General CommentThis is likely the most depressing song ever written.I just love the line, 'this time I've lost my own return in spite of everything I've learned.' It so perfectly describes how someone with chronic depression feels when they reach the lowest of their lows. Despite all the ways you've learned to cope with those dark feelings in the past, it feels impossible to retrace your steps and find a way out.
Music video by Phyllisia performing I'm Tired. (C) 2012 SoBe Entertainment.
It's quite comforting to know that you're not alone in those feelings - that at least someone else has been through the same thing.Unfortunately it seems he's intentionally 'hidden his tracks', to make it impossible to return from depression. Suicide is right around the corner from there - a fact underscored by the following line, 'stripped of all my cares.' For anyone who's been severely depressed, you know that's the final stage before a suicide attempt - that realization of total numbness and indifference. It's the absolute bottom. And while quite liberating to dissociate and escape the pain in that way, there's no more energy - 'no more struggle'. It's an incredibly dangerous point to reach.So, basically, if you have this song in heavy rotation, you need to talk to someone.
Depression sucks, and there is a way out. Don't hide your tracks back from depression. Don't stop struggling. Just learn from each episode how to bring yourself back. The more you pay attention to how you heal from your depressive phases, the stronger you become at handling those feelings. Eventually the lows aren't so low, and the darkest periods disappear for good.
General CommentI agree with the suicide interpretation.especially when you consider the last stanza. 'No more struggle, no more energy' 'It's all too crazy and I'm not sticking 'round'. Obviously, he plans to end it all.The first stanza is saying that he has isolated himself from the world (similar to the theme of Pink Floyd's 'The Wall'). The second stanza could refer to drug use, but I think amw's interpretation is probably correct.I accidently stumbled upon this song while looking for the Beatles song of the same title. I think this song is sad and yet beautiful.
Lauv is making aconscientious effort to mingle and meet people. However, these same people areenjoying the favorite love song of he and his ex. This understandablydepresses him. He makes an attempt to overcome this depression throughalcohol consumption. However, he is hurting so deep that he doubts such is aviable solution. So he is instead bracing to experience such discomfortfor the foreseeable future.Sivan is alsointeracting with unfamiliar people to deal with his loneliness. However,when they are not around, his mind is focused on his heartbreak, and heaccordingly wallows in pain. It does not seem like this distress will, and the onlyperceived remedy is reacquiring the good graces of his ex.The constant spinning of love songs at this venue is more than Lauv and Troye can bear. So they want to. But they are suffering so intensely from inner turmoil that they may need assistance getting there. Facts about “I’m So Tired”. Lauv and Troye Sivan teamed up with three others to write this song.
They are: Leland, Michael Pollack and OZGO. OZGO and Lauv worked together again to produce the song. January 24th, 2019 was the day this track was commercially released. 10 days prior to that, Lauv and Sivan teased the song online for the first time. This was the first new music both Sivan and Lauv respectively released in 2019.
This track is the first single from Lauv’s third EP titled Blurry Bodies.