Pennsylvania native Lizzy McAlpine studied songwriting at Berklee College of Music before leaving in her junior year to pursue music full-time. She released her debut album, Give Me a Minute, in 2020 to critical acclaim. This is a track from the indie-folk artist's second album, Five Seconds Flat.
Lyrically, the song finds McAlpine singing about an idyllic young love. It's the kind of unspoiled romance shown in movies where you are so in love with one another that nothing else matters. Throughout most of the song, we think McAlpine is thinking about an actual boyfriend, but there's a twist at the end where she reveals it's not about an actual person; she's just fantasizing.
The song title comes from its opening lines: Ceilings, plaster Can't you just make it move faster? McAlpine is waiting for time to go by, watching the ceiling to the point of analyzing structural details. This should have given us a warning she is bored and likely to daydream.
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