Posted by October Passed Me By is the song released in 2022 by Girl In Red. Once again, a track set in October and announced as the sequel to her famous We Fell in Love In October, released in 2018. If that song was about the birth of a new relationship, the first time she loved another girl, this new track represents the memory of that story. In this article, we’ll explore the song’s meaning, and you’ll also find the complete lyrics at the end.
You can find below the official streaming of the song, an 8-minute-long short film.
October Passed Me By: the song lyrics and their meaning
October Passed Me By is about the memory of an old love story that ended some time ago. In the lyrics, Girl In Red thinks again about the love relationship she sang about in We Fell In Love In October and reflects on how strong the feelings were back in those days and how indifferent she feels now.
The first lines are already significant: the artist confesses that from time to time, she reads again the love letters they were exchanging in those days; she’s surprised now, feeling that this October, a month that was so important in the past, now passed by without anything special.
I keep the letters that you wrote in a secret place
Every now and then, I go down memory lane
October passed me by just like any month
But I still think of the times you took the breath out of my
Lungs
You don’t have to run
There is also a moment in the song where Girl In Red describes how things went in that relationship from her point of view: the other girl got colder, creating frustration in her. Apparently, they both changed in a way that no longer allowed the relationship to go on.
Yeah, I got bitter when you got cold
And could you really blame me though?
‘Cause I’m still tied up when you go
The song’s ending directly references the lines of her hit We Fell In Love In October, allowing us to interpret those lyrics in a new light. Girl In Red admits that she was “busy with the stars” (“Looking at the stars, admiring from afar,” she was singing in the other song): that might mean that her dreamy side represented a distraction from reality. Maybe the protagonist wasn’t focusing enough on the daily part of the relationship? That could be a possible interpretation.
I met you at the wrong time, didn’t wanna see
I was busy with the stars, you were looking at me
For better or for worse, I don’t know, but for what it’s worth
I made you my whole world
I made you my whole world
Screaming at the top of my lungs, “I love you, my girl”
That’s what the lyrics in October Passed Me By represent and the song’s true meaning: years have passed, and now I’m over our story, but you have been so important to me. My emotions were intense, you were my whole world, and I can’t believe that October, the month when I fell in love with you, now passed by with no effect.
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The complete lyrics
I keep the letters that you wrote in a secret place
Every now and then, I go down memory lane
October passed me by just like any month
But I still think of the times you took the breath out of my
Lungs
You don’t have to run
Yeah, I got bitter when you got cold
And could you really blame me though?
‘Cause I’m still tied up when you go
You know this song is about you
Who else could it be?
You were the first to make me feel like I was
Me
Just a memory
It wasn’t all good, yeah, it wasn’t all pretty
Lost our grip while tryna go steady
Holding on to you, like, maybe, one day we’ll meet
I met you at the wrong time, didn’t wanna see
I was busy with the stars, you were looking at me
For better or for worse, I don’t know, but for what it’s worth
I made you my whole world
I made you my whole world
Screaming at the top of my lungs, “I love you, my girl”
Always in the back of my mind, you’ll be my girl
