#bemymistake

I shouldn't have called

'Cause we shouldn't speak

You do make me hard

But she makes me weak”-

you do make me hard but she makes me weak

Her chestnut colored hair is sprawled across the stark white hotel pillows. He doesn’t really like that kind of white. It’s blinding, in a sense. Too bright, like plastic. The ones he has at home are a softer color, one that doesn’t hurt his eyes. Cream. He didn’t choose them but he appreciates them every time he has to sleep in another hotel bed.

Happy Tuesday!

Today’s song is Be My Mistake by The 1975.

If you listen to this song, be prepared to get a tad bit emotional. The 1975 released this album, A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships, was released at the end of this past November. This album is packed with amazing songs that capture the listener, while acknowledging relationships- romantic and platonic- life stressors, and societal issues. Be My Mistake stands out on the album because of its lyrical and musical simplicity and honesty. The song is about cheating on a significant other. Lead singer Matt Healy sings, “So don’t wait outside my hotel room / Just wait till I give you a sign / ‘Cause I get lonesome sometimes / Save all the jokes you’re going to make / Whilst I see how much drink I can take / Then be my mistake”. These lines gather the gist of the song, but there are a few lines that stand out even more, “I shouldn’t have called / ‘Cause we shouldn’t speak / You do make me hard / But she makes me weak”. These lines almost hurt every time I hear them. Healy acknowledges that he knows he shouldn’t be doing what he is doing, seeing this girl on the side, and that this side girl does arouse and please him, but the one he is in a relationship is the one that matters at the end of the day. She makes him weak with the love they share.

I chose this song for today because of its beauty and pain. It’s all about a situation that many people have dealt with before, many being on the side of Healy and carrying out the act of cheating, many being the side individual that aids in the act, and many being the person that is hurt the most in the end from the act- the loyal individual. I believe it is important for this song to have been made because it touches on the issue that has been around for years, and seems to have increased in occurrence and probability: we, as humans, cannot seem to have enough. Our thirst for love, attention, material items, success, and whatever else can never seem to be quenched. We get what we finally have been craving for so long, eventually become bored with it, and want to move on to something (or someone) else to ignite that excitement and interest again. I’d like to believe that Healy wrote this song in order to be honest about this situation, and showcase the guilt he felt during this time.