Released: December 4, 2015

Featuring: Betty Who

Songwriter: Grimes Alex Hope Jack Antonoff Troye Sivan

Producer: Jack Antonoff

[Verse 1: Troye Sivan]
The truth runs wild
Like a tear down a cheek
Trying to save face, and daddy heart break
I'm lying through my teeth
This voice inside
Has been eating at me
Trying to replace the love that I fake
With what we both need
The truth runs wild
Like kids on concrete
Trying to sedate, my mind in its cage
And numb what I see

Awake, wide eyed
I'm screaming at me
Trying to keep faith and picture his face
Staring up at me

[Chorus: Troye Sivan]
Without losing a piece of me
How do I get to heaven?
Without changing a part of me
How do I get to heaven?
All my time is wasted
Feeling like my heart's mistaken, oh
So if I'm losing a piece of me
Maybe I don't want heaven?

[Verse 2: Betty Who]
The truth runs wild
Like the rain to the sea
Trying to set straight the lines that I trace
To find some relief
This voice inside
Has been eating at me
Trying to embrace the picture I paint
And colour me free

[Chorus: Troye Sivan]
Without losing a piece of me
How do I get to heaven?
Without changing a part of me
How do I get to heaven?
All my time is wasted
Feeling like my heart's mistaken, oh
So if I'm losing a piece of me
Maybe I don't want heaven?

[Bridge: Troye Sivan]
So I'm counting to fifteen
Counting to fifteen, counting to fifteen
So I'm counting to fifteen
Counting to fifteen, counting to fifteen
So I'm counting to fifteen
Counting to fifteen, counting to fifteen
So I'm counting to fifteen
Counting to fifteen, counting to fifteen

[Chorus: Troye Sivan]
Without losing a piece of me
How do I get to heaven?
Without changing a part of me
How do I get to heaven?
All my time is wasted
Feeling like my heart's mistaken, oh
So if I'm losing a piece of me
Maybe I don't want heaven?

[Outro: Troye Sivan]
The truth runs wild
Like a tear down a cheek

Troye Sivan

Troye Sivan is a South-African born Australian artist. His manager found him at a young age through his personal YouTube channel which as of August 2020, has more than 7.45 million subscribers. He went on to star in X-Men Wolverine and the Spud film trilogy.

In 2013, he wrote and released an original song, “The Fault In Our Stars”, which earned him a record deal with EMI Australia, a major label under Universal. The next year, he released the TRXYE – EP which debuted at number 5 on the Billboard 200.

On July 25, 2015, Sivan announced his second major-label EP, Wild. Wild preceded the release of his debut album, Blue Neighbourhood, several months later. All Wild songs featured in at least one edition of Blue Neighbourhood.