The album has been out for 4 days now and so the novelty has worn off a little, but I still wanted to do a post for it, so have a dump of my favourite lyrics from each song and then some thoughts if I have them. This is a really good album. AOTY one might say.
SKINNY
Fell in love for the first time
With a friend, it’s a good sign
Straight away she lets you know this is a gay album. That’s gay behaviour
People say I look happy
Just because I got skinny
But the old me is still me and maybe the real me
And I think she’s pretty
A very vulnerable song. Like she really didn’t need to be that real with us, let alone in the opening track. That’s crazy
LUNCH
I could eat that girl for lunch
Yeah, she dances on my tongue
Tastes like she might be the one
And I could never get enough
I could buy her so much stuff
It’s a craving, not a crush, huh
“Call me when you’re there”
Said, “I bought you somethin’ rare
And I left it under ‘Claire'”
So now, she’s comin’ up the stairs
So I’m pullin’ up a chair
And I’m puttin’ up my hair
If you don’t think I’m putting the whole damn song you don’t know me very well
Baby, I think you were made for me
Somebody write down the recipe
Been tryin’ hard not to overeat
You’re just so sweet
Not only did she create a whole song about eating a girl out, but she made it the lead single of a highly anticipated album thus ensuring a song about a woman eating out a woman gets major radio play. I fucking love her
She’s takin’ pictures in the mirror
Oh my God, her skin’s so clear
Tell her, “Bring that over here”
You need a seat? I’ll volunteer
Now she’s smilin’ ear to ear
She’s the headlights, I’m the deer
And the production is so so cool. It’s so Billie but new and interesting
I could
Eat that girl for lunch
Yeah, she
Tastes like she might be the one
CHIHIRO
To take my love away
When I come back around, will I know what to say?
Said you won’t forget my name
Not today, not tomorrow
The song is named after Chihiro from Spirited Away which greatly inspired the album. This was the first song we got a snippet of and I really think it’s like the gateway into the album
Open up the door, can you open up the door?
I know you said before you can’t cope with any more
You told me it was war, said you’d show me what’s in store
I hope it’s not for sure, can you open up the door?
The album cover is so this song
Did you take
My love away
From me? Me
And that’s when you found me
BIRDS OF A FEATHER
I want you to stay
‘Til I’m in the grave
‘Til I rot away, dead and buried
‘Til I’m in the casket you carry
If you go, I’m goin’ too, uh
‘Cause it was always you (Alright)
And if I’m turnin’ blue, please don’t save me
Nothin’ left to lose without my baby
The fact that this song was used in a Heartstopper trailer. Pain, I feel pain
I’ll love you ’til the day that I die
‘Til the day that I die
‘Til the light leaves my eyes
‘Til the day that I die
This song goes so under the radar for me when I listen. Like I do not have a good memory of how this song sounds, but the lyrics are just insane
I want you to see, hmm
How you look to me, hmm
You wouldn’t believe if I told ya
You would keep the compliments I throw ya
But you’re so full of shit, uh
Tell me it’s a bit, oh
Say you don’t see it, your mind’s polluted
Say you wanna quit, don’t be stupid
WILDFLOWER
Things fall apart
And time breaks your heart
I wasn’t there, but I know
She was your girl
You showed her the world
But fell out of love and you both let go
She was cryin’ on my shoulder
All I could do was hold her
I did think this was gay the first few listens, just because of this bit
And I know that you love me
You don’t need to remind me
Wanna put it all behind me, but baby
I see her in the back of my mind all the time
Feels like a fever, like I’m burning alive, like a sign
Did I cross the line?
The only explicitly Jesse song and it’s actually a song about Devon. Love that
THE GREATEST
Man, am I the greatest
My congratulations
All my love and patience
All my admiration
All the times I waited
For you to want me naked
Made it all look painless
Man, am I the greatest
Vocals! Vocals! Vocals!
L’AMOUR DE MA VIE
I wish you the best for the rest of your life
Felt sorry for you when I looked in your eyes
But I need to confess, I told you a lie
I said you
You were the love of my life
The love of my life
Did I break your heart?
Did I waste your time?
