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You see the world in black and white
No color or life
You think you'll never get it right
But you're wrong, you might
The sky could fall, could fall on me
The parting of the seas
But you mean more, mean more to me
Than any color I can see
All you ever wanted was love
But you never looked hard enough
It's never gonna give itself up
All you ever wanted to be
Living in perfect symmetry
Nothing is as down or as up
As us
You see the world in black and white
Nothing to bright
You see no meaning to your life
Yes you try
Yes you try
And all you ever wanted was love
But you never looked hard enough
It's never gonna give itself up
And all you ever wanted to be
Living in perfect symmetry
Nothing is as down or as up
And don't you want to see it come soon
Floating in a big white balloon
Or given your own silver spoon
Don't you want to see it come down
Enough of throwing your arms around
And saying not a moment too soon
Cause I feel low
Cause I feel low
Ooh
Yeah I feel low
Oh no
Ooh
Cause I feel low
Cause I feel low
Ooh
And I feel low
Oh no
Ooh
No color or life
You think you'll never get it right
But you're wrong, you might
The sky could fall, could fall on me
The parting of the seas
But you mean more, mean more to me
Than any color I can see
All you ever wanted was love
But you never looked hard enough
It's never gonna give itself up
All you ever wanted to be
Living in perfect symmetry
Nothing is as down or as up
As us
You see the world in black and white
Nothing to bright
You see no meaning to your life
Yes you try
Yes you try
And all you ever wanted was love
But you never looked hard enough
It's never gonna give itself up
And all you ever wanted to be
Living in perfect symmetry
Nothing is as down or as up
And don't you want to see it come soon
Floating in a big white balloon
Or given your own silver spoon
Don't you want to see it come down
Enough of throwing your arms around
And saying not a moment too soon
Cause I feel low
Cause I feel low
Ooh
Yeah I feel low
Oh no
Ooh
Cause I feel low
Cause I feel low
Ooh
And I feel low
Oh no
Ooh
Lyrics submitted by RdeC, edited by rosematazz
Track duration: 05:32
"Low" as written by Guy Rupert Berryman, William Champion, Christopher Anthony John Martin, Jonathan Mark Buckland
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, EMI Music Publishing
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The first four lines suggest the person that the writer/performer is talking to has deprived themself of any life, as if they've given up on all hope for one reason or another. "You see the world in black
He has presented the concept of depression in a slightly buoyant (and rather upbeat) tone. Too long have sad songs been backed up by cold, dead rhythm.
I think he uses the term 'Low' as a simple, yet powerful term to describe how he feels.
Because in retrospect, one can't entirely describe how they feel through depression. It seems more intense, and profound adjectives are expected.
I think it also sums his depression up as a day-to-day, lingering facet of his life.
I also think he's talking to himself. Yet preaching to himself, or going over concepts and feelings in his head.
Obviously, a relationship of some sort seems to be relative to how he feels.
Well, I could be very wrong. But that is what I get from this song.
Love it.
Just wanting to be loved by that person who you used to call you own hurts a lot when trying to get passed things. Self loathing sets in making you feel the lowest of all.
Seeing things in black and white just says that this person has become dead. The only one that brought color to their life isnt there anymore.
Never getting it right could be that they mustve been at fault or it was something that the person they were with just wasnt satisfied with who they were.
You should try. Saying to keep on going obviously.
All in all...this song is an awesome song. Something that can seriously hit one close to home, but also add inspiration to keep going.
...It's just an emotion that is only temporary. -_-
I really like TheAngelTheory's interpretation. a silver spoon... could be a symbol of the way medicine is fed. it's definitely about a person dying.
just a guy who is too 'low' and sees the world too unilaterally. i love this song
All you ever wanted to be, living in perfect symmetry, nothing is as down or up as us
It's like, saying that they've been there forever.
And the balloon line? One day, the balloon will pop...or deflate...and all the air will rush out...
It's saving you a moment too soon.
Death, soon, is the person's fate. Saving them from this black and white life of emptyness.