The opening line is,"Gold up in my, gold up in my teeth (Gold up, Gold up in my teeth). Don't care what you say to me, I'ma bite your feelings out (Gold up in my teeth)." This line to me means that she is stating her power. In many popular songs, the artist shows that they are of a high status and importance by having gold teeth.
Next, the song says,"I missed you in the basement, but you brother was a good substitute for you." This means that she was expecting someone that didn't show up but he/she was replaceable. This makes me believe that she is getting over this person.
"And if you love me, love me but you never let me go." This quote from the song reminded me of a common saying so I did some research and found it. "If you love something set it free. If it comes back it's yours. If not, it was never meant to be." I find the relation to be how in the last line she is saying that they are replaceable, but she just wanted to make them jealous. But she couldn't force the love so they have to "set each other free."
I also did research on this next line. "When the roof was on fire, you never let me know." The phrase "roof on fire" means "obvious" since typically a roof on fire is very obvious to see. So I think this means that the other person felt unhappy and felt the problems were obvious so didn't bother letting her know. The line basically translates to,"When there were problems you thought were obvious and I didn't, you never let me know."
"Say you're sorry honey, but you never really show." This wasn't hard to find out. It means that he/she always gives apologies that she doesn't feel are sincere.
Then it says, "And I could leave a party without ever letting you know, without ever letting you know," I think this means that they never notice her so she could do whatever she wants and she would never be acknowledged. The "party" could also be a metaphor for their relationship.
"Tastes like money when I speak." She is once again, like the gold teeth line, asserting herself and her power.
"And I missed you in the basement." Since she is restating this, this makes me think that now she is really over it.
"Bodies on the pavement." This line is pretty weird so I once again did some research. It seems to mean that these "bodies" are all the people, or past partners that she no longer cares about and she is letting go.
In conclusion, this song means that Kiiara was in a relationship where she felt like she wasn't getting attention and she wasn't loved so at first she tried to make them jealous and win them back but she realized it wasn't meant to be. She then began to lose feelings and let it go. This was my analyzation of "Gold" by Kiiara.
Thank you! Now the song makes some sense :)
ReplyDeleteI think that the song is about domestic abuse. And he's doing the abusing. He's got caught up in his teeth he saying he's a thug. He's always in his man cave so she's missing affection from him and attention from him and she seeks out love and affection from his friend or brother. The part where she says bodies on the pavement she's talking about being afraid to being beaten to death. She also says he never lets her go so I think she's confined to the house so he's controlling her. I also think that she even feels like he doesn't care about her enough to get her out of the house if it was on fire
ReplyDeleteI left out the part of he says he's sorry but he never lets it show. That's talking about the cycle of abuse when everything is ok then the abuse starts in the explosion then the apology stage however he just keeps doing it over and over
DeleteI missed you in the basement.
ReplyDeleteWill somebody please explain what it means :)