emojis “smileys” because he’s European or because he’s nearly 40? Since he is a native English speaker, my guess is the latter.
as someone who speaks at least one germanic language, hearing mika counting in german at the start of The Only Lonely One always THROWS my little brain
sometimes i like 2 think about how, in the Lollipop music video, Mika personified himself as a little wolf.
Furry. Love that for him