Nights - Frank Ocean, lyric analysis
Round your city, round the clock (opening scene, lift doors opening to signal start, walking out to signal 'round')
Everybody needs you (Pan over London view (dark setting) to symbol this weight of 'everybody')
No, you can't make everybody equal (E setting stuff down on train looking tired, dark, train transition)
No, you can't make everybody equal (E setting stuff down on train looking tired, dark, train transition)
Instrumental (glitching, distorted pan of S and E walking through busy London streets (separate))
Although you got beaucoup family (following S around everyday life)
You don't even got nobody bein' honest with you (reflection of S in train, lonely people in LDN)
Breathe 'til I evaporated (attempt zoom in transition to Eve lip synching on projector)
My whole body see through (S standing in busy crows of people walking distort with Eve's video)
Transportation, handmade (train leaving with S on it)
And I know it better than most people (flickered shots of E + S and just S)
I don't trust 'em anyways (S leaving train)
You can't break the law with them (flicker of S alone and S + E happy)
Get some gushy, have a calm night (up to 'gushy' is sun, onwards is a busy night with city lights)
Shooters killin' left and right (S goes on laptop to scroll through news 'shooters killing' intertextual)
Workin' through your worst night (S on laptop in dark room working or on anywhere 'work related')
You don't even got nobody bein' honest with you (reflection of S in train, lonely people in LDN)
Breathe 'til I evaporated (attempt zoom in transition to Eve lip synching on projector)
My whole body see through (S standing in busy crows of people walking distort with Eve's video)
Transportation, handmade (train leaving with S on it)
And I know it better than most people (flickered shots of E + S and just S)
I don't trust 'em anyways (S leaving train)
You can't break the law with them (flicker of S alone and S + E happy)
Get some gushy, have a calm night (up to 'gushy' is sun, onwards is a busy night with city lights)
Shooters killin' left and right (S goes on laptop to scroll through news 'shooters killing' intertextual)
Workin' through your worst night (S on laptop in dark room working or on anywhere 'work related')
Instrumental (flicker busy LDN city)
If I get my money right
You know I won't need you
And I tell you, (bitch) (Image of S + E happy, zoom into image transition)
I hope the sack is full up (image becomes reality)
I'm f#ckin', no, I'm f#cked up (light environment E + S happy)
Spend it when I get that (picnic)
I ain't tryna keep you (light bed)
Can't keep up a conversation (in clear deep convo S + E)
Can't nobody reach you (E reach out to S, brush cheek)
Why your eyes well up? (E now in the mirror sad, 'eyes welling up' without S)
Did you call me from a séance? (E distant in a group setting)
You are from my past life (flicker or S + E singing this lyric, side on)
Hope you're doin' well, bruh (flicker of S + E in same environment)
I been out here head first (E flopping into bed, twist transition)
Always like the head first (S now being with E)
Signal comin' in and out (S and E laughing happy)
Hope you're doin' well, bruh (flicker alone E and S + E in bed)
Everybody needs you (E lyric, projector)
Everybody needs you (S lyric, projector)
Ooh, nani nani (Eve walking)
This feel like a quaalude (Scarlett walking)
If I get my money right
You know I won't need you
And I tell you, (bitch) (Image of S + E happy, zoom into image transition)
I hope the sack is full up (image becomes reality)
I'm f#ckin', no, I'm f#cked up (light environment E + S happy)
Spend it when I get that (picnic)
I ain't tryna keep you (light bed)
Can't keep up a conversation (in clear deep convo S + E)
Can't nobody reach you (E reach out to S, brush cheek)
Why your eyes well up? (E now in the mirror sad, 'eyes welling up' without S)
Did you call me from a séance? (E distant in a group setting)
You are from my past life (flicker or S + E singing this lyric, side on)
Hope you're doin' well, bruh (flicker of S + E in same environment)
I been out here head first (E flopping into bed, twist transition)
Always like the head first (S now being with E)
Signal comin' in and out (S and E laughing happy)
Hope you're doin' well, bruh (flicker alone E and S + E in bed)
Everybody needs you (E lyric, projector)
Everybody needs you (S lyric, projector)
Ooh, nani nani (Eve walking)
This feel like a quaalude (Scarlett walking)
No sleep in my body (awake in bed looking at polaroid pics)
Ain't no b#tch in my body
Ain't no b#tch in my body
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