What does Let It Happen mean?

Tame Impala: Let It Happen Meaning

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Let It Happen Lyrics

It's always around me, all this noise
But not really as loud as the voice saying
Let it happen, let it happen (It's gonna feel so good)
Just let it happen, let it happen

All this running around
Trying to cover my shadow
An ocean growing...

  1. anonymous
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    Nov 2nd 2020 !⃝

    Is this song about transformation or bargaining? The breakdown of a relationship? To me it sounds like KP became distant/sick of something/someone he loved and wanted to distance himself from completely, like ending a failing relationship or kicking a drug habit.

    The lyrics at 2:48 are, according to many websites:

    I will not vanish and you will not scare me
    Try to get through it, try to bounce to it
    All the while thinking I might as well do it
    They be lovin' someone and I'm not that stupid
    Take the next ticket to take the next train
    Why would I do it? And you wanna think that

    To me, it sounds like (caps are my changes):

    I will not vanish and you will not scare me
    Try to get through it, try to bounce to it
    YOU ARE NOT thinking that I WILL NOT DO IT (being goaded into leaving)
    EVERYONE'S ASSUMING THAT I'M NOT STUPID (desperation to clutch to it despite everyone thinking he'd be better without it)
    Take the next ticket to take the next train
    (telling himself to get out of there, as an inner voice?)
    Why would I do it? And you wanna think that

    I think this song is about wanted to change but being in denial about whether to actually go through with it. Sometimes it is harder to walk away than remain in the same place.

  2. anonymous
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    Mar 7th 2019 !⃝

    Suicide


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