Discover the story of the song > No Roots – 5 Seconds Of Summer

The protagonist of the song talks about how they enjoy digging holes and hiding things in them. When they grow old, they hope they won't forget where they hid their things. They compare themselves to gypsies who travel at night because they have a lot of memories. They build a home, but then someone comes and tears it down, so they pack up their things and move to a new town. They say they don't have roots because their home was never on the ground. They also mention that they like standing still, but that's just a wishful thinking. They say they come from a different land and they continue to travel like gypsies, counting gates and numbers and playing the guessing game. They repeat that their home was never on the ground and that they don't have roots. The song ends with the protagonist mentioning that when they grow old, they won't forget to find the things they hid in the holes they dug.