The next verse goes into explaining that the other girl feels hurt by the singer's rejection, but the singer claims the other girl didn't love her anyway. Either way, the girls have a fling with the singer just passing it off as an experiment, and when they wake up in the morning, the singer doesn't want any type of relationship, though the other girl does. However, the other girl is really interested in the singer ("You were talking deep like it was mad love to you"), but the singer is not really interested in a relationship ("You wanted my heart but I just liked your tattoos"). The relationship probably started at a bar one night when the singer was drunk, hence "It's a little blurry how the whole thing started" and "Poured it down, so I poured it down." They end up going to a hotel and the singer is too drunk to care. The singer never thought of herself as a lesbian and is confused as to why she keeps thinking about the girl who also probably isn't out as gay. My InterpretationTo me, I believe she's singing about a relationship with a girl she's known, probably a friend. You think you know somebody (why I got you on my mind) 'Cause we both have the fear, fear of being aloneĪnd my heart don't understand it, understand it, understand it Why I got you on my mind (you think you know somebody Why I got you on my mind (you think you know somebody) It's a shame (shame), you said I was good I'll bet, I'll bet that's why I keep on thinking 'bout you Saying that I hurt you but I still don't get it Talking 'bout a girl, 'bout a girl with my name Why I got you on my mind, uh huh, uh huh, uh huh, uh huh Why I got you on my mind (but my heart don't understand)
You don't mess with love, you mess with the truth You wanted my heart but I just liked your tattoos You were talking deep like it was mad love to you Next thing that I know I'm in the hotel with you Thought that you were cute and you could make me jealous I don't even really know what you intended Its Western-themed music video, directed by Emil Nava, was inspired by the 1991 film Thelma & Louise, and shows Goulding in a revenge story in Las Vegas.It's a little dirty how the whole thing started In the United States, it reached number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100. Commercially, "On My Mind" became another top-10 entry in the United Kingdom, as well as in Australia and other five territories, while reaching the top 20 in other seven countries. Multiple critics found it similar to The Police's "Message in a Bottle" (1979). The song received positive reviews from music critics, who praised it for being a radio-friendly song, as well as Goulding's vocals. Though firmly denied by Goulding, many critics considered it an answer song to Ed Sheeran's "Don't". Lyrically, "On My Mind" talks about a one-night stand with someone the protagonist should not be with, having a dichotomy between heart and head. "On My Mind" is an electropop and R&B song whose instrumentation consists of scratchy guitars, trap drums, slapped beats and sharp, syncopated electronica. It was written by Goulding, Max Martin, Savan Kotecha and Ilya Salmanzadeh. It was released as the album's lead single on 17 September 2015. "On My Mind" is a song by English singer Ellie Goulding from her third studio album, Delirium (2015).