The Real Meaning Behind Zach Bryan's Something In The Orange

In "Something in the Orange," Zach Bryan processes a relationship ending because one person is much more invested than the other. Bryan tries to convince a lover to stay with him in the song's opening: "It'll be fine by dusk light, I'm telling you, baby." Even though he's asking the person out loud to hang on, he already knows somewhere within himself that things are as good as over. The songwriter reflects more on that truth later in the lines, "I'm damned if I do and I'm damned if I don't / 'Cause if I say I miss you, I know that you won't." 

He repeatedly articulates how insignificant he feels in the relationship compared to his partner. In the second verse, Bryan describes being dazzled by the orange in the person's eyes, directly comparing them to the sun since he refers to the sun as the orange throughout the entire song. "To you, I'm just a man / To me, you're all that I am," he expresses that overwhelming feeling more explicitly a few lines after. The melancholy chords and the rawness of Bryan's vocals bring the heart-wrenching tale to life and, unsurprisingly, leave listeners deeply moved.