Halsey

Released: September 2, 2021

Songwriter: Halsey Trent Reznor Atticus Ross Greg Kurstin

Producer: Trent Reznor Atticus Ross

[Verse 1]
I don't know what you want from me
Well, I'm sunburnt lips and summer feet
I'm tattered like these Levi jeans
Punch-wasted on redundancy
Now what the fuck does all this mean?
You know I'm still somebody's daughter, see
I spilled the milk you left for me
My tears are fallin' flawlessly now

[Chorus]
Well, go on and be a big girl
You asked for this now
Well, go on and be a big girl
Or everybody's gonna drown you out
Well, go on and be a big girl
You asked for this now
You better show 'em why you talk so loud

[Verse 2]
You wished upon a falling star
And then left behind the avant-garde
For lemonade in crystal glasses
Picket fences, file taxes
Who the hell is in your bed?
You better kiss goodnight and give some head
And then next, the morning comes instead
Well, is this the life that lies ahead now?

[Chorus]
Well, go on and be a big girl
You asked for this now
Go on and be a big girl
Or everybody's gonna drown you out
Go on and be a big girl
You asked for this now
You better show 'em why you talk so loud
Well, go on and be a big girl
You asked for this now
Well, go on and be a big girl
Or everybody's gonna drown you out
Go on and be a big girl
You asked for this now
You better show 'em why you talk so loud

[Outro]
I want my cake on a silver platter
I want a fistful in my hands
I want a beautiful boy's despondent laughter
I wanna ruin all my plans
I want a fist around my throat (Fist around my throat)
I wanna cry so hard, I choke (Cry so hard, I choke)
Well, I want everything I asked for
Ah
Ah, ah
Ah, ah
Ah, ah
(Well, I want everything I asked for)

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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