The Only High – The Veronicas
I still can remember this night as clear as day; in fact, Tyler’s friend that hosted it had too similar of a name to mine, so I completely removed her as a character from my novel. Sorry, girl! Your house was absolutely beautiful and I still think of it ’till this day.
That night felt so electric and was my favourite party I’d been to up until that point; during secondary school, I wasn’t ever invited to the popular kid’s party, so this was really the first occasion where I truly felt “cool”.
This song, to me, felt so juvenile, as we loved each other and then when we sobered up, that spark was still there. We went and camped in the middle of the forest—high and drunk—after this party, and waking up the next day was cold, hard, and miserable. But, we were happy, and still lived and breathed for each other.
I believe this song also acts as a double entendre; I wanted to stop taking drugs as he was the only high I needed, yet the only high he craved was through substance abuse.
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