Halsey

Released: December 17, 2021

Songwriter: Adam Slack George Tizzard Joshua Wilkinson Luke Spiller Rick Parkhouse

Producer: Harvey Mason Jr. Andrew Hey Sam Ramirez

[Verse 1]
Don't wanna live as an untold story
Rather go out in a blaze of glory
I can't hear you, I don't fear you
I live now 'cause the bad die last
Dodgin' bullets with your broken past
Well, I can't hear you, I don't fear you now

[Pre-Chorus]
Wrapped in your regret
What a waste of blood and sweat, oh-oh, oh

[Chorus]
I wanna taste love and pain
I wanna feel pride and shame
I don't wanna take my time
I don't wanna waste one line
I wanna live better days
Never look back and say
"It could have been me, it could have been me"
Yeah!

[Verse 2]
Don't wanna wake up on a Monday morning
The thought of work is gettin' my skin crawling
I can't fear you, I don't hear you now
Wrapped in your regret

[Pre-Chorus]
Wrapped in your regret
What a waste of blood and sweat, oh-oh, oh

[Chorus]
I wanna taste love (I wanna taste love)
I wanna feel pride and shame
I don't wanna take my time (No, oh, oh)
I don't wanna waste one night (Hey-hey, hey-hey)
I wanna live better days (Better days)
Never look back and say
"It could have been me" (It could have been me), "it could have been me" (It could have been me)
I wanna taste love (I wanna taste love and pain)
I wanna feel pride and shame (I wanna feel pride and shame)
I don't wanna waste my time (I don't wanna waste my time)
I don't wanna waste one night (I don't wanna waste one night)
I wanna live better days
Never look back and say
"It could have been me", oh, it could have been me"
It could have been me!

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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