Halsey |

Manic

Mixed by Serban Ghenea at MixStar Studios, Virginia Beach, VA
Engineer – John Hanes
Mastered by Chris Gehringer, assisted by Will Quinnell at Sterling Sound, Edgewater, NJ

A&R: Jeremy Vuernick
A&R Coordination: Aria McKnight
A&R Administration: Ryan Del Vecchio
Business Affairs: Martha Braithwaite and David Helfer
Product Manager: Arjun Pulijal, Katie Spoleti and Talisa Gurunian
Production: Tony Bisogno and Jill Lamothe

Management: Jason Aron and Anthony Li for Anti-Pop
Legal: Mike McKoy, Ana-Karine Hallum and Amber Wright
Executive Produced by Benny Blanco and Halsey

1. Ashley – 3:06
2. clementine – 3:54
3. Graveyard – 3:01
4. You should be sad – 3:25
5. Forever … (is a long time) – 2:47
6. Dominic’s Interlude – 1:16
7. I HATE EVERYBODY – 2:51
8. 3am – 3:54
9. Without Me – 3:21
10. Finally // beautiful stranger – 3:41
11. Alanis’ Interlude – 2:41
12. killing boys – 2:23
13. SUGA’s Interlude – 2:18
14. More – 2:33
15. Still Learning – 3:31
16. 929 – 2:54

1. Ashley
Standing now, in a mirror that I built myself And I can’t remember why.
The decision wasn’t mine,
But it seems I’m only clinging to an idea now Took my heart and sold it out
To a vision that I wrote myself,
And I don’t wanna be somebody in America Just fighting the hysteria
I only wanna die some days Some day, some…

Day
When I burst into flames
I’ll leave you the dust, my love Hope a bit of it will be enough To help remember the
Days
When we came to this place
I told you I’d spill my guts I left you to clean it up I’m bursting out of the…

Seems like now
it’s impossible to work this out
I’m so committed to an old ghost town Is it really that strange
if I always wanna change? And if only
The time and space between us wasn’t lonely I’d disintegrate into a thousand pieces Think I’m making a mistake,
But if I decide to break
Who will fill the empty space so…

Now
If I figure this out
Apart from my beating heart
It’s a muscle but it’s still not strong enough to carry the Weight
Of the choices I’ve made
I told you I’d ride this out It’s getting harder everyday
Somehow I’m bursting out of myself

“Too many guys think I’m a concept, or I complete them, or I’m gonna make them alive.
But I’m just a fucked-up girl who’s lookin’ for my own peace of mind; don’t assign me yours.”

Produced by Alex Young, Benny Blanco and Cashmere Cat. Additional production by Brenton Duvall. Written by Ashley Frangipane, Brenton Duvall, Benjamin Levin, Magnus August Høiberg and Alex Young
Published by 17 Black Music/Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI), Brenton Duvall Potomac Boys Club/BMG Gold Songs (ASCAP), Please Don’t Forget To Pay Me Music (GMR)/Administered by Universal Music Publishing (GMR), Infinite Stripes (BMI)/Back Hair Music Publishing (BMI)/Administered by Universal Music Publishing (BMI), Alex Lawrence Young (BMI)
Contains excerpts from the motion picture “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind”. Performed by Kate Winslet. Courtesy of Focus Features. Published by Focus-Gramercy Music (ASCAP)
Engineered by Benny Blanco and Alex Young at 555 Studio, Los Angeles, CA, Vesselboy Studios, Bethesda, MD and Saltwater Studios, London, England

Halsey: Vocals
Benny Blanco: Keyboards, Programming
Alex Young: Keyboards, Programming
Cashmere Cat: Keyboards, Programming
Brenton Duvall: Programming

2. clementine
I’d like to tell you that my sky’s not blue it’s violent rain
And in my world,
the people on the street don’t know my name
In my world I’m 7 feet tall and the boys always call And the girls do too Because in my world
I’m constantly,
Constantly
having a breakthrough (Laugh)
Or a breakdown or a blackout
Would you make out With me underneath
The shelter of the balcony?

Cuz I don’t need anyone I don’t need anyone
I just need everyone And then some

I don’t need anyone I don’t need anyone I just need everyone and then some

Wish I could see what it’s like to be
the blood in my veins Do the insides
of all of my fingers still look the same?
And can you feel it too, When I am touching you?
And when my hair stands on ends

it’s saluting you!
The blush in your cheeks Says that you bleed like me And the 808 beat
Sends your heart to your feet left my shoes in the street So you’d carry me….

