Chords for Lizzy McAlpine "Ceilings" Official Lyrics & Meaning | Verified
Tempo:
65.5 bpm
Chords used:
Em
B
C
Bb
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
It's been really [Em] cool to see how people have connected to this song, especially on TikTok.
Just the community that is being built around this song is really special.
I mean, that's like what I
aim to do when I write songs is to have people connect to it on a bigger level.
[B] [Em] When I wrote the song, I was in London.
I had just ended a relationship and then I went to London for
like three months to work on an EP and that never came out.
But I was there and I was in
my little tiny apartment.
There was a bunch of street noise.
It was London, so it was very noisy.
And yeah, I recorded the demo in maybe 30 minutes.
It was just all about this relationship that I had just ended.
Ceilings, plaster, can't you just make it move faster?
Lovely to be sitting here with you.
For the two opening words, ceilings and plaster, I was kind of just picking words that sounded cool.
I wasn't really thinking about the meaning.
It could be that you want the time to move faster
until you see the person again, like you're waiting to see them again and see the beginning
of the relationship.
That's what I'm going with.
I'm going to go with that one.
You're kind of cute, but it's raining harder.
My shoes are now full of [N] water.
Lovely to be rained on with you.
These couple lines about rain were inspired by this night that
we went out in London and it was raining and it was really sweet.
And I think that there's something
really special about rain.
I don't know.
I love rain so much.
I don't know.
There's something so
magical about it.
[C] [Bb]
[N]
I was just thinking about, you know, rom-coms and like romantic movies and romantic, like,
coming of age indie movies.
And it's just like the beginning of a relationship always feels that way.
My all-time favorite rom-com is The Holiday.
I watch it all year round.
It's not just a Christmas movie.
Bed sheets, no clothes.
Touch me like nobody else does.
Lovely to just lay here with you.
You're kind of cute and I would say all of this, but I don't want to ruin the moment.
Lovely to sit between comfort and chaos.
That's the line that people get tattooed.
I see people
have gotten like comfort and [E] chaos, like on their arms.
I feel like it describes the feeling when
you're just starting a relationship and you're not quite sure what it is yet.
My entire life is just
like showing the line between being comfortable and being chaotic.
It's just something that
is more universal than just like in a relationship setting, which is maybe why
people are getting it tattooed on their bodies because it [N] makes sense outside of the song,
which is cool.
But it's over, then you're driving me home.
And it kind of comes out as I get up to go.
You kiss me in your car and it feels like the start of a movie I've seen before.
It kind of comes out as I get up to go, meaning like I almost say like, I love you.
That is what
was in my head when I wrote that line.
And it's getting serious now.
We have feelings and we're
about to say them, but then we stop ourselves.
And yeah, I just wanted to move the story along.
But it's not real and you don't exist.
And I can't recall the last time I was kissed.
It hits me in the car and it feels like the end of a movie I've seen before.
We love a plot twist.
The plot twist is the part that people are [Em] latching onto on TikTok,
especially.
And just like, that's the part that's kind of been going viral.
It really could be
interpreted like so many different ways.
And I cast my real life boyfriend in the music video.
In the video, it's like we're meeting for the first time and I've kind of just imagined
this whole relationship in my head, but we've never met before.
It takes kind of a hopeful
twist at the end of the music video for me personally, because it's like, this is like
not yet happened, but it could.
So I think that there's a lot of different ways that
people can interpret it.
And I like that.
That's fun for me to see everyone's different interpretation.
I never thought that this would be the song from the album that kind of blew up.
So I think I only realized that this was like
Just the community that is being built around this song is really special.
I mean, that's like what I
aim to do when I write songs is to have people connect to it on a bigger level.
[B] [Em] When I wrote the song, I was in London.
I had just ended a relationship and then I went to London for
like three months to work on an EP and that never came out.
But I was there and I was in
my little tiny apartment.
There was a bunch of street noise.
It was London, so it was very noisy.
And yeah, I recorded the demo in maybe 30 minutes.
It was just all about this relationship that I had just ended.
Ceilings, plaster, can't you just make it move faster?
Lovely to be sitting here with you.
For the two opening words, ceilings and plaster, I was kind of just picking words that sounded cool.
I wasn't really thinking about the meaning.
It could be that you want the time to move faster
until you see the person again, like you're waiting to see them again and see the beginning
of the relationship.
That's what I'm going with.
I'm going to go with that one.
You're kind of cute, but it's raining harder.
My shoes are now full of [N] water.
Lovely to be rained on with you.
These couple lines about rain were inspired by this night that
we went out in London and it was raining and it was really sweet.