I tried to be there for you
Then you tried to break mine
It isn’t asking for a lot for an apology
For making me feel like it’d kill you if I tried to leave
You said you’d never fall in love again because of me
Then you moved on immediately (Bum, bum, bum)
Vocals! Vocals! Vocals! But even more because this song is the best she’s ever sounded ohmygod
Thought I was depressed or losing my mind
My stomach upset almost all of the time
But after I left, it was obvious why (Oh), mm
Because for you, you
I was the love of your life, mm
But you were not mine (But you were not mine)
The outro of this song is so The Neighbourhood sounding to me. Which really like is the final nail in the coffin to me.
THE DINER
I saw you on the screens
I know we’re meant to be
You’re starrin’ in my dreams
In magazines
You’re lookin’ right at me (You’re lookin’ right at me)
I’m here around the clock
I’m waitin’ on your block (I’m waitin’ on your block)
But please don’t call the cops
They’ll make me stop
And I just wanna talk (I just wanna talk)
The disconnect between sound and lyrics in her songs is wild to me, like you would not know what this song is about from the sound of it
Bet I could change your life
You could be my wife (Wife, wife)
Could get into a fight (Fight)
I’ll say, “You’re right”
And you’ll kiss me goodnight
Don’t get me wrong, this is my favourite song on the album. Both the lyrics and the production are just insane and exceptional. I love this song so much
I memorized your number, now I call you when I please
I tried to end it all, but now I’m back up on my feet
I saw you in the car with someone else and couldn’t sleep
If somethin’ happens to him, you can bet that it was me
I love a evil lyrically, fun sounding song. Like Tipsy by Chloe x Halle
BITTERSUITE
I’ve been overseas
I’ve been havin’ dreams
You were in the foyer
I was on my knees
Outside of my body
Watchin’ from above
I see the way you want me
I wanna be the one
Screaming
I can’t fall in love with you
No matter how bad I want to
Putting the ‘bitter’ in BITTERSUITE
I don’t need to breathe
When you look at me, all I see is green
And I think that we’re in between
Everything I’ve seen in my dream
Have it once a week
Can’t land on my feet, can’t sleep
Have you underneath
All of my beliefs, keep it brief
I’ll wait in thе suite
Keep me off my feet, mm
There are a lot of similar lyrics in this bit, but the song is in parts and the lyrics are uber similar throughout with very important changes
You seem so paralyzed
It’s so romanticized
If this is how I die
That’s alright
Lots of death references but this time it’s kinda happy. Or at least not super sad
Have you underneath
All of my beliefs, keep it brief
I’ll see you in the suite (I’m sitting in the)
We can be discrete
Skipping the repeated bit above, I think this is the only lyric change. For brevity let’s say it is
But I’ve been overseas
And I’ve been havin’ dreams
L’amour de ma vie
Love so bittersweet, mm
Open up the door
For me, for me
‘Cause I’m still on my knees
I’m staying off my feet
(Will you come with me?)
(Just want you to touch me)
CHIHIRO call back.
And ‘I’m still on my knees/I’m staying off my feet’. Love
BLUE
I try to live in black and white, but I’m so blue
I’d like to mean it when I say I’m over you
But that’s still not true (Blue)
And I’m still so blue, oh
I for sure have heard True Blue, but I am not a major leak songs girly so I haven’t listened to it to death like some people did. Kinda wish I had so I could have been surprised by it’s come back here
I thought we were the same
Birds of a feather, now I’m ashamed
I told you a lie, désolée, mon amour
I’m tryin’ my best, don’t know what’s in store
Open up the door (Blue)
In the back of my mind, I’m still overseas
A bird in a cage, thought you were made for me
Love her bringing back the ‘goodbye’ thing of referencing the other songs from the album in the last song. And it’s so so natural here
You were born bluer than a butterfly
Beautiful and so deprived of oxygen
Colder than your father’s eyes
He never learned to sympathize with anyone
I don’t blame you
But I can’t change you
Don’t hate you (Don’t hate you)
But we can’t save you (But we can’t save you)
You were born reachin’ for your mother’s hands
Victim of your father’s plans to rule the world
Too afraid to step outside
Paranoid and petrified of what you’ve heard
Not this being like the whole of the second part of the song. It’s really good y’all
I love this album. It’s genius, innovative, unique. Just so good. Please listen.
Georgia
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