My life's been magic seems fantasticI used to have a hole in the wallWith a mattressIt's funny when you want itSuddenly you have itYou find out that your gold's just plasticEvery day every nightI've been thinking back on you and IEvery day every nightI worked my whole lifeJust to get right just to be likeLook at me I'm never coming downI worked my whole lifeJust to get high just to realizeEverything I need is on theEverything I need is on the groundOn the groundEverything I need is on the groundNah but they don't hear me though(Yeah what goes up it must come down)Nah but they don't hear me though(You're running out of time)My world's been hectic seems electricBut I've been waking upWith your voice in my headAnd I'm trying to send a messageAnd let you know that every single minuteI'm without you I regret itEvery day every nightI've been thinking back on you and IEvery day every nightI worked my whole lifeJust to get right just to be likeLook at me I'm never coming downI worked my whole lifeJust to get high just to realizeEverything I need is on theEverything I need is on the groundOn the groundEverything I need is on the groundNah but they don't hear me though(Yeah what goes up it must come down)Nah but they don't hear me though(You're running out of time)I'm way up in the cloudsAnd they say I've made it nowBut I figured it outEverything I need is on the groundJust drove by your houseSo far from you nowBut I figured it outEverything I need is on theEverything I need is on the groundOn the groundEverything I need is on the groundNah but they don't hear me thoughOn the groundNah but they don't hear me thoughEverything I need is on the ground
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화자는 원하던 것을 다 가진 뒤에야 그 화려함이 가짜였다는 사실을 깨닫는다. "Everything I need is on the ground"라는 구절이 반복되며, 벽에 구멍 난 방에서 매트리스 하나로 지내던 시절과 지금을 비교하는 도입부가 그려진다.
높이 올라갈수록 정작 필요한 것은 발 딛고 선 곳에 있었다는 자각이 후렴에서 반복되고, 구름 위에 있다는 말을 듣지만 정작 필요한 건 땅 위에 있다는 대목이 이어진다. 성취 뒤에 찾아오는 허무함과 그리움이 담담하게 겹쳐지는 곡이다.