Happy
I had a friend in music, and I’d always assumed we’d be doing music until we were 99 years old. One day, he came to me and told me he quit. He was done. Something that he’d loved for over a decade of his life - done. He just woke up one morning, and the passion was no longer enough.
After he told me this, admittedly, I went to the park and I sat down under a tree and cried a little. I was heartbroken for two reasons. Firstly, that maybe naïve vision I had of us both as old people doing music was dust. Secondly, my heart broke for him to watch him give up on something that had once been a dream. I wrote the chorus for Happy sitting under that tree.
So I wrote this song as a love letter to artists that have felt the heavy weight of self doubt, and to any artist that has ever given up on a dream. I wanted it to sound like the feeling of leaving someone or something you love behind. This is Happy.
Lyrics
God I can feel my heart breaking
Wouldn’t wish that on my enemy
Could you tell me what they’re saying?
Is it anything to do with me?
It’s there for the taking
everything i could ever wanna be
could I be mistaken
cuz why does it move when i try to reach?
Am I Happy now?
High up in the clouds
running out of breath
trying to chase it down
got visions of me on the top, yeah
Are you Happy now?
‘Cuz I’m happy now
You’re no longer excited
Like I came back and you’d forgotten me
And how they criticise it
then they say, “oh, that looks easy”
Know I could really do it
Have it all the way that I could see
But could you love me through it?
‘Cuz why do you move when I try to reach?
Am I Happy now?
High up in the clouds
running out of breath
trying to chase it down
got visions of me on the top, yeah
Are you Happy now?
‘Cuz I’m happy now
Tell me what do you do?
When it’s all fallen through?
Cuz your best ain’t enough?
And you’re all out of luck?
God how do you stand it
when you try and demand it
but life don’t turn out
the way that we planned it
They say, just keep it going
you got this babe
don’t give up like she did
you’re a star
you’re a star
Tell me what do you do?
When it’s all fallen through?
Cuz your best ain’t enough
And you’re all out of luck?
God how do you stand it
when you try and demand it
but life don’t turn out
the way that we planned it
And what do you say?
when it’s going away
hard work don’t matter
and it’s getting sadder
God how do you stand it
when you try and demand it
but life don’t turn out
the way that we planned it