High School
Nostalgic Echoes: Rediscovering Youth in The Lately's 'High School'
Lyrics
Take your time I don't mind
Encouraging someone to take their time as the speaker is patient and doesn't mind waiting.
If you take it slow, is it possible?
Questioning if it's possible to proceed slowly and cautiously.
You see it from the other side, or
Suggesting an alternate perspective or viewpoint.
The corner of your eye?
Asking if something is noticed indirectly or incidentally.
Trace a line in your skin
Referring to the act of creating a mark or symbol on one's skin.
while its setting in, you can cover it
Describing the possibility of concealing or hiding the mark while it's still visible.
The itching is a splitting of time
Describing discomfort or restlessness that causes time to feel prolonged or elongated.
Don't it feel nice?
Posing a rhetorical question about the pleasantness of a sensation.
Oh oh, you're back in high school
Reiterating that the individual is reliving experiences reminiscent of high school.
Oh oh, you're back in high school
Repeating the sentiment of feeling as if one is back in high school.
Take the night to yourself
Advising to take time for oneself, particularly for personal well-being.
Do it for your health, if you need the help
Suggesting self-care for the sake of maintaining one's health.
I'll stay til its done and I wont tell anyone
Promising to stay until a task is completed and maintain confidentiality.
Send a sign, any time
Requesting communication or a signal at any given moment.
Are you picking sides? Are you satisfied?
Asking about taking a stance or making a choice and if it's satisfying.
I'm like a beating heart
Comparing oneself to a vital organ, emphasizing responsiveness.
If you start me up
Implies readiness or activation when initiated.
Oh oh you're back in high school
Repeating the feeling of being transported back to high school.
Oh oh, you're back in high school
Reiterating the sensation of reliving experiences akin to high school.
Oh oh, you're back in high school
Continuing the theme of feeling like one is back in high school.
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