Through a breakdown

through a breakdown or a blackout
Would you make out With me on the floor Of the mezzanine

Cuz I don’t need anyone I don’t need anyone
I just need everyone and then some

I don’t need anyone I don’t need anyone I just need everyone and then some

My face is full of spiderwebs All tender yellow blue
And still with one eye open oh, all I see is you
I left my daydreams at the gate Because I can’t take them too
You know my heart still has a suitcase But I still can’t take it through.

I don’t need anyone I don’t need anyone I just need everyone and then some

I don’t need anyone
(I don’t need anyone!)
I don’t need anyone
(I don’t need anyone!) I just need everyone And some

I don’t need anyone I don’t need anyone I just need everyone And then some

Oh mmm mmm Oh mmm mmm Yep.

Produced by John Cunningham and Halsey.
Written by Ashley Frangipane, Johnathan Carter Cunningham and Jasper Sheff
Published by 17 Black Music/Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI), Unrest (ASCAP) / Cunningham and Cheese (ASCAP) admin by Kobalt, Jasper Sheff publishing designee
Engineered by John Cunningham, Los Angeles, CA

Halsey: Vocals
John Cunningham: Programming
Jasper Sheff: Drums, Piano

3. Graveyard
it’s crazy when
the thing you love the most is the detriment
let that sink in

you can think again
when the hand you want to hold is a weapon and
you’re nothing but skin

oh cause
I keep digging myself down deeper
I won’t stop till I get where you are
I keep running, I keep running, I keep running…

they say, I may be making a mistake
I woulda followed all the way no matter how far
I know, when you go down all your darkest roads,
I woulda followed all the way to the graveyard

oh cause I keep digging myself down deeper I won’t stop till I get where you are
I keep running when both my feet hurt I won’t stop till I get where you are
Oh, when you go down all your darkest roads, I woulda followed all the way to the graveyard

you look at me with eyes so dark
don’t know how you even see you push right through me

it’s getting real you lock the door
you’re drunk at the steering wheel and I can’t conceal

oh cause

I’ve been digging myself down deeper I won’t stop till I get where you are
I keep running, I keep running, I keep running…

they say, I may be making a mistake
I woulda followed all the way no matter how far I know, when you go down all your darkest roads, I woulda followed all the way to the graveyard

it’s funny how, the warning signs can feel like they’re butterflies….

(gasp)

Produced by The Monsters & Strangerz, Jon Bellion, OjiVolta and Louis Bell. Written by Ashley Frangipane, Amy Allen, Jonathan Bellion, Louis Bell, Jordan K Johnson, Stefan Johnson and Mark “Oji” Williams
Published by 17 Black Music/Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI), Kenny + Betty Tunes/Snapped Back Songs/Artist Publishing Group West (ASCAP). All rights administered by Kobalt Songs Music Publishing (ASCAP), Songs Of A Beautiful Mind/Art In The Fodder Music (BMI) admin. by BMG Chrysalis, EMI April Music Inc (ASCAP), BMG Platinum Songs/R8D Music/Songs Of BBMG Publishing (BMI) (all rights adm. by BMG Rights Management (US) LLC), Kobalt Music Copyrights SARL/1916 Publishing/BBMG Music, administered by Kobalt Songs Music Publishing (ASCAP), Mark Oji Music (BMI)
Engineered by Louis Bell and The Monsters & Strangerz at Electric Feel, Beverly Hills, CA and M&S Studios, Sherman Oaks, CA

Halsey: Vocals
Amy Allen: Background Vocalist, Guitar
Louis Bell: Keyboards, Programming
The Monsters & Strangerz: Keyboards, Programming
Jon Bellion: Keyboards, Programming
Mark Williams: Guitar, Keyboards, Programming

4. You should be sad
I wanna start this out and say I gotta get it off my chest
I got no anger, got no malice Just a little bit of regret Know nobody else will tell you
So there’s some things I gotta say Gonna jot it down and then get it out And then I’ll be on my way

No, you’re not half the man you think that you are
And you can’t fill the hole inside of you with money, drugs, and cars
I’m so glad I never ever had a baby with you
Cuz you can’t love nothing unless there’s something in it for you

Oh, I feel so sorry I feel so sad
I tried to help you It just made you mad I had no warning About who you are
I’m just glad I made it out Without breaking down
And then ran so fucking far
That you would never ever touch me again Won’t see your alligator tears
Cuz know I’ve had enough of them

