Halsey

Released: August 28, 2020

Songwriter: Lido Halsey

Producer: Lido

[Intro: Crowd]
Halsey, Halsey, Halsey, Halsey, Halsey, Halsey, Halsey

[Verse 1]
Sick of all these people talking, sick of all this noise
Tired of all these cameras flashing, sick of being poised
Now my neck is open wide, begging for a fist around it
Already choking on my pride, so there's no use crying about it

[Pre-Chorus]
Webster Hall! (Agnus dei)
When this chorus drops, I wanna see every single fucking body on the floor (Agnus dei)
Jump as high as you fucking can (Agnus dei)
Are you ready?

[Chorus]
I'm headed straight for the castle
They wanna make me their queen
And there's an old man sitting on the throne there saying that I probably shouldn't be so mean
I'm headed straight for the castle
They've got this Kingdom locked up
And there's an old man sitting on the throne there saying I should probably keep my pretty mouth shut

[Verse 2]
Oh, all these minutes passing, sick of feeling used
But if you wanna break these walls down, you're gonna get bruised
'Cause now my neck is open wide, begging for a fist around it
Already choking on my pride, so there's no use crying about it

[Pre-Chorus]
That was fucking perfect (Agnus dei)
Can you do it again? (Agnus dei)
Let's fucking go! (Agnus dei)

[Chorus]
I'm headed straight for the castle
They wanna make me their queen
And there's an old man sitting on the throne saying that I probably shouldn't be so mean
I'm headed straight for the castle
They've got the Kingdom locked up
And there's an old man sitting on the throne there saying I should probably keep my pretty mouth shut

[Bridge]
There's no use crying about it
There's no use crying about it
There's no use crying about it
There's no use crying about it

[Chorus]
Oh, I'm headed straight for the castle
(They wanna make me their queen)
Oh, and there's the old man sitting on the throne there saying I should
(I'm headed straight for the castle) (Hey)
They've got this Kingdom locked up
Oh, and there's an old man sitting on the throne there saying I should
(Straight for the castle)
They wanna make me their queen
And there's an old man sitting on the throne there saying that I probably shouldn't be so mean
I'm headed straight for the castle
They've got this Kingdom locked up
And there's an old man sitting on the throne there saying I should probably keep my pretty mouth shut
Straight for the castle

Halsey is the stage name of New Jersey singer Ashley Nicolette Frangipane. It is an anagram of her first name and reference to the Halsey Street subway stop and street in Brooklyn where she used to live. The bio on her website

I am Halsey. I will never be anything but honest. I write songs about sex and being sad."

Halsey was diagnosed with bipolar disorder when she was 17. This has greatly influenced her creative process from the start of her career. Songs like “Control” and “Gasoline” explicitly delve into her psychological and emotional battles. Manic, Halsey’s third album and arguably her rawest and most emotionally vulnerable, was written in a fully manic state rather than a depressive one.

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