Halsey

Released: August 28, 2020

Songwriter: Tim Anderson Halsey

Producer: Tim Anderson

[Verse 1]
There's a place way down in Bed Stuy
Where the boy lives behind bricks
He's got an eye for girls of eighteen
And he turns them out like tricks
I went down to a place in Bed Stuy
A little liquor on my lips
I let him climb inside my body
And held him captive in my kiss

[Pre-Chorus]
'Cause there's a storm you're starting now
And there's a storm you're starting now
And there's a storm you're starting

[Chorus]
I'm a wanderess, I'm a one night stand
Don't belong to no city, don't belong to no man
I'm the violence in thе pouring rain
I'm a hurricane
I'm a hurricane
I'm a hurricane

[Verse 2]
See, I wеnt down to a place in Brooklyn
Where you tripped on LSD
And there I found myself reminded
To keep you far away from me

[Pre-Chorus]
'Cause there's a storm you're starting now
And there's a storm you're starting now
And there's a storm you're starting

[Chorus]
(Hey) I'm a wanderess, I'm a one night stand
Don't belong to no city, don't belong to no man
I'm the violence in the pouring rain
I'm a hurricane
I'm a hurricane
I'm a hurricane

[Spoken Interlude]
This song is a reminder that you do not belong to anybody but yourself

[Bridge]
He says, "Oh, baby, beggin' you to save me
Though lately, I like 'em crazy
Oh, maybe, you could devastate me
Little lady, come and fade me"

[Chorus]
I'm a wanderess, I'm a one night stand
Don't belong to no city, don't belong to no man
I'm the violence in the pouring rain

[Outro]
Come and fade me
Come and fade me
Oh, I'm a hurricane
Come and fade me
Oh, I'm a hurricane
Come and fade me
I'm a hurricane

[Spoken Outro]
I can't even begin to tell you guys, like, what it's like to be inside my body right now up on this stage
I literally recognize almost every single person in here

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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