- Lil Yachty โPOLAND: Lyrics Meaning - October 8, 2022
- Mรฅneskin โ THE LONELIEST: Lyrics Meaning - October 8, 2022
- Gracie Abrams โ Difficult: Lyrics Meaning - October 7, 2022
Tyler, The Creator โ SEE YOU AGAIN Lyrics Meaning
Flower Boy is Tylerโs critically acclaimed album. There are a few songs that stand out from the album and โSEE YOU AGAINโ is one of them. The song features Kali Uchis, whose vocals harmonize with the dreamy setting created by the instrumental of the song. The song was originally written for Zayn Malik but Tyler used the lyrics for himself after Zayn passed on the song. Letโs learn the meaning behind the lyrics of โSEE YOU AGAINโ by Tyler, The Creator.
The heartache of daydreaming about someone you love is shown in the fourth track of the album, SEE YOU AGAIN. Tyler is singing to his ideal lover, who never seems to drift away from his imagination. Recently, Tyler came out as a person who hasnโt yet figured out his sexual orientation on his new project, IGOR, which has made him such a big deal in the present days.
Introduction: SEE YOU AGAIN Lyrics
Tyler has always stood out from the crowd of mediocre or seasonal rappers with a strong fanbase. The unapologetic dark lyrics, weird choice of instrumentals and unrealistically imaginative music videos are some of the reasons why Tyler has always been able to stand out from a flock of noisy โrappersโ. The song โSEE YOU AGAINโ has extremely relatable lyrics for someone like me who is in unrequited love.
The problem begins when we idolize a person and the ideal person for us doesnโt reflect an equivalent amount of energy as we provide to them. This is how we fall into the trap of unrequited love. Then, this mystery person starts to dwell in our dreams. We rather wait and chase our love in our dreams because itโs impossible in real life.
See You Again Lyrics Meaning
Letโs dissect the meaning behind the lyrics of โSEE YOU AGAINโ by Tyler, The Creator section-wise.
[Intro: Tyler, The Creator]
Tyler repeats the phrase โOkay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, ohโ multiple times in the song. It seems as though the singer is owning every alleged mistake and arguments with himself by saying โokayโ over and over. The singer is probably acknowledging that true love comes from accepting every flaw of your partner and yourself. Maybe, this could explain the repetitive โokayโ for his ideal partner who visits him in his dreams.
[Verse 1: Tyler, The Creator]
Tyler goes as far as to addressing his vulnerable self on โEarfquakeโ from IGOR saying he has a habit of blaming himself for everything. Maybe his true inspiration for his vulnerability arose from โSEE YOU AGAINโ. In the first verse, Tyler shows us his delusional side. His ideal love visits him in his dream. Even though he spends the majority of his time in real life, he likes to hallucinate or fall asleep with the only hope that his love interest would come to visit him in his dream.
The singer says his ideal love visits him when he is counting sheep to fall asleep in a dreadful way. When the reality side of the singer ends after he closes his eyelids, then he wanders into his dream to find his partner. After they meet each other in Tylerโs dream, he wishes to never wake up from his dream. However, his own imagination cannot create a further image of his lover in his dream and he wakes up out of unconsciousness.
[Pre-Chorus: Tyler, The Creator]
The singer is saying his vision is so accurate, medically 20/20, that he can actually see his ideal lover very distinctly even at a distance of 20 feet. According to Genius Lyrics, Tyler states that his cupid (the god of desire, affection, and love) has a perfect vision, so he got hit with precision. Therefore, he is in love with his mystery lover from his dream and itโs more than enough for him.
Even though this mystery person is everything to Tyler, this mystery person seems to be a little careless when it comes to addressing Tylerโs feelings for him. In the lyrics of the Pre-Chorus of the song, he puts an idea of crossing the road after checking both ways to be more careful. However, this mysterious person of Tyler doesnโt seem to care even a bit when he crosses Tylerโs mind in his dream.
Going further into the lyrics, the singer makes sure that he doesnโt want to chase someone for intimacy. But Tyler ends up chasing the person, as usual, to remind him that he still loves his mystery guy. The singer is so addicted to his mystery lover that, in his dream, he sees the person heโs been craving every time he falls asleep.
[Chorus: Kali Uchis &ย Tyler, The Creator]
In the Chorus, Tyler, The Creator finally asks his ideal love for a kiss in his dream in a crying feminine voice. He wants the kiss to never stop so that he wouldnโt go back to reality which heโs been actively trying to stay away from. The singer refers to real life as โwarโ. He doesnโt know if heโll ever see him again in his dream after this episode ends. Therefore, he wants intimacy to last longer, hopefully forever. But sadly, itโs only in his dream.
[Verse 2: Tyler, The Creator]
As time passes, his onceโinfatuationโ or โcrushโ phase develops into โunrequited loveโ and he doesnโt know what to do with it anymore. There are feelings involved. Itโs deeper than intimacy. The problem is it is growing inside of him and is undergoing an intense transformation. But he feels like this is his soulmate. On top of that, he is convinced that he will find his soulmate even if he hasnโt met his soulmate yet.
As alcoholics arenโt bothered by the taste of liquor, they stopped needing something to chase it with. Similarly, Tyler plans to stop chasing this person if they keep hesitating to admit their love to him. The singer keeps giving him hints but his love interest isnโt able to decode his hints. But if his love interest is ready to commit to him, he would easily give up his bakery (source of income) to have a piece of this mystery person heโs feeling for.
Conclusion: SEE YOU AGAIN Meaning
The song expresses the sadness of unrequited love with the person who exists only in his dream. Thatโs some intense creativity right there. What do you think of the meaning behind the lyrics of โSEE YOU AGAINโ by Tyler, The Creator? Let us know in the comments below.
Read the meaning behind the lyrics of โSee You Againโ by Tyler, The Creator on Genius in detail.