Lyrics Analysis

Stay at home tonight
Please give me one night
I wish I could use your eyes to see what its like
But something else was on my mind

You wanted me to stay at home but I didn’t want to
I didn’t want to feel alone, or forgotten

Because I wanted to go out, to make everybody smile
I wanted to go out, to waste my time in the sunshine

Is it my fault, no not this time
I’m trying to say, I don’t wanna play your game
There’s something you should know
But I’m not gonna tell you
I started to smile as you put out the fire because it feels right

You wanted me to stay at home, but I didn’t want to
No no I didn’t wanna feel alone or be forgotten

Because I wanted to go out
To make everybody smile
I wanted to go out to waste my time in the sunshine


Representation

- Someone may be stopping him from going out (e.g Girlfriend or Mum) - restricted from doing so.
- He could be tell that someone to stay at home and he could go out - maybe because that someone always went out instead of him.
- The song is a statement of him making a change to his life style - to have fun maybe.
- He's making a decision over whether to go out or not at all - there may be commitments to stay at home but he is becoming independent.

- Alternatively, not wanting to "stay at home" could be a metaphor for leaving a relationship - he may have left her judging by the overall mood of the song.
- "started to smile when you put out the fire" - happy to start being independent/single and to not be restricted by commitment.
- "I didn't wanna feel alone or be forgotten" - he may have wanted to persuade the other half to go out with him so he wouldn't have to stay in with her.

Mood

- Feeling of liberation/freedom - possibly from relationship breakup
- Freshness
- Fun, upbeat
- Carefree - as if he had no restrictions bounding him anymore.