Harry Styles “As it was” lyrics meaning
Here is the meaning of the lyrics of As it was by Harry Styles
Harry Styles is an artiste that sometimes speaks on how the evolution of humans should still be made to suit positive adjustments. This is what he did with “Signs of the times”, and now with “As it was”
Here is a Stanza by Stanza meaning of the lyrics of Harry Styles As it was
Harry Styles As it was Lyrics meaning {Stanza One}
(Come on, Harry, we wanna say goodnight to you)
Holdin’ me back
Gravity’s holdin’ me back
I want you to hold out the palm of your hand
Why don’t we leave it at that?
Nothin’ to say
When everything gets in the way
Seems you cannot be replaced
And I’m the one who will stay, oh-oh-oh
Harry Styles opens the song with the voice of a child that implies that they want his presence so they can say goodnight to him.
This intro lyrics of As it Was is symbolic of the fact that Harry Styles is currently no present on the said scenario.
It is when Stanza one of As it Was gets in that we realize that Harry really wants connection, but there seems to be holding him back.
The lyrics meaning of Harry Styles As it was stanza one expatiates on the desire for connection but the unexplainable force that drives him apart from other people.
Apparently, “When everything gets in the way” implies that he everything he does {or does not do} is an obstacle to him forming real connections.
The person he intends to form connections with, cannot be replaced, yet, he still can’t seem to find the best way to establish connection with that person.
Based on the music video, the meaning of the lyrics of Harry Styles As it was sees him walking with a lot of people and the suddenly, there seems to be something pulling him back from the people he is walking with, and then, he finds himself in a room alone with someone.
This is the lyrics meaning of Harry Styles As it was stanza one.
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Harry Styles As it was Lyrics meaning {Chorus}
In this world, it’s just us
You know it’s not the same as it was
In this world, it’s just us
You know it’s not the same as it was
As it was, as it was
You know it’s not the same
The chorus peaks the meaning of the lyrics of Harry Styles As it was.
Apparently, the world used to be so connected that everyone could form real connections easily. Meanwhile, that is not how it is any longer.
It is not, as it was.
The world has supposedly evolved in such a way that forming connections and real relationships with people becomes difficult if people don’t intend to and they want to intentionally form connections.
It’s as if the world is now wired to prevent people from having real relationships with one another- whether romantic or platonic.
This is the meaning of the lyrics of Harry Styles As it was Chorus.
In the music video, Harry Styles finds himself in the room with a lady and he tries to hold her hands, but they go apart.
They are standing in a circle and the way they hold hands and hug is symbolic of the fact that they are actually trying to form a connection.
This is what the lyrics meaning of Harry Styles As it was when he says “In this world, it’s just us”
If you look closely, you see that both Harry Styles and the lady he is a room with are going through their personal issues.
But they hug again and try it sort it out because they have each other.
Meanwhile, at the end of the chorus of As it was by Harry Styles, the lady slides out of the circle and the connection is hindered again.
Harry Styles As it was Lyrics meaning {Stanza Two}
Answer the phone
“Harry, you’re no good alone
Why are you sitting at home on the floor?
What kind of pills are you on?”
Ringin’ the bell
And nobody’s coming to help
Your daddy lives by himself
He just wants to know that you’re well, oh-oh-oh
When the connection is hindered, Harry Styles connects with himself again and asks why he seems to be self-sabotaging when he could just go on and establish a connection with the lady again.
He seems to be conducting an introspection to examine why he can’t explain his lack of connection continual connection ability. This is why he asks
“Why are you sitting at home on the floor, what pills are you on?”
The lyrics meaning of Harry Styles As it was, here, implies that some people try to use drugs and other substances as their companion when they are bored or they feel lonely.
At the end of stanza two of As it was, Harry says he tries to ring the bell, for help, and possibly companionship, but no one is coming.
The meaning of this, and the reason no one is coming is that they are all alone on their own too and don’t know how to form connections with other people.
In the music video of As It Was, and at Stanza 2, Harry and the choreographers strip themselves, which is symbolic of not hiding anything from each other.
It speaks on the fact that if we want to really connect with people, we have to be like a glass they can see through.
Metaphorically, we should be willing to strop ourselves of all the things that shroud us from forming relationships with them. This is the lyrics meaning of Harry Styles As it was stanza 3
By the time the chorus of As it was comes in again, both Harry Styles and the lady form connections again, they hug and lay on the floor.
However, they lose connections and not only is the lady walking away, the circle does not permit Harry Styles to catch up with her.
The floor drifts them apart and they are kind of like in a parallel line-run in the circle
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Harry Styles As it was Lyrics meaning {Stanza Three}
Go home, get ahead, light-speed internet
I don’t wanna talk about the way that it was
Leave America, two kids follow her
I don’t wanna talk about who’s doin’ it first
Stanza Three of As it was is short, and is even more like an outro- which it’s most likely what it is because it does not contain enough vocals and extended meaning like the other stanzas, to distinguish it as a separate stanza.
Still, it discusses how the internet is contributory to why people can’t form connections. It’s light speed internet.
The heart-breaking thing at the end is that Harry Styles does not make connection at the end of the music video, and well, at the end of the song either.
The lyrics meaning of Harry Styles As it was, at this point, sees him running in circles at the end of the video and going home alone.
Although it seems like he is happy, the reality of his loneliness will dawn on him when he gets home and there is no one.
Truly, it is not As it was.
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Lyrics
(Come on, Harry, we wanna say goodnight to you)
Holdin’ me back
Gravity’s holdin’ me back
I want you to hold out the palm of your hand
Why don’t we leave it at that?
Nothin’ to say
When everything gets in the way
Seems you cannot be replaced
And I’m the one who will stay, oh-oh-oh
In this world, it’s just us
You know it’s not the same as it was
In this world, it’s just us
You know it’s not the same as it was
As it was, as it was
You know it’s not the same
Answer the phone
“Harry, you’re no good alone
Why are you sitting at home on the floor?
What kind of pills are you on?”
Ringin’ the bell
And nobody’s coming to help
Your daddy lives by himself
He just wants to know that you’re well, oh-oh-oh
In this world, it’s just us
You know it’s not the same as it was
In this world, it’s just us
You know it’s not the same as it was
As it was, as it was
You know it’s not the same
Go home, get ahead, light-speed internet
I don’t wanna talk about the way that it was
Leave America, two kids follow her
I don’t wanna talk about who’s doin’ it first
(Hey)
As it was
You know it’s not the same as it was
As it was, as it was
