Simple

Simplicity Lost: Navigating Life's Changes in Midlake's 'Simple'
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Lyrics

Simple, simple it used to be

Reflecting on a time when life was uncomplicated and straightforward.

Riding bikes through the city

Revisiting memories of carefree moments, possibly in an urban setting.

But you can't make it better

Acknowledging that the past simplicity cannot be restored or improved.

And you can't drop out of sight

Accepting that certain challenges or issues cannot be ignored or avoided.


Sundays, Sundays after awhile

Describing Sundays as a time that eventually becomes worrisome.

Leaves you worried inside

Expressing inner anxiety or concern associated with Sundays.

But you can't make it better

Reiterating the inability to improve the situation or escape from it.

And you can't drop out of sight

Emphasizing the impossibility of avoiding visibility or attention.


Drugstore table the place falls down

Depicting a scene at a drugstore table where everything seems to fall apart.

You sit there broken and lonely

Describing a state of brokenness and loneliness while sitting at the table.

But you can't make it better

Reiterating the inability to make the situation better.

And you can't drop out of sight

Highlighting the impossibility of disappearing or becoming invisible.


Remember the place you know

Prompting a recollection of a tranquil place from the past.

Where things were so still

Describing the remembered place as exceptionally calm and still.

We were so still

Reflecting on a period when everything was calm and motionless.

It's perfect for my sweet queen

Suggesting the remembered place is ideal for a loved one, possibly the speaker's queen.


When it happens I'll cling to you

Anticipating a future event and expressing a commitment to a loved one during challenges.

We'll go around a thousand trampolines

Envisioning a joyful future together, symbolized by going around trampolines.

But you can't make it

Reiterating the inability to improve the upcoming situation.

And you can't drop out of sight

Affirming that escaping from visibility or attention remains impossible.


Simple, simple it used to be

Recalling a time when life was simple and uncomplicated.

Riding bikes through the city

Revisiting memories of carefree moments, possibly in an urban setting (similar to line #2).

But you can't make it better

Reiterating the inability to improve the current situation.

And you can't drop out of sight

Emphasizing the impossibility of disappearing or becoming invisible (similar to line #9).

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