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I am so in my head?

 
 
SMickey
 
Reply Wed 11 Mar, 2015 07:54 pm
Do you guys like Carly Rea Jepsen?

I chanced to hear(listen to?) a song 'I really like you' by the singer,
and the song sounds pretty good to me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92hNq0NUPgc

I glanced at the lyrics, and one line was quite hard to understand.
Let me show you what that is.

Late night, watching television
But how'd get in this position,
It's way too soon, I know this isn't love.
But I need to tell you something,
I really really really like you.
I want you. Do you want me too?
Oh, did I say too much?
I am so in my head when we are out of touch.

The term 'position' probably indicates that those two little birds made love, I guess. Well, that's not the point.

What caught my eyes was the part 'I am so in my head',
as this was completely new and puzzling to me.

I entered 'so in my head' to see whether this is a fixed and common phrase in vain. It didn't seem so.

I turned to one of my buddies good at English,
and his reply was that it's almost same as 'I fucked up',
which I could hardly believe to be right.

Would you please help me figure out what that is
and under what circumstances that expression is used?



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Reply Wed 11 Mar, 2015 08:13 pm
@SMickey,
I'm not going to pretend that I know what these particular lyrics are trying to convey, but my guess would be along these lines:

She is second-guessing herself ("did I say too much?").

"in your head" generally means "on your mind." Something that you are pre-occupied with, maybe. Something that intimidates, frightens or upsets someone has gotten "into their head," as an example.
SMickey
 
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Reply Sat 14 Mar, 2015 12:55 am
@layman,
Thank you.

I got the impression that this expression isn't obviously a very common one,
and even some native speakers find it rather unclear, which's a big relief to me
'cause I neither need to nor can be better than native speakers.

Thank you Layman.
You've been always a great help to me which I do appreciate.
layman
 
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Reply Sat 14 Mar, 2015 01:57 am
@SMickey,
Quite welcome, Mick.
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