Chocolate Lyrics
This could be the very minute
I'm aware I'm alive
All these places feel like home
With a name I'd never chosen
I can make my first steps
As a child of twenty-five
[Chorus]
This is the straw, final straw in the
Roof of my mouth as I lie to you
Just because I'm sorry doesn't mean
I didn't enjoy it at the time
[Verse 2]
You're the only thing that I love
Scares me more every day
On my knees I think clearer
Goodness knows I saw it coming
Or at least I'll claim I did
But in truth, I'm lost for words
[Chorus]
What have I done? It's too late for that
What have I become? Truth is nothing yet
A simple mistake starts the hardest time
I promise I'll do anything you ask
This time
About
According to an interview with The Sunday Times, Gary Lightbody wrote this song after he cheated on his girlfriend.
I’d just cheated on my girlfriend — ex-girlfriend, obviously — I was going home and I just started writing it.
Lightbody is reflecting upon the mistakes he’s done and regretting the decisions he’s made. He also explains that he’s apologizing to her, while at the same time accepting full responsibility for his actions and excuses.
It’s about saying sorry and trying not to use the same old lame excuses. I am a cad and a bounder. I’ve always disappointed the people I’ve fallen in love with.
He is aiming to become more mature and promises anything to start a new, fresh relationship. However, his previous mistakes will carry on with him, making it a challenge for him to make amends.
Essentially, the song illustrates how Gary Lightbody’s whole life is like chocolate. His lies are addictive making everything about him seem sweet. When he gets caught, things get sticky. When things heat up, his lies melt, is afraid of losing his girlfriend and wants to regain her trust.
Q&A
Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning
According to Gary Lightbody in 2013:
‘Chocolate’ seems like a bouncy, joyful, jubilant kind of song. Big chorus. It was actually written on the ferry home. I used to live in Glasgow – Dundee and then Glasgow – and I would come home on the ferry.
I guess the jubilance masks the darker side to the lyrics: something I did that I’m not proud of at all. So that’s a song about making amends, I guess.
I still don’t know why I called it ‘Chocolate’, I really don’t. I think there’s a lot of masking going on, there’s a lot of red herrings. It’s about a specific person, so I want them to know it’s about them, but I don’t want anyone else to know what it’s about, who it’s about.
- 2.Wow
- 6.Chocolate
- 7.Run
- 8.Grazed Knees
- 9.Ways & Means
- 12.Same
- 13.Steal
