Buzzcut Season Lyrics
It kissed your scalp and caressed your brain
Well you laughed, baby it's okay
It's buzz cut season anyway
(Well you laughed, baby it's okay)
So now we live beside the pool, where everything is good
People should see how we're living
(We ride the bus with the knees pulled in)
Shut my eyes to the song that plays
Sometimes this has a hot, sweet taste
(Shut my eyes to the song that plays)
But it's so easy in this blue, where everything is good
Favorite friend (and nothing's wrong when nothing's true)
I live in a hologram with you
Where all the things that we do for fun (and I'll breathe, and it goes)
Play along (make-believe it's hyper real)
But I live in a hologram with you
I'm the one you tell your fears to
There'll never be enough of us
So now we live beside the pool, where everything is good
Favorite friend (and nothing's wrong when nothing's true)
I live in a hologram with you
Where all the things that we do for fun (and I'll breathe, and it goes)
Play along (make-believe it's hyper real)
But I live in a hologram with you
I love this song; its my personal favorite on her new album. Here's what I think it's talking about...
The world or reality is bad (explosions on tv, men on the news). People try to ignore it (girls with heads inside a dream) or pretend like everything is perfect. And sometimes you need to escape reality and the world we're living in and create your own world (make believe) where everything is good and you never want to leave.
This is my own interpretation; though I could be completely wrong,
I feel like you may be partially right. I see a lot of that meaning hidden behind this song.
I feel like you may be partially right. I see a lot of that meaning hidden behind this song.
@allonsy723 I like it!
@allonsy723 I like it!
I think some of you guys are overthinking the song a bit too much. It's definitely not about war or something crazy like that. Lorde already said that the Buzzcut Season is summer. So I think it's safe to say that the song is all about the joys of summer season and not caring about anything else. My last statement might be oversimplifying it but it kinda sums up what the song is about.
"So now we live beside the pool, where everything is good" and "But it's so easy in this blue, where everything is good" pretty much tells it all.
It's summer season. It's the season where you just lay off, relax and not do anything other than having fun. You don't care about the conflicts or problems that's around you because you already had way too many of that prior to your vacation.
"all the girls with heads inside a dream" and "I live in a hologram with you" shows that she has put herself in an illusion during this time. She wants to pretend that she's in a paradise. She knows all too well that she's not, that her life can be a living hell sometimes, but for the sake of her vacation, she wants all her concerns and conflicts to be put way hidden in her mind where it's temporary invisible to her. All her friends are doing the same thing as well. They all know that when the season ends, they have to go back to their normal lives. So they want to make the best out of this season by prentending to be in heaven.
"And I'll never go home again" shows how she doesn't want this season to end and just wants stay like this for a very long time.
I like this song because it has unique way of telling the story or meaning. It's not a typical summer song where it's all about hitting the beach and showing bikinis. Instead, it's about what's inside your mind during this time of the year. It's goes deeper than just about swimming pool and hot weather, which, in my knowledge, has never been done before by any artist other than Lorde herself.
But while it's summer in New Zealand it's winter on the US and most of Europe. So she could be referring to summer metaphorically, as opposing to winter, that could represent the war. While for her it's "so easy in this blue where everything is good" and she lives "in a hologram", on tv she sees the reality in some place else. So I think she is talking about being divided between feeling happy for being safe and warm and feeling like she is so lucky and doesn't really know what some people's reality is. While it's summer for some,...
But while it's summer in New Zealand it's winter on the US and most of Europe. So she could be referring to summer metaphorically, as opposing to winter, that could represent the war. While for her it's "so easy in this blue where everything is good" and she lives "in a hologram", on tv she sees the reality in some place else. So I think she is talking about being divided between feeling happy for being safe and warm and feeling like she is so lucky and doesn't really know what some people's reality is. While it's summer for some, it's winter for others. That's what I think
I disagree completely. If everything is good, why is there explosions and peoples heads catching flame??
I disagree completely. If everything is good, why is there explosions and peoples heads catching flame??
I've always assumed this song was about going to war, just given the title and not having listened too closely to the lyrics. But after a more thorough listen, I completely agree with this interpretation.
I've always assumed this song was about going to war, just given the title and not having listened too closely to the lyrics. But after a more thorough listen, I completely agree with this interpretation.
I think it certainly is about repressing tragedy, whether it's the landscape around her or something worse. I had the passing idea that perhaps she did lose a friend to war, and now their spirit follows her through this summer where she tries to forget.
I think it certainly is about repressing tragedy, whether it's the landscape around her or something worse. I had the passing idea that perhaps she did lose a friend to war, and now their spirit follows her through this summer where she tries to forget.
Bittersweet and beautiful. I love this song, whatever the interpretation.
Bittersweet and beautiful. I love this song, whatever the interpretation.
"I remember when your head caught flame It kissed your scalp and caressed your brain Well you laughed, baby it's okay It's buzz cut season anyway"
I recently had a thought about this line after listening countless times that I really like.
The head, the focal point of thought, is shielded by but one thing: our hair. Physically it acts as a shield between our brains (thoughts) and the outside world.
I think Lorde is trying to describe a pivotal moment in a relationship where that barrier is removed, leaving a buzzed head. A peak into the truest sense of another.
She remembers when this happened, the pivotal moment that came in a split second, leaving both parties surprised like a sudden strike of wisdom or a spark of intense connection. She describes a laugh, which could be one of slight embarrassment for expression with no inhibition, and follows it by the reassuring line "it's ok", like she was waiting for it.
The "Buzzcut Season" itself is a time to cut the shit; a time to tare down the walls and speak directly from the brain. No hair, just scalp.
