The 1975

Released: December 15, 2017

Songwriter: Ross MacDonald Adam Hann George Daniel Matthew Healy

Producer: Matthew Healy George Daniel Mike Crossey

[Instrumental]

[Verse 1: Matthew Healy + audience]
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 giving it up again
"Do you have a card?
My irregular heart beat is starting to correct itself," baby
Oh, it's just a simple diuretic that prevents the empathetic
From being just and giving it up

[Spoken: Matthew Healy]
You sing it

[Chorus: Matthew Healy + audience]
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 fucking
You're meant to be helping 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 giving 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 giving it up, giving it up again

[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 fucking
You're meant to be helping 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 giving it up again

[Bridge]
The kick won't last for long
But the song only lasts 3 minutes
I think I've lost my phone
So won't you call it up for me?
The kick won't last for long
But the song only lasts 3 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 fucking
You're meant to be helping 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 giving it up again (ohh-oh-ohh)

[Outro]
I'm not giving it up
Oh, I'm not giving it up, hey!
Oh, I'm not giving it up
I'm not giving it up, ohh-ohhh
Oh, I'm not giving it up, oh yeah (Giving it up)
I'm not giving it up, giving it up

The 1975 consists of Matthew Healy (vocals/guitar), Adam Hann (lead guitar), George Daniel (drums), and Ross MacDonald (bass), all of whom are from Macclesfield in Cheshire, England. The four band members, now based in Manchester, met in Secondary School and began playing together as teenagers.

The eclectic four-piece band have amorphous drifts between brooding art rock, crisp electronica, dancefloor R&B, and 80’s gloss pop, as well as lead singer Matthew “Matty” Healy’s stories of lust, intoxication, and the unabashed grittiness of modern youth. Common themes in their lyrics range anywhere from dysfunctional relationships, to the failure of modernity.

Throughout 2012, The 1975 released multiple EPs, which sparked the start of their careers. The following year, 2013, their self-titled debut album took the world by storm. From 2014 until 2015 the band’s focus was on touring, though they did reveal through photos on social media that their next sound would reflect a departure from their previously black-and-white aesthetic.

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