Chasing Rainbows

Song meaning of Chasing Rainbows by Shed Seven

Shed Seven wrote "Chasing Rainbows" while touring Germany in support of their last album, A Maximum High. They developed the tune on a gloomy afternoon while waiting to conduct their soundcheck, according to Rick Witter in an interview with Songwriting Magazine.

He was sitting in the band's tour bus with bandmate Paul Banks when Banks started writing the song's primary riff on his guitar. Their constant travelling had made them homesick, so they immediately wrote the lyrics.

Lyrics of Chasing Rainbows by Shed Seven

These things that I regret

Like being called a nervous wreck

And working up another sweat for you

There's nothing that I can do

For counterparts and bleeding hearts

And all the things that fall apart for you

I don't keep my secrets there

I hide them everywhere

I could deny

But I'll never realise

I'm just chasing rainbows

All the time

And then I missed my cue

Everybody had a laugh

And then went for an early bath, did you

I don't keep my secrets there

No, no, no, I hide them everywhere

I could deny

But I'll never realise

I'm just chasing rainbows

All the time

(I could deny)

I could deny

But I'll never realise

I've been chasing rainbows

All my life

I could deny

But I'll never realise

I'm just chasing rainbows

All the time

(I could deny)

I could deny

But I'll never realise

I've been chasing rainbows

All my life

(I could deny)