Chainsmokers explained "This is about a relationship that doesn't need to be superhumanly perfect, an ordinary love, a love everyone deserves like the boy on the cover art whose childhood memories are now boxed up" The song was written by1 day ago Songs of the time go through his head, as he scribbles new words Up in de mornin', down at de school, work like a debil for my grades Below him, irksome voices grind on, like machines working their way through tunnels His parents each want something from the other "Marion, you don't understand that man like I do; Something a bit more down to earth "Just something I can turn to/Somebody I can kiss/ Somebody I can miss" In other words, she wisely wants what this couple already has "I want something just like this" And her first two questions above—"Where do you want to go?/How much do you want to risk?—suggest that she's wide
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