Frail State of Mind

## Music video

**"Frail State of Mind"** is a song by British pop rock band, The 1975. The song is the second single off of the band's fourth studio album, *Notes on a Conditional Form*. The single was released on 24 October 2019.

## Background

*"[During our early teens], we were super into hardcore and making noise and, like most people in the UK, super into dance music. I think Burial is quite an obvious one that you can hear on this, and even people like MJ Cole. That darker side of garage is something that I’ve always really loved. It’s very dreamy and sounds like driving down the M25 at night with the passing of lights and the smoking of stuff. Mike Skinner spoke about how garage clubs and the actual garage scene was always a bit intimidating to him as a late teen, so he would experience these things at his mates’ houses or in cars with his mates smoking weed. That’s what my experience was—with so much time spent in my car listening to music and then going home and making music with George [Daniel, drummer and co-producer] and then going out in my car and listening to it for context. That was one of the happiest times of my life."*
The song was finally announced to be releasing on the album in a teaser image on The 1975’s Twitter on October 19, 2019.

Matty Healy mentioned this song in a series of tweets dedicated to the recent death of trumpeter Roy Hargrove in early November 2018. Roy was featured on several of The 1975’s songs, such as "If I Believe You", "Sincerity Is Scary", and "Mine".

## Lyrics

(Frail state of mind)

(Frail state of mind)

Go outside?

Seems unlikely

I'm sorry that I missed your call (Missed your call)

I watched it ring (Ring)

"Don't waste their time"

I've always got a (Frail state of mind)

"Oh, boy, don't cry"

I'm sorry, but I

I always get this way sometimes (Way sometimes)

Oh, I'll just leave

I'll save you time

I'm sorry 'bout my (Frail state of mind)

(Frail state of mind)

"Stay at mine

You might just like it

Might stop you being miserable" (Miserable)

Nah, I'm alright

Nah, trust I'm fine

Just dealing with a (Frail state of mind)

"Oh, don't be shy"

I'm sorry, but I

I always get this way sometimes (Way sometimes)

You lot just leave

I'll stay behind

I'm sorry 'bout my (Frail state of mind)

(Frail state of mind)

(Frail state of mind)

(Frail state of mind)

(Frail state of mind)

Oh, what's the vibe?

I wouldn't know, I

I'm normally in bed at this time (Bed at this time)

You guys, go do your thing

And I'll just leave at nine

Don't wanna bore you with my frail state of mind

"Oh, winner, winner, that's your biggest lie

I'm sure that you're fine"

I haven't told a lie in quite some time (Quite some time)

"You know we'll leave if you keep lying

Don't lie behind your (Frail state of mind)"

(Frail state of mind)

(Frail state of mind)

(Frail state of mind)

(Frail state of mind)

## Personnel

* **Published by:** Good Soldier Songs
* **Produced by:** George Daniel and Matthew Healy
* **Piano:** George Daniel
* **Harp:** George Daniel
* **Synth:** George Daniel and Roy Hargrove
* **Vocals:** Matthew Healy
* **Guitar:** Adam Hann
* **Mixed by:** Mike Crossey
* **Mastered by:** Robin Schmidt
* **Engineered by:** Jonathan Gilmore

## References

1. ↑ https://twitter.com/TwitterMusic/status/1263895159470731268
2. ↑ https://music.apple.com/us/album/notes-on-a-conditional-form/1473599936