UGH!

The 1975

Track 3 on I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it (Target Deluxe Edition)

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Jamming with pop-rock and heavily electronic flutters, “UGH!” darkly hues as the third track on I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it… Read More

Dec. 10, 20151 viewer489.9K views

UGH! Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Hey, boy, stop pacing 'round the room
Using other people's faces as a mirror for you
I know your lungs need filling
Since your gums have lost their feeling
But don't say that you're givin' it up again
"Do you have a card?
My irregular heart beat is starting to correct itself"
It's just a simple diarrhetic that prevents the empathetic
From being just and givin' it up (Givin' it up)

[Chorus]
And you're the only thing that's going on in my mind
Taking over my life a second time
I don't have the capacity for fuckin'
You're meant to be helpin' me
When I said I liked it better without my money, I lied
It took a little while to recognize that I, I'm not givin' it up again

[Verse 2]
This conversation's not about reciprocation no more
But I'm gon' wait until you finish so I can talk some more
About me and my things, my car, my living
And how I'm givin' it up, givin' it up again

[Chorus]
And you're the only thing that's goin' on in my mind
Taking over my life a second time
I don't have the capacity for fuckin'
You're meant to be helpin' me
When I said I liked it better without my money, I lied
It took a little while to recognize that I, I'm not givin' it up again

[Bridge]
Oh, the kick won't last for long, but the song only lasts three minutes
I think I've lost my phone, so won't you call it up for me?
Oh, the kick won't last for long, but the song only lasts three minutes
And I know it's wrong, but give me one

[Chorus]
And you're the only thing that's going on in my mind
Taking over my life a second time
I don't have the capacity for fuckin'
You're meant to be helpin' me
When I said I liked it better without my money, I lied
It took a little while to recognize that I, I'm not givin' it up again

[Outro]
I'm not givin' it up, I'm not givin' it up
I'm not givin' it up, I'm not givin' it up
I'm not givin' it up, givin' it up
I'm not givin' it up, givin' it up!

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Genius Annotation

Jamming with pop-rock and heavily electronic flutters, “UGH!” darkly hues as the third track on I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it, depicting Matthew Healy’s battle with cocaine highs and life lows, and failed attempts to quit.

Matty admitted to formerly being an addict in a 2013 The Guardian interview. He describes the song fundamentally as “something that goes back to the early foundation of how we write music as The 1975.“ Healy also told KROQ that the song expresses disappointment.

The song premiered on BBC Radio 1 on 10 December 2015, with the official lyrics posted simultaneously.

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Genius Answer

“UGH!” is about cocaine. When people are on cocaine they don’t listen to each other. They are not listening to what the other person is saying. They are simply waiting for the other or others to finish talking so they can say the thing they have been thinking about the whole time. It’s about not listening and waiting for the space to speak.

— Matty Healy via Spotify

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