Explode

"**Explode**" is a song performed by Gigi Rowe released under her birth name Laura Warshauer. It was released as the second track (first track on the bonus track edition) of her second studio album "**The Pink Chariot Mixtape**".

## Background

In a interview about the song, Rowe mentioned that she made the melody and certain line of the lyrics during her preparation for her performance at the Gramercy Theater in New York City:

"*In between running songs for my upcoming performance, I started strumming away at my usual chords and just sang those lines over the top. I loved the feel of the melody. It had a certain bounce, and the lyrics had a poignancy that seemed to say a lot, with a little.*"
## Theme

In a interview, Rowe mentioned the theme of the song:

"*It's about that push and pull feeling that I think we've all experienced, whether it's a relationship (any kind of relationship), or the everyday struggles we face trying to make our way in the world and build careers or pursue whatever ambitions we may have.*"
In the same interview, she mentioned that despite being written about a relationship, it was actually about her struggles pursuing a life and career in the music industry, but that she switched the theme to made the song more relatable and understood.

## Lyrics

**[Verse 1]**

Looking at the time

Boy, you're a few hours late

Butterflies on my stomach

I'm not feeling so great

And a red light, stop sign

The green light, just let me go

Maybe in a while

Please tell me as to know

**[Pre-chorus]**

I've been waiting like a fool

Thinking that you'll fall in love

With this girl who can't get you

Can't get you out of mind

And its eyes up in the clouds

Thinking that you'll fall in love

With this girl who can't get you

Can't get you out of mind

**[Chorus]**

And it's ready to explode

Do you know the way it goes, goes?

My heart is ready to explode

Now I've got to let you go, go

**[Verse 2]**

Give me one more kiss, boy

I don't know what this means

Is this something that's convenient

Or something that you'll really believe?

A red light, stop sign

The green light, just let me go

Maybe in a while

Please tell me as to know

**[Pre-chorus]**

I've been waiting like a fool

Thinking that you'll fall in love

With this girl who can't get you

Can't get you out of mind

And its eyes up in the clouds

Thinking that you'll fall in love

With this girl who can't get you

Can't get you out of mind

**[Chorus]**

And it's ready to explode

Do you know the way it goes, goes?

My heart is ready to explode

Now I've got to let you go, go

**[Bridge]**

And I won't be ashamed

I don't think i'm to blame

I feel I control these feelings that i've got you, babe

So hard to move on

I've been here for so long

And the only thing

I want is just to plead same

**[Chorus]**

And it's ready to explode

Do you know the way it goes, goes?

My heart is ready to explode

Now I've got to let you go, go

**[Outro]**

I've been waiting like a fool

Thinking that you'll fall in love

With this girl who can't get you

Can't get you out of mind

And its eyes up in the clouds

Thinking that you'll fall in love

With this girl who can't get you

Can't get you

## Trivia

* The line "My heart is ready to explode" was originally "My head is ready to explode", but was changed as part of switching the theme.
* Both this song and "*Rockstar*" uses a romantic relationship as a metaphor for the "everyday struggles of pursuing a career as an artist".

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 http://www.antimusic.com/news/11/june/10Singled\_Out-\_Laura\_Warshauers\_Explode.shtml
2. ↑ https://vulturehound.co.uk/2011/10/qa-with-singer-songwriter-laura-warshauer/