@FuckedButInAGoodWay deep
@FuckedButInAGoodWay deep
I'm not sure but I feel like this song could be about war. "Buzzcut season" like boys have to do for the army. and "explosions on TV". Everyone is pretending like everything is good but the fact is the person that she is writing the song about is gone. "I live in a hologram with you". Not sure if it is a personal experience or reflection about friends/lovers that have experienced the detriment of leaving for war. Could be way off but this song is my favorite off of Pure Heroine, lyrically and sonically it's hypnotic.
I completely agree when I listened to it I thought it was about boys in the army and all the bad stuff in the world and on the news but like when she says she can go by the pool and everything's good I think she's referring to her home country New Zealand
I completely agree when I listened to it I thought it was about boys in the army and all the bad stuff in the world and on the news but like when she says she can go by the pool and everything's good I think she's referring to her home country New Zealand
It does have a rather martial drum beat to it...doesn't it? So the war on TV is contrasted with joys of summer in New Zealand.
It does have a rather martial drum beat to it...doesn't it? So the war on TV is contrasted with joys of summer in New Zealand.
I thought this song was about dealing with a friend/family member who has cancer. For some reason it reminded me of my friend losing his mother slowly to brain cancer. He wanted to do everything he could believe it wasn't true. It made me realize how insignificant things could be. He would relive his moments with his mom in home videos and pictures so that he could remember her as she was, not what she slowly became. The thing that touched me the most was being there with him when she came home from the first chemo session, she shaved her head before it would start to fall out. We all did the same to show support, she laughed and told us all she was "going to be okay".
I can see that connection. I is a sweet way to think of this song.
I can see that connection. I is a sweet way to think of this song.
I think the song is about war, but not limited to it. I feel like Lorde is calling out those situations when you're on the couch or in this case "[living] beside the pool, where everything is good" and we hear about something bad that has happened somewhere else in the world. For example, the tsunami that hit Japan or even the war between Israel and Gaza. We hear the news, feel bad and pray for those who have suffered for maybe 2 or 3 days, and then poof, we go back to our normal routine, hence why "The men up on the news, they try to tell us all that we will lose But it's so easy in this blue, where everything is good." It's so easy for us to move on so quickly because we don't wake up everyday looking at "all that we have lost" because news is news, until it's old news.
Also I think Lorde is talking about war, or a friend who has gone to war, because he/she died because of the war and "will never come home again" and the only way Lorde can remember him/her is through a "hologram" or the way I see it, her memory, "Play along (make-believe it's hyper real) But I live in a hologram with you." Also buzzcut is usually associated with armies with would connect back to a war.
Every line of this song seems to be about her having a close friend who went off to war. It seems pretty self-explanatory to me.
"I remember when your head caught flame It kissed your scalp and caressed your brain Well you laughed, baby it's okay It's buzz cut season anyway (Well you laughed, baby it's okay)"
I can't tell for sure, but I'm pretty certain she's recalling some memory of someone's hair burning. And maybe she was really young, so she was very scared for the person, and they assured her it was fine, and made a joke about it.
"Explosions on TV, and all the girls with heads inside a dream"
I'm thinking this is referring to bad things happening on the news, and girls her age not caring about it, more caught up in their own lives.
"So now we live beside the pool, where everything is good"
This basically backs that up, saying that they're having fun at the pool, rather than worrying about things happening around the world. "Where everything is good" seems like someone distracting her, maybe an adult, making her feel more safe.
"We ride the bus with the knees pulled in People should see how we're living (We ride the bus with the knees pulled in) Shut my eyes to the song that plays Sometimes this has a hot, sweet taste (Shut my eyes to the song that plays)"
The only thing I can think about this is that she's referring to poor people (People should see how we're living), but "We ride the bus with the knees pulled in" is probably talking about shy or insecure people. "Shut my eyes to the song that plays" speaks for itself. She relaxes while listening to music. Maybe something about the song reminds her of something sad that happened in her life (Sometimes this has a hot, sweet taste).
"The men up on the news, they try to tell us all that we will lose But it's so easy in this blue, where everything is good"
The news is reporting very bad things, I guess, but everyone is all caught up in luxury to care.
"And I'll never go home again (place the call, feel it start) Favorite friend (and nothing's wrong when nothing's true) I live in a hologram with you"
I guess this is talking about her family. "Favourite friend" must refer to siblings. "I live in a hologram with you" is talking about having a fake not really in depth relationship with someone.
"Where all the things that we do for fun (and I'll breathe, and it goes) Play along (make-believe it's hyper real) But I live in a hologram with you"
She has a really fun and exciting relationship with someone, but she never really confides in them, so it's not a close relationship.
"Cola with the burnt-out taste I'm the one you tell your fears to There'll never be enough of us"
This flips everything around. I guess she begins trusting this person more, and they begin trusting her, telling her their fears, and maybe vice versa.
I just have to say though, it's an awesome song, the music and lyrics tbh.
The song takes place in summer time. She said on her tumblr page after being asked what season this song occurs in; she replied with, "summer; all the boys i know seem to shed their hair like snakes shedding skin. it cools them down, i think" So from my take on this she is writing about summer and her friends just cutting their hair to cool down. nothing too significantly sad. just a happy up beat song.
I really think this song is about war. Girls "living inside a dream" and pretending nothing is wrong, because mostly is stereotypical that men go to war. And I know she mentioned summer, but for some reason it speaks to me as if its a boy, going out to war. Its "buzz cut season" anyway, all boys getting that military style buzzcut. And the "explosions on tv".
But that's just me xD