And I think that there's something
really special about rain.
I don't know.
I love rain so much.
I don't know.
There's something so
magical about it.
[C] [Bb]
[N]
I was just thinking about, you know, rom-coms and like romantic movies and romantic, like,
coming of age indie movies.
And it's just like the beginning of a relationship always feels that way.
My all-time favorite rom-com is The Holiday.
I watch it all year round.
It's not just a Christmas movie.
Bed sheets, no clothes.
Touch me like nobody else does.
Lovely to just lay here with you.
You're kind of cute and I would say all of this, but I don't want to ruin the moment.
Lovely to sit between comfort and chaos.
That's the line that people get tattooed.
I see people
have gotten like comfort and [E] chaos, like on their arms.
I feel like it describes the feeling when
you're just starting a relationship and you're not quite sure what it is yet.
My entire life is just
like showing the line between being comfortable and being chaotic.
It's just something that
is more universal than just like in a relationship setting, which is maybe why
people are getting it tattooed on their bodies because it [N] makes sense outside of the song,
which is cool.
But it's over, then you're driving me home.
And it kind of comes out as I get up to go.
You kiss me in your car and it feels like the start of a movie I've seen before.
It kind of comes out as I get up to go, meaning like I almost say like, I love you.
That is what
was in my head when I wrote that line.
And it's getting serious now.
We have feelings and we're
about to say them, but then we stop ourselves.
And yeah, I just wanted to move the story along.
But it's not real and you don't exist.
And I can't recall the last time I was kissed.
It hits me in the car and it feels like the end of a movie I've seen before.
We love a plot twist.
The plot twist is the part that people are [Em] latching onto on TikTok,
especially.
And just like, that's the part that's kind of been going viral.
It really could be
interpreted like so many different ways.
And I cast my real life boyfriend in the music video.
In the video, it's like we're meeting for the first time and I've kind of just imagined
this whole relationship in my head, but we've never met before.
It takes kind of a hopeful
twist at the end of the music video for me personally, because it's like, this is like
not yet happened, but it could.
So I think that there's a lot of different ways that
people can interpret it.
And I like that.
That's fun for me to see everyone's different interpretation.
I never thought that this would be the song from the album that kind of blew up.
So I think I only realized that this was like
Key:
Em
B
C
Bb
E
Em
B
C
It's been really [Em] cool to see how people have connected to this song, especially on TikTok.
Just the community that is being built around this song is really special.
I mean, that's like what I
aim to do when I write songs is to have people connect to it on a bigger level.
_ [B] _ _ [Em] _ _ When I wrote the song, I was in London.
I had just ended a relationship and then I went to London for
like three months to work on an EP and that never came out.
But I was there and I was in
my little tiny apartment.
There was a bunch of street noise.
It was London, so it was very noisy.
And yeah, I recorded the demo in maybe 30 minutes.
It was just all about this relationship that I had just ended.
_ _ _ Ceilings, plaster, _ can't you just make it move faster?
_ Lovely to be sitting here with you.
For the two opening words, ceilings and plaster, I was kind of just picking words that sounded cool.
I wasn't really thinking about the meaning.
It could be that you want the time to move faster
until you see the person again, like you're waiting to see them again and see the beginning
of the relationship.
That's what I'm going with.
I'm going to go with that one.
You're kind of cute, but it's raining _ harder.
My shoes are now full of [N] water.
_ Lovely to be rained on with you.
These couple lines about rain were inspired by this night that
we went out in London and it was raining and it was really sweet.
And I think that there's something
really special about rain.
I don't know.
I love rain so much.
I don't know.
There's something so
magical about it. _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I was just thinking about, you know, rom-coms and like romantic movies and romantic, like,
coming of age indie movies.
And it's just like the beginning of a relationship always feels that way.
My all-time favorite rom-com is The Holiday.
I watch it all year round.
It's not just a Christmas movie.
_ _ Bed sheets, no clothes.
Touch me like nobody else does.
Lovely to just lay here with you.
You're kind of cute and I would say all of this, but I don't want to ruin the moment.
_ Lovely to sit between comfort and chaos.
That's the line that people get tattooed.
I see people
have gotten like comfort and [E] chaos, like on their arms.
I feel like it describes the feeling when
you're just starting a relationship and you're not quite sure what it is yet.
My entire life is just
like showing the line between being comfortable and being chaotic.
It's just something that
is more universal than just like in a relationship setting, which is maybe why
people are getting it tattooed on their bodies because it [N] makes sense outside of the song,
which is cool.