I’m gonna start this out by saying I really meant well from the start Take a broken man right in my hands And then put back all his parts
But you’re not half the man you think that you are
And you can’t fill the hole inside of you with money, girls, and cars

I’m so glad I never ever had a baby with you
Cuz you can’t love nothing unless there’s something in it for you

Oh, I feel so sorry (I feel so sorry) I feel so sad (I feel so sad)
I tried to help you (I tried to help you) It just made you mad
I had no warning (I had no warning) About who you are (about who you) Just glad I made it out
Without breaking down

*vocalization*

Cuz you’re not half the man you think that you are
And you can’t fill the hole inside of you with money, drugs, and cars
I’m so glad I never ever had a baby with you
Cuz you can’t love nothing unless there’s something in it for you

I feel so sad
You should be sad You should be
You should be sad You should be
You should be You should be

Produced by Greg Kurstin. Written by Ashley Frangipane and Greg Kurstin
Published by 17 Black Music/Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI), Kurstin Music / EMI April Music, Inc. (ASCAP)
Engineered by Alex Pasco, Greg Kurstin, Julian Burg and assisted by Ed Reyes at Echo Studios, Los Angeles, CA

Halsey: Vocals
Greg Kurstin: Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Drums, Electric Guitar, Lap Steel Guitar

5. Forever … (is a long time)
I spent a long time
Watering a plant made out of plastic
And I cursed the ground for growing green I spent a long time
Substituting honest with sarcastic And I cursed my tongue for being mean

weightless, breathless restitute motionless and absolute
You cut me open
Suck the poison from an aging wound Now fifty thousand war cadets
Would cower at this small brunette
To my surprise not six feet high who’d reach and grab the moon If I should ask or just imply that I wanted a bit more light So I can look inside his eyes and get the colors just right

Just right Just right Just…

Build love, build God, build provinces Build calluses, break promises
Cause I could never hold a perfect thing and not demolish it What am I thinking?
What does this mean?
How could somebody ever love me? Talk to your man
Tell him he’s got bad news comin’

Produced by Lido and Halsey. Written by Ashley Frangipane, Peder Losnegård, Benjamin Levin, Magnus August Høiberg and Nathan Perez
Published by 17 Black Music/Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI), American Recordings/Pulse Music Group (BMI), Please Don’t Forget To Pay Me Music (GMR)/Administered by Universal Music Publishing (GMR), Infinite Stripes (BMI)/Back Hair Music Publishing (BMI)/Administered by Universal Music Publishing (BMI), Polk St. Music (BMI)/Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI)
Engineered by Benny Blanco at 555 Studio, Los Angeles, CA, Jagger Studio, Los Angeles, CA and Saltwater Studios, London, England

Halsey: Vocals
Benny Blanco: Keyboards, Programming
Lido: Programming
Cashmere Cat: Keyboards, Programming
Happy Perez: Guitar, Keyboards, Programming

6. Dominic’s Interlude
Your eyes are fragile and timeless It’s beautiful
There’s power in the words you whisper He treats you cold and so mindless That he don’t see the setting sun
Your eyes are open when you kiss him

Your eyes are drawn to the wine list The usual
The towers in your world are sinkin’ And if you’re looking for signs then You should know
There’s power in the words you’re thinking

Talk to your man
Tell him he got bad news comin (yeah)
Walk on the edge with someone new (ooh ooh) Talk to your man
Time to have some good time lovin You can take a chance
Come take my hand

Produced by Lido, Andrew Jackson, Duck Blackwell and Halsey.
Written by Ashley Frangipane, Dominic Fike, Peder Losnegård, Andrew Jackson and Duck Blackwell
Published by 17 Black Music/Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI), Dominic David Fike (BMI), Sony/ATV Music Publishing Scandinavia (BMI), TMP London/These Are Songs of Pulse (ASCAP). All rights administered by These Are Songs of Pulse, Cloud 9 Publishing (PRS)
Engineered by Lido, Los Angeles, CA

Dominic Fike: Vocalist
Lido: Programming
Dominic Fike appears courtesy of Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment

7. I HATE EVERYBODY
I’m my own biggest enemy
Yeah all my empathy’s a disaster Feeling something like a scaly thing
Wrapped too tightly ‘round my own master My friends are getting bored of me Saying I fell in love with a stranger
I don’t know what they all think of me But in reality, I don’t even
Remember anything but thinking you’re the one And I can force a future like it’s nothing

