Alixander

Me: "Heat Waves" by Glass Animals is a song about a closeted gay person breaking up with their secret lover because they can't come out (for reasons unknown). Lyrics such as "Usually I put something on TV / So we never think about you and me / But today I see our reflections clearly / In Hollywood, laying on the screen" show that the speaker has taken note of the growing acceptance of LGBTQ+ romance, depicted often in modern television, but continuing lyrics "You just need a better life than this / You need something I can never give" indicate that the singer is unwilling or unable to come out and does not want their partner to live in secret. The singer also specifically states that they think about their lover in June, which also happens to be pride month-

“I was music but you had your ears cut off.”

*sexting*

“I thought about how love was always the thing that did that - smashed into you, left you raw. The deeper you loved, the deeper it hurt.”

“Please come to bed and let me see you and feel you.”