One of the most extraordinary love ballads that was released recently belongs to the 24-year-old American singer-songwriter Alexander Warren, better known by his stage name, Alex Warren. His track “Ordinary” touches on finding the kind of love that turns the mundane into a masterpiece.
“Ordinary” is the lead single from Alex Warren’s debut studio album “You’ll Be Alright, Kid.” The song was released on February 7, 2025, and found immediate success on social media platforms for it’s swoony lyrics and catchy hook.
The song peaked at #1 in several countries around the world, including Australia, Canada, Germany, and the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. Furthermore, the song became the UK’s longest-running number one single in the 2020s, surpassing “Bad Habits” by Ed Sheeran. Talk about a stellar launch of a musical career. Alex Warren also earned his first 2x platinum sales in the United Kingdom and 1x platinum sales in the United States with the commercial success of “Ordinary.”
However, the song’s success is largely due to the song’s lyrics, music, and Warren’s warm vocals. The music video released for the song features Alex Warren’s wife, Kouvr Annon. The video shows Alex Warren at a laundry, doing his weekly chores, and lays his eyes upon a woman who takes his breath away. We jump into Warren’s imagination afterward, where he chases her through several landscapes to finally find her, and their touch elevates them in the sky.
Listen to “Ordinary” by Alex Warren
Alex Warren “Ordinary” Lyrics Meaning and Song Review
In the first verse of the song, Alex Warren tries to spread positivity into an otherwise mundane life. We all go through daily life without much color spread over. It takes a special light to bring life into this mundane existence. And this is the kind of love everybody should hope for.
“The holy water’s watered down
And this town’s lost its faith
Our colors will fade eventually”
When holy water gets watered down, it loses its concentration or potency. Such is life when you take it by yourself or worse–be with the wrong person for the wrong reasons. The colors of life can tend to fade away with time. However, with the right person, it can hold on for a long time.
In the chorus of the song, Alex Warren sings about the kind of love that makes everything look and feel extraordinary. It could be your weekly laundry trip, grocery runs, or just house chores; the right person can truly spice up the outlook of every mundane task.
He also commits to his love until they are “dead and buried,” forming an eternal bond. Her energy is a vine that keeps him drunk and happy. There’s a thrill that keeps him awake and sharp. It’s a heavenly mixture oozing with life, love, and happiness.
The angels up in the clouds are jealous knowin’ we found
Somethin’ so out of the ordinary
The song takes a heavenly tone with these lyrics. Alex Warren knows that their love is so pure and ecstatic, he knows the angels in the heavens are jealous of what he has with his partner. Maybe the greatest trick that the devil played on us was making us believe that an ordinary life is what we should be content with.
The second verse of the song gets more spiritual. A hopeless hallelujah is a paradox between joy and sorrow. Their love feels as if they are at the gates of heavenly doors. Alex calls his partner the sculptor and himself the clay, which she can create a masterpiece out of. An ordinary clay turns into a piece of art.
World was in black and white until I saw your light
I thought you had to die to find
There are quite a few morbid themes throughout the song, which somehow perfectly morph into the song. In the above lyrics, Alex says that he found the ‘light’ with his partner in his life. Usually, ‘light’ refers to something we are supposed to see at the end of our lives. The ‘light’ is thought of as our calling to the heavens when we pass on from this life. Alex is lucky to have found the heavenly light while he’s alive and kicking. Here, the ‘light’ does not allude to death, but rather to the paradise the light leads us to.
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