I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
Do you want to go to the seaside?
I'm not tryna say that everybody wants to go
I fell in love at the seaside
I handled my charm with time and slight of hand
Do you want to go to the seaside?
I'm not tryna say that everybody wants to go
I fell in love at the seaside
She handled her charm with time and slight of hand
But I'm just trying to love you
Any kind of way
But I find it hard to love you, girl
When you're far away
Away
Do you want to go to the seaside?
I'm not tryna say that everybody wants to go
But I fell in love on the seaside
On the seaside
In the seaside
I'm not tryna say that everybody wants to go
I fell in love at the seaside
I handled my charm with time and slight of hand
Do you want to go to the seaside?
I'm not tryna say that everybody wants to go
I fell in love at the seaside
She handled her charm with time and slight of hand
But I'm just trying to love you
Any kind of way
But I find it hard to love you, girl
When you're far away
Away
Do you want to go to the seaside?
I'm not tryna say that everybody wants to go
But I fell in love on the seaside
On the seaside
In the seaside
Lyrics submitted by Nuclear.Sky
Seaside Lyrics as written by Luke Pritchard Hugh Harris
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
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It sounds to me like the guy is in love with a girl and he is wondering how she feels about him. He hasn't SEEN her in a long time and I think it sounds like he is missing her and he is feeling confused.
Maybe the "seaside" is where they fell in love. He is still in love with her. He wants to go back and experience that again and/or start over with her on the "seaside". He asks her if she wants to go. Maybe they are tired of the "slight of hand" situation. But, maybe that was their only option for expressing their feelings for each other for awhile. That's why he sings that he is just trying to love her, anyway that he can. Maybe it is difficult for them both when they are far apart. Because obviously at one point they were very close.
I hear fragility and weariness in his voice. I love the singer for this. They were in love before and he is missing her. No matter the outcome, it sounds to me like they really just need to SEE each other, to feel better.
I think they need to go back to the see-side.
this song has a special meaning to me...for me it's about you being on holidays and there u just met a person who is fantastic, u fell in love with..and u know it's going to end after the holidays but u just try to enjoy the time u have with the guy/girl as much as possible...that's for me what the beginning of the song means :Do you want to go to the seaside? I'm not trying to say that everybody wants to go I fell in love at the seaside I handled my charm with time and slight of hand
Do you want to go to the seaside? I'm not trying to say that everybody wants to go I fell in love at the seaside She handled her charm with time and slight of hand, and oh
but now the holidays r over and both have to go their own way..although u still like the person, u know u gotta move on, and its hard to still love him/her coz they r far away, and somehow u realise that the relationship never had a chance coz the two lifes were just too different :But I'm just trying to love you In any kind of way But I find it hard to love you girl When you're far away Away
then the end of the song u think about the good time u had, it's ok being sad but it's also ok to move on and meet new ppl..
basically this song for me is about that one guy, i still like him but its hard coz he is far away, we had a great time togehter but we also knew it couldn't last forever..the lyrics r so simple but they explain the whole situation..one of my fav songs of the kooks..thank you guys (:
There are not enough words in the English vocabulary to describe the beauty of the song. I grew up on an island so the word seaside is charged whit longing. I will never forget all those summer nights at the seaside. But I still wonder if it was the shoreline or the girl beside me I fell in love with.
'But I still wonder if it was the shoreline or the girl beside me I fell in love with.'<br /> <br /> I know its not the song... but wow.
agreed :)
This song is very good and I know it kindof just sounds like one of those really cute and well written love songs, but.. I actually think it's about someone who is trying to fill a void. Like, when you lose a love, you want it back, so you try to make yourself or convince yourself to love someone else. In this case, he's asking her to go to the seaside because that's where he fell in love before and maybe it could happen again, and maybe this big void of what he used to have can be filled.
"But I'm just trying to love you In any kind of way"
that's just my take on it!
Even if you fell in love on the seaside and want to go to the seaside and are in love with the one you fell in love with on the seaside and/or you are in love with the seaside, can you just take off and go to the seaside? Can you go to the seaside to be in love with the one you fell in love with on the seaside and spend your time loving each other at the lovely seaside?
Oh I wish life was like this song. I'd go to the seaside.
awsome! i love this song, best on the album! wohoooo
I think this song is awesome, really fucking great. I heart The Kooks.
this song is simply the best song ever! this guy i like sang it to me and then i was like wtf?! but i heard it and it was sooo sweet and it makes me wanna fall in love at the seaside! an amazing song...beautiful :) xx
aww it's cute- about brighton methinks.
this is actually my favourite kooks song...almost the best of all time...
i just love the kooks cos they do gr8 music and they love the boosh