To think Harry styles must be ok drugs to think his song is about childbirth??!!

[BrieAndChilli]

Disclaimer : I have an 8 year old girl who loved 1D so I am subject to some songs I would rather not listen to.

Listening to Harry styles song and she asked me to look up the lyrics. Came across several articles saying he said the song is about childbirth and a young mother being told the baby will survive but she won't.

Here are the lyrics. Can anyone tell me what part is about childbirth??!!!

Just stop your crying
It's a sign of the times
Welcome to the final show
Hope you're wearing your best clothes
You can't bribe the door on your way to the sky
You look pretty good down here
But you ain't really good
If we never learn, we been here before
Why are we always stuck and running from
The bullets?
The bullets
We never learn, we been here before
Why are we always stuck and running from
The bullets?
The bullets
Just stop your crying
It's a sign of the times
We gotta get away from here
We gotta get away from here
Just stop your crying
It'll be alright
They told me that the end is near
We gotta get away from here
Just stop your crying

[SumThucker]

Yeah, I'm not seeing it...

[sparechange]

He said in a different interview it is about Brexit and the Black Lives Matter movement

I suspect that Harry Styles didn't have much input in the writing process, and he didn't actually ask the songwriter what it is about, so is having some fun with the press now to whip up some publicity for himself

www.nme.com/news/music/harry-styles-says-sign-of-the-times-lyrics-meaning-brexit-black-lives-matter-2070779

[Walnutwhipaddict]

Me neither

If it's about anything, it really suggests themes like suicide or murder to me. I find the lyrics a bit shocking to be honest.

[TizzyDongue]

It'll be alright
They told me that the end is near

Possibly this bit. At a stretch. And being generous.

[Walnutwhipaddict]

"You can't bribe the door on your way to the sky."

What does this bit mean? 🤔

[BrieAndChilli]

With the bullets and we have to get out of here, end is near etc is makes me think more of people trying to escape war etc

[PerspicaciaTick]

Yeah - bullets featured heavily in my NHS births. Spot on Harry.

[MargotLovedTom1]

Plenty of song lyrics are actual bollocks, so he's not really bucking the trend. I like the song though .

[Migraleve]

I love the song but I don't think styles has a big enough voice to do it justice

[DameDiazepamTheDramaQueen]

You can't bribe the door on your way to the sky.

You can't buy your way to heaven.

I really like it but hated Wand Errection.

[BoysofMelody]

I suspect that Harry Styles didn't have much input in the writing process, and he didn't actually ask the songwriter what it is about

That would make sense.

It seems to be about nothing. The song lists seven writers (including Styles) and it is just meaningless, diet angst with all the signs of being written by committee, probably written to a brief to make the former boybander appear 'adult' 'deep' and 'aware'.

Styles almost certainly had little to do with the composition, it is a well known and long established practice to take a writing credit whether they've contributed or not, they get a share of the writers royalties and credibility as an authentic musician who writes their own songs. The practice is known as 'change a word, get a third' in which songwriters pitching to star names are offered the choice between getting two-thirds of a writing credit of a potentially global hit or 100% of nothing.

Elvis wanted to record Dolly Parton's 'I will always love you' in exchange for a songwriting credit and 50% of the songwriting royalties. To her eternal credit, Dolly held her ground and told him to do one, so when Whitney came calling, she got 100% of a fuck tonne of money.

[HeartsTrumpDiamonds]

That is very interesting Boys

I am a huge Harry Styles fan, much to the chagrin and embarrassment of my DDs.

[Thisarmingman]

Stop your crying is addressed to the baby isn't it.

Anyway I like it.

[tiffanysfanny]

I wish I hadn't read the lyrics. I liked mumbling to it and now it's just cringe.
The lyrics are so bad.

[LorLorr2]

It seems even more meaningless after reading the lyrics. Rather random

[Gramgram]

Probably something to do with One Direction splitting up more than anything else.

Quite like the song though, it has elements of Prince and Pink Floyd in it.

[schokolade]

Wtf.. What a load of shite.

And if you cant bribe your way into heaven there's not much point getting dressed at all, let alone in your best...

[IWouldLikeToSeeTheseMangoes]

Also why is he flying in the video?

[RedGrapeCornSnake]

Welcome to the final show?
Well I'm disappointed, I've always sung 'welcome to the firemen show' - a MUCH more interesting mental image

[LittleLionMansMummy]

Reincarnation possibly?

[dontgobaconmyheart]

I imagine he probably is most of the time to be fair, if what you read and hear is anything to go by.

I also doubt he wrote it, given that most artists don't or simply buy the writing rights off somebody and whack their name on the songs. Most likely he was chatting shit and trying to engender himself to as many sets of people as possible by saying it's about various different virtue signalling topics. I don't dislike him specifically, or the song, but fame is such nonsense.

[nosswith]

Let us focus instead on real musicians, not has been so called talent show people.