But it's over, then you're driving me home.
And it kind of comes out as I get up to go.
You kiss me in your car and it feels like the start of a movie I've seen before.
It kind of comes out as I get up to go, meaning like I almost say like, I love you.
That is what
was in my head when I wrote that line.
And it's getting serious now.
We have feelings and we're
about to say them, but then we stop ourselves.
And yeah, I just wanted to move the story along.
But it's not real and you don't exist.
And I can't recall the last time I was kissed.
It hits me in the car and it feels like the end of a movie I've seen before.
_ _ We love a plot twist.
The plot twist is the part that people are [Em] latching onto on TikTok,
especially.
And just like, that's the part that's kind of been going viral.
It really could be
interpreted like so many different ways.
And I cast my real life boyfriend in the music video.
In the video, it's like we're meeting for the first time and I've kind of just imagined
this whole relationship in my head, but we've never met before.
It takes kind of a hopeful
twist at the end of the music video for me personally, because it's like, this is like
not yet happened, but it could.
So I think that there's a lot of different ways that
people can interpret it.
And I like that.
That's fun for me to see everyone's different interpretation.
_ I never thought that this would be the song from the album that kind of blew up.
So I think I only realized that this was like
Just the community that is being built around this song is really special.
I mean, that's like what I
aim to do when I write songs is to have people connect to it on a bigger level.
_ [B] _ _ [Em] _ _ When I wrote the song, I was in London.
I had just ended a relationship and then I went to London for
like three months to work on an EP and that never came out.
But I was there and I was in
my little tiny apartment.
There was a bunch of street noise.
It was London, so it was very noisy.
And yeah, I recorded the demo in maybe 30 minutes.
It was just all about this relationship that I had just ended.
_ _ _ Ceilings, plaster, _ can't you just make it move faster?
_ Lovely to be sitting here with you.
For the two opening words, ceilings and plaster, I was kind of just picking words that sounded cool.
I wasn't really thinking about the meaning.
It could be that you want the time to move faster
until you see the person again, like you're waiting to see them again and see the beginning
of the relationship.
That's what I'm going with.
I'm going to go with that one.
You're kind of cute, but it's raining _ harder.
My shoes are now full of [N] water.
_ Lovely to be rained on with you.
These couple lines about rain were inspired by this night that
we went out in London and it was raining and it was really sweet.
And I think that there's something
really special about rain.
I don't know.
I love rain so much.
I don't know.
There's something so
magical about it. _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I was just thinking about, you know, rom-coms and like romantic movies and romantic, like,
coming of age indie movies.
And it's just like the beginning of a relationship always feels that way.
My all-time favorite rom-com is The Holiday.
I watch it all year round.
It's not just a Christmas movie.
_ _ Bed sheets, no clothes.
Touch me like nobody else does.
Lovely to just lay here with you.
You're kind of cute and I would say all of this, but I don't want to ruin the moment.
_ Lovely to sit between comfort and chaos.
That's the line that people get tattooed.
I see people
have gotten like comfort and [E] chaos, like on their arms.
I feel like it describes the feeling when
you're just starting a relationship and you're not quite sure what it is yet.
My entire life is just
like showing the line between being comfortable and being chaotic.
It's just something that
is more universal than just like in a relationship setting, which is maybe why
people are getting it tattooed on their bodies because it [N] makes sense outside of the song,
which is cool.
But it's over, then you're driving me home.
And it kind of comes out as I get up to go.
You kiss me in your car and it feels like the start of a movie I've seen before.
It kind of comes out as I get up to go, meaning like I almost say like, I love you.
That is what
was in my head when I wrote that line.
And it's getting serious now.
We have feelings and we're
about to say them, but then we stop ourselves.
And yeah, I just wanted to move the story along.
But it's not real and you don't exist.
And I can't recall the last time I was kissed.
It hits me in the car and it feels like the end of a movie I've seen before.
_ _ We love a plot twist.
The plot twist is the part that people are [Em] latching onto on TikTok,
especially.
And just like, that's the part that's kind of been going viral.
It really could be
interpreted like so many different ways.
And I cast my real life boyfriend in the music video.
In the video, it's like we're meeting for the first time and I've kind of just imagined
this whole relationship in my head, but we've never met before.
It takes kind of a hopeful
twist at the end of the music video for me personally, because it's like, this is like
not yet happened, but it could.
So I think that there's a lot of different ways that
people can interpret it.
And I like that.
That's fun for me to see everyone's different interpretation.
_ I never thought that this would be the song from the album that kind of blew up.
So I think I only realized that this was like