Gold on the Ceiling Lyrics
Down in the waves
She screams again
Roar at the door
My mind can't take much more
[Pre-Chorus]
I could never drown in
[Chorus]
They wanna get my
They wanna get my gold on the ceiling
I ain't blind, just a matter of time
Before you steal it
It's alright, ain't no guardin' my high
[Verse 2]
Clouds covered love's
Barb-wired snare
Strung up, strung out
I just can't go without
[Pre-Chorus]
I could never drown in
[Chorus]
They wanna get my
They wanna get my gold on the ceiling
I ain't blind, just a matter of time
Before you steal it
It's alright, ain't no guardin' my high
They wanna get my
They wanna get my gold on the ceiling
I ain't blind, just a matter of time
Before you steal it
It's alright, ain't no guardin' my high
Gold on the ceiling
I ain't blind, just a matter of time
Before you steal it
It's alright, ain't no guardin' my high
About
“Gold on the Ceiling” is a song by American rock band The Black Keys. It is the third track from their seventh studio album El Camino and was released as the record’s second single on February 25, 2012. The song was certified platinum in Australia and Canada.
“Gold on the Ceiling” was used in a prominent television advertising campaign for the 2012 NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament nicknamed “Brackets Everywhere” on Turner Sports and CBS Sports networks. Along with being featured in commercials for the tournament, the song was featured during in-game coverage of the games. A mix of the song is also used in a 2012 United Kingdom advert for the Indian beer Cobra. The Sweet (with guitarist Andy Scott as the only original member) covered this song on their 2012 album New York Connection. It was also released as downloadable content for the video game Rocksmith. The first few seconds of the song, as well as the end of it, were heard at the beginning of the NCIS season 9 episode, “The Good Son”.
It is used in the advertisements for the HBO TV series Veep. It is featured on the video game MLB 12: The Show. It is also used in the second half of the theatrical trailer for The Campaign, which stars Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis. The song can be heard on an episode of Workaholics entitled, “To Kill a Chupacabra”. The song was also performed live at the 2012 MTV Movie Awards by the band, accompanied on guitar by Johnny Depp. It has been covered by One Direction in a concert on June 1, 2012. NBC Sports has made video montages with “Gold on the Ceiling” during the 2012 Summer Olympics honoring the Olympic athletes who had won gold medals.
Currently, the song is the theme song for NASCAR: Race Day on SPEED.
- 1.Lonely Boy
- 3.Gold on the Ceiling
- 5.Money Maker
- 7.Sister
- 9.Stop Stop
- 10.Nova Baby
- 11.Mind Eraser
Dan has said that this song is about “the illusory nature of material success”. With that in mind, I think it’s clearly about being in love with a gold digger (or several) and resigning to the fact that they only want him because he’s successful.
Also, I think it’s “Ain’t no guard in my heart”
its ain’t no guard in my house
The lyrics are definitely “Ain’t no guard in my house”, listen to the “Tour Rehearsal Tapes” version and you can hear it pretty clearly.
First, since we are talking about drowning, it stands to reason that the “gold on the ceiling” is the sun as seen from under water. The “she” in question is a toxic female,I was thing of Carney’s wife whom he divorced and it was obviously someone who harmed both men and certainly put an incredible pressure to their childhood friendship since Auerbach would make an album on his own with the consequences we know.So Auerbach is saying that he will not involve himself in that toxic relationship and that the sun, or light at the end of the tunnel cannot be taken from him and he needs no guard because he knows that he is not involved in that breakdown.
If I am right, then this is a song of eternal friendship and the faith that Auerbach has in it to continue to flourish.
ive seen it" aint no guard in my house" “ aint no god in my house” “ aint no blood in my eye” anyone have which is correct?
i feel like its about paranoia and maybe a bit about protecting something you want but cant get yourself hense gold on the ceiling you cant reach it but you know its there
I dont understand why the wrong lyrics were submitted, as in the Live variants you can clearly hear “Aint no guard in my house”
I think this line is intentionally unclear pronounced different each time.
It’s like that one song PPPOISON
The lyrics should go:
“…
Before you steal it,
its alright, aint no guard in my house.
…”