So I’ll just hate everybody
Well then why can’t I go home without somebody
And really I could fall in love with anybody who don’t want me So I just keep saying I hate everybody
But maybe I Maybe I Don’t

I know I’ve got a tendency to exaggerate what I’m seeing And I know that it’s unfair of me to make a memory out of a feeling
It’s cause I notice every single thing that’s ever happening in the moment
And I don’t know why it’s consuming me Because honestly all I know is Infatuation’s
Observation with a cause But none of it is love
So while I’m waiting for it I’ll hate everybody

Well then why can’t I go home without somebody
And really I could fall in love with anybody who don’t want me So I just keep saying I hate everybody
But maybe I Maybe I Don’t

If I could make you love me Maybe you could make me love me And if I can’t make you love me Then I’ll just hate everybody

Everybody
Well then why can’t I go home without somebody
And really I could fall in love with anybody who don’t want me So I just keep saying I hate everybody
But maybe I Maybe I Don’t

Produced by Lido and Halsey. Additional production by FINNEAS
Written by Ashley Frangipane, Peder Losnegård, Benjamin Levin, Magnus August Høiberg, Sarah Aarons, Noonie Bao, Nathan Perez and Finneas O’Connell
Published by 17 Black Music/Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI), American Recordings/Pulse Music Group (BMI), Please Don’t Forget To Pay Me Music (GMR)/Administered by Universal Music Publishing (GMR), Infinite Stripes (BMI)/Back Hair Music Publishing (BMI)/Administered by Universal Music Publishing (BMI), Sony/ATV Songs LLC/Aggressively Average Songs (BMI), EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (BMI) o/b/o EMI Music Publishing Scandinavia AB (STIM), Polk St. Music (BMI)/Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI), Last Frontier (ASCAP)/Administered by Kobalt Songs Music Publishing
Engineered by Benny Blanco and Chris Sclafani at 555 Studio, Los Angeles, CA, Jagger Studio, Los Angeles, CA, and Saltwater Studios, London, England

Halsey: Vocals
Benny Blanco: Keyboards, Programming
Lido: Programming
FINNEAS: Keyboards, Programming
Cashmere Cat: Keyboards, Programming
Happy Perez: Guitar, Keyboards, Programming

8. 3am
Darling I’ve just left the bar
and I misplaced all my credit cards
my self-preservation and all of my reservations are sitting and contemplating
what to do with me, do with me think I took it way too far
and I’m stumbling drunk getting in a car my insecurities are hurting me
someone please come and flirt with me
I really need a mirror that’ll come along and tell me I’m fine I do it every time
I keep on hangin on the line Ignoring every warning sign
Come on and make me feel alright again

Cause it’s 3am
And I’m calling everybody that I know And here we go again
While I’m running through the numbers in my phone And yeah I’ll take fake moans and dial tones
Let em spill right down the microphone
I need it digital cause baby when it’s physical I end up alone
End up alone

La la la la la la la la la La la la la la la la la la La la la la la la la la la

I need it digital cause baby when it’s physical

I end up alone End up alone

Every night I wanna live in color through a white blue screen I got a technicolor vision going vivid in my light blue jeans I know it’s complicated
Cause everyone that I’ve dated, says they hate it Cause they don’t know what to do with me, do with me Know that my identity’s always getting the best of me I’m the worst of my enemies
And I don’t really know what to do with me Yeah I don’t really know what to do with me I keep on hanging on the line
Ignoring every warning sign
Come on and make me feel alright again

La la la la la la la la la La la la la la la la la la La la la la la la la la la

I need it digital cause baby when it’s physical I end up alone
End up alone

I’m reckless
Treat it like a necklace
Take a different version and I try it on for size with everybody that I know
And will you please pick up the fucking phone?

I need it digital cause baby when it’s physical I end up alone
End up alone

La la la la la la la la la La la la la la la la la la La la la la la la la la la

I need it digital cause baby when it’s physical I end up alone

“Your.. your best song is the song that’s currently on the radio.
How many people can say that?
That their best song is the one that’s currently about to be a massive hit.
It’s already a hit, it’s just gonna get more massive. How many people can say it?
Not very many. Congratulations!”

