Summercat

Summercat is the opening song for I Was So Unpopular In School and Now They're Giving Me This Beautiful Bicycle, which is in turn the band's first album. Due to its appearance on a TV commercial and it being released as a single CD, it is one of the most popular Billie the Vision songs ever, having become the second track in Best of. The song was also covered by The Pipettes in the second disc of the compilation album.

It was written and composed by Lars Lindquist. Although some websites title the song as "Summer cat" (as separated words), the official website lists it as a single word.

Lyrics
Lyrics according to the official website.


 * I kissed you good bye at the airport. I held you so close to me. I said 'So here we are now and I can't stop from crying Lilly'. And you said 'Hey hey hoo, you know this is the way to go. You will forget about me when I'm on that plane. Forget about me when I'm on that plane.'


 * Tonight tonight tonight tonight
 * I wanna be with you Tonight tonight tonight tonight
 * I wanna be with you tonight


 * The plane took off and my love went with it. The chilly wind whipped my both cheeks hard. And the man next to me said 'Everything is gonna be alright'. I said 'Nothing is gonna be alright, but thank you anyway'. And then I saw your face in the airplane window. I waved my hands and I shouted to you:


 * Tonight tonight tonight tonight
 * I wanna be with you Tonight tonight tonight tonight
 * I wanna be with you tonight


 * I wore a T-shirt and my worn out hat. Abandoned as a summer cat. And as I stood there as a broken hearted I realized you got the car keys still. So I broke into my own old car. I fell asleep on the passenger seat. I dreamed of summer sex with you and you whispered in my ear:


 * Tonight tonight tonight tonight
 * I wanna be with you Tonight tonight tonight tonight
 * I wanna be with you tonight


 * Why can't you leave me tomorrow instead?


 * And above the clouds she said to her self 'I can't believe how naive a man can be. That's why I love you so and that's why I can't be with you…'


 * Tonight tonight tonight tonight
 * I wanna be with you Tonight tonight tonight tonight
 * I wanna be with you tonight

Alternative Lyrics
It's clear, both in the studio and a live version of the song, that something more is sung inside the verse "And the man next to me said 'Everything is gonna be alright'". It is not, however, clear what it is, as Lars might sing "the man who stood next to me", "the man who was standing next to me" or even something else entirely. Other lyrics websites don't say anything on the matter, always reproducing the same verse.

Meaning
The song is about a woman leaving her from now on ex-significant-other. She embarks on an airplane to an unknown place, and he proceeds to reminisce on memories of them, stating to a comforting stranger that "nothing is gonna be alright". He feels abandoned, even though she tells him that he will forget her as soon as she leaves. In the end, the girl thinks to herself that he is naive, citing it as a reason for breaking up.

According to Lars, "Summercat is, actually, a very sad song that describes the pain of losing the one you love. A lot of people has told me that because of this song they've been depressed for a long time". He also explained that "summercat" is an expression in Sweden for when people go on vacation and buy a cat only for the summer. When they go back to their cities they abandon the cat. "That's how the man in the song feels when Lilly embarks on the plane", he concludes.

The World of Pablo
In The World of Pablo, this is the song in which Lilly breaks up with Pablo, for they had been arguing a lot. She blames both her love and her leaving on Pablo's naivety, and his naivety comes from his reasoning that he could live a normal life by repressing his will, that wanted otherwise. Lilly departs on an airplane, saying that he would forget her as soon as she took off, but Pablo states that nothing would be alright. He then proceeds to think Lilly was ungrateful and unfair to him, in a depressive stage of break-up, in Ask For More.

Best of


Main article: Best of

Summercat was included in the 2011 compilation album Best of as the second track.

In the second disc of the set, it was covered by the British band The Pipettes.

Single
Main article: Summercat (Single)

Summercat was released as a two-track single CD in 2004. It was available for download for over a year until it was removed and never mentioned again in the "music" section of the website.

Estrella Damm


The song was featured in an ad from Spanish beer Estrella Damm in 2009, which has granted the band wide recognition. Spanish-speaking website "TopMusicaBlog" compared Billie to Belle & Sebastian, stating that they play "joyful pop music" which is "ideal to listen to in many situations, but after seeing the ad, it's always going to feel like songs to listen to calmly during the summer". In their 2012 album While You Were Asleep the band makes a few references to drinking beer in Barcelona, a Spanish city, though the supposed location for the commercial is Formentera, 336 km away from Barcelona.

Media
Click here to download the song from Billie the Vision's official website.

Ultimate-guitar.com has a list of suggested tabs and chordsfor the song.