THE LYRICS-
Send me your location lets
Focus on communicating 'cause
I just need the time and place to come through
(A chance to come through)
Send me your location lets
Ride the vibrations
I don't need nothing else but you
At times I wonder why I fool with you
But this is new to me, this is new to you
Initially, I didn't wanna fall for you
Gather my attention it was all for you, so don't
Take advantage, don't leave my heart damaged
To understand that things go a little bit better when you plan it
So won't you send me, your location lets
Focus on communicating 'cause
I just need the time and place to come through
Send me your location lets
Ride the vibrations
I don't need nothing else but you
I don't wanna fall in love off of subtweets so
Let's get personal
I got a lot of cool spots that we can go
Tell me what's the move and I got you
I'm only acting like this 'cause I like you
Just give me the vibe to slide then
I might make you mine by the night
Meaning of the lyrics- In Khalid's words- (from genius.com)
"The term “Send me your location,” was kind of the ode to the digital era that we’re all going through.Everything is just so controlled by phones now. It’s kind of a sense of irony because it’s like, “Send me your location so we can focus on communication,” so I can talk to you face to face. So it’s like you got to go through the phone to contact somebody because you’re not just going to pull up on someone’s door without telling them. It was kind of that, but then at the same time, it’s like “You know what? Let’s actually talk in real life instead of all this phone stuff.”
“Let’s focus on communication" has to do with breaking down that barrier that we have because everyone is just so comfortable behind their phones. We all feel the need to text everything that we feel and sometimes I feel like as individuals we lack empathy. When you talk to someone face to face, it’s almost like there’s not a lot of emotion as there was a couple of years back because everything is based off of emojis and text messages and signs and memes, which is dope. I still use that sh*t. But at the same time, to connect someone in the form of intimacy, I feel like it’s really necessary to kind of pick their brain, face to face, and see their reaction. Instead of seeing their emoticons."
"When I was writing the song, there was always a sense of distance between the two of us. It’s like, “I like you, but I don’t know why I like you.” She likes me but, she don’t know why she likes me, because we were never really comfortable in relationships. I was only in like two relationships. She’s never been in a relationship in her whole entire life, so it was like, “Do we keep going without being in a relationship or do we give each other the title?” It’s like, why do I fool with you? We have no title. No one really knows that we’re talking but fuck it, I guess we’ll just keep talking."
"I don't wanna fall in love off of subtweets so let's get personal."
"This was a hint to the whole of Twitter and social media connection. I remember ta the time we were talking to each other. She would always subtweet me and i would favourite it. I would subtweet about her and she would favourite it and we kept going back and fourth. I was like "I'm tired of this." You can tell me stuff over subtweet but you can't text me how you feel about me? This was kind of the push to 'send you location'. Let's talk in person so you can say what you were subtweeting me, to my face."
"Ride, ride, ride, come and vibe with me tonight."
"A good vibe is if we have the same music taste. We have the same views towards the world. We’re talking, we’re connecting. We’re both joking around. We’re playing with each other. It’s not too serious, but at the same time, there is a serious tone. You’re just coasting. You might be riding down the highway. Up the mountain. You feel it. You feel the vibe. Kind of like safety."
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