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I'm trying to put this thing to bed
I drugged it in it's sleep
There isn't many memories I'm comfortable to keep
This ball keeps rolling on
It's heading for the street
Keep expecting you to send for me
The invitation never comes
Each time I turn around
There's nothing there at all
So tell me why I feel like
I'm up against a wall
But maybe it's a false alarm
And every answer sounds the same
Just colors bleeding into one that hasn't got a name
Maybe I can't see
Maybe it's just me
Another curtains coming up
The audience is still
I'm struggling to cater for
The space I'm meant to fill
And distance doesn't care
No distance doesn't care
Each time I turn around
There's nothing there at all
So tell me why I feel like
I'm up against a wall
But maybe it's a false alarm
And every answer sounds the same
Just colors bleeding into one that hasn't got a name
Maybe I can't see
Maybe it's just me
I'm trying to put this thing to bed
I drugged it in it's sleep
Remember what you said.
Are you comfortable to keep it?
Keep it?
I drugged it in it's sleep
There isn't many memories I'm comfortable to keep
This ball keeps rolling on
It's heading for the street
Keep expecting you to send for me
The invitation never comes
Each time I turn around
There's nothing there at all
So tell me why I feel like
I'm up against a wall
But maybe it's a false alarm
And every answer sounds the same
Just colors bleeding into one that hasn't got a name
Maybe I can't see
Maybe it's just me
Another curtains coming up
The audience is still
I'm struggling to cater for
The space I'm meant to fill
And distance doesn't care
No distance doesn't care
Each time I turn around
There's nothing there at all
So tell me why I feel like
I'm up against a wall
But maybe it's a false alarm
And every answer sounds the same
Just colors bleeding into one that hasn't got a name
Maybe I can't see
Maybe it's just me
I'm trying to put this thing to bed
I drugged it in it's sleep
Remember what you said.
Are you comfortable to keep it?
Keep it?
Lyrics submitted by Joekubrick
Track duration: 03:50
"False Alarm" as written by Katie Tunstall, Martin Terefe
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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It's just not that literal.
I think "False Alarm" is about when you fall in love with someone that doesnt really loves you back but keeps giving falses alarms and wrong messages. And also the narrator keeps seeing messagems inside his head to, misinterpreting.
"And every answer sounds the same
Just colours bleeding into one that hasn't got a name"
because you only hear what you wanna hear.
I dunno, maybe because i've been in this situation so I know the feeling so pretty much I could describe as "distance doesnt caring" and "space you meant to fill"
anyway this is my favourite KT song of all, and I said that to her. haha
"I'm trying to put this thing to bed
I've drugged it in its sleep"
She's trying to make sense of the situation, trying to get through the woods.
"There isn't many memories
I'm comfortable to keep"
Most of her memories are ones she wish she didn't have.
"This ball keeps rolling on
It's heading for the streets"
I think Shikonaori had this one right. The situation is dragging her in a dangerous direction.
"Keep expecting you to send for me
The invitation never comes"
I'm not sure what this means. The pickle she's in could be related to her love life, like Shikonaori said. Anyone have an idea that isn't related to love?
"Each time I turn around
There's nothing there at all"
She feels crowded and confused, but she can't figure out what's wrong.
"So tell me why I feel like
I'm up against a wall"
She's between a rock and a hard place, possibly feeling pressured to make a decision and none of them seem like good choices.
"But maybe it's a flase alarm
And all the answers sound the same"
Maybe she doesn't need to be so worried about it. Maybe if she takes a deep breath and takes a look at it from outside, she'll be fine.
"Just colors bleeding into one
That doesn't have a name"
The choices are the colors, and if she just gives them time to bleed into each other and sort themselves out, creating a new color, which is the right choice.
"Maybe I can't see
Maybe it's just me"
She realizes that she might just be psyching herself up over it and the answers right in front of her, but she's so frantic she wouldn't feel it even if it bit her on the ass.
I hear...
"Now the curtain's coming up
The audience is still"
She's being put on the hot seat and everyone's waiting for her to make her move.
Again, I hear something a little different. An apostrophe and a letter different.
"I'm struggling to cater for
The space I'm meant to fill"
She's having trouble doing the things she really needs to do in life.
"And distance doesn't care
No distance doesn't care"
Maybe she means emotional/mental distance? Distance won't help you because distance doesn't care what you're going through. When she comes back from her book, or her movie, or her music the problem will still be there.
"I'm trying to put this thing to bed
I drugged it in its sleep
Remember what you said
Are you comfortable to keep it?
Keep it?"
I think someone made a promise to her that everything would be alright. Now that that the problem hasn't been solved yet are they sure they can keep the promise?
I disagree with the abortion theory, although if you want to look at it that way I suppose the lyrics could work with it.
I think drinkinginmydreams had it right. The song just feels depressing all around, and like she's trying to run away from something.
And 'putting it to bed' and 'drugging it in it's sleep' is just an allusion to wanting to forget about it.
"Each time I turn around
There's nothing there at all
So tell me why I feel like
I'm up against a wall"
Usually depression happens for no reason. Nothing's going on, but you still feel trapped.