Halsey: Vocals
Greg Kurstin: Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Electric Guitar, Mellotron, Percussion
Chad Smith: Drums

9. Without Me
Found you when your heart was broke I filled your cup until it overflowed
Took it so far to keep you close (Keep you close) I was afraid to leave you on your own

I said I’d catch you if you fall
And if they laugh, then fuck ’em all (All) And then I got you off your knees
Put you right back on your feet
Just so you can take advantage of me

Tell me how’s it feel sittin’ up there Feeling so high but too far away to hold me You know I’m the one who put you up there Name in the sky
Does it ever get lonely?
Thinking you could live without me Thinking you could live without me Baby, I’m the one who put you up there
I don’t know why (yeah, I don’t know why) Thinking you could live without me
Live without me
Baby, I’m the one who put you up there
I don’t know why (I don’t know why, yeah yeah)

Gave love ’bout a hundred tries (hundred tries) Just running from the demons in your mind

Then I took yours and made ’em mine (made ’em mine) I didn’t notice ’cause my love was blind

Said I’d catch you if you fall (fall)
And if they laugh, then fuck ’em all (all) And then I got you off your knees
Put you right back on your feet
Just so you can take advantage of me

You don’t have to say just what you did I already know (I know)
I had to go and find out from them So tell me how’s it feel (oh-woah)

Produced by Louis Bell. Written by Ashley Frangipane, Louis Bell, Amy Allen, Brittany Amaradio, Justin Timberlake, Timothy Z. Mosley and Scott Storch
Published by 17 Black Music / Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI), Sony ATV (ASCAP), Cloyster Road Songs / Snap Back Publishing / Artist Publishing Group East (SESAC), Delacey Music / Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI), Tennman Tunes / Universal Music – Z Tunes LLC (ASCAP), WB Music Corp. (ASCAP), Reservoir Media Music (ASCAP)
Engineered by Louis Bell at Downtown Music Studios, LLC, New York, NY
Vocals recorded by Ricardo Gama and Daniel S. Acorsi at Gama Studio, São Paulo, Brazil

Halsey: Vocals
Amy Allen: Background Vocals
Louis Bell: Programming

10. Finally // beautiful stranger
Your eyes, so crisp, so green
Sour apple baby but you taste so sweet
You got hips like Jagger and two left feet And I wonder if you’d like to meet
Your voice is velvet through a telephone
You can come to mine but both my roommates are home Think I know a bar where they would leave us alone And I wonder if you’d take it slow

Oh, we’re dancing in my living room And up come my fists
And I say I’m only playing but, the truth is this That I never seen a mouth that I would kill to kiss And I’m terrified, but I can’t resist
And I say

Beautiful stranger, here you are In my arms and I know
That beautiful strangers only come along to do me wrong And I hope
Beautiful stranger, here you are
In my arms, but I think it’s finally, finally, finally, finally, finally safe
For me to fall

Uh uh oh Uh uh oh

I grab your hand and then we run to the car Singing in the street and playing air guitar Stuck between my teeth just like a candy bar And I wonder if it goes too far to say
I’ve never recognized a purer face
You stop me in my tracks and put me right in my place
Used to think that loving meant a painful chase but you’re right here now
And I think you’ll stay

Oh, dancing in my living room And up come my fists
And I say I’m only playing but the truth is this That I never seen a mouth that I would kill to kiss And I’m terrified, but the truth is this
I say

Beautiful stranger, here you are In my arms and I know
That beautiful strangers only come along to do me wrong And I hope
Beautiful stranger, here you are
In my arms, and I think it’s finally, finally, finally, finally, finally safe
For me to fall

Uh uh oh Uh uh oh
Yeah I think it’s finally, finally, finally, finally

Produced by Greg Kurstin. Written by Ashley Frangipane and Greg Kurstin
Published by 17 Black Music/Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI), Kurstin Music/EMI April Music, Inc. (ASCAP)
Engineered by Alex Pasco, Greg Kurstin, Julian Burg and assisted by Ed Reyes at Echo Studios, Los Angeles, CA

Halsey: Vocals
Greg Kurstin: Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Drums, Electric Guitar, Mellotron, Percussion

11. Alanis’ Interlude
(and down came your innocence…)

A shining badge, a suit to match
bit my nails down so they wouldn’t scratch But who believes with knees like these?
I’ll take two of them please Soft skin, soft eyes
All these beautiful laughs and beautiful thighs They always kept me up at night
But I can’t change my appetite

Cuz your pussy is a wonderland And I could be a better man It doesn’t matter to me
Your pussy is a wonderland And I could be a better man It doesn’t matter to me

Cause he is she is her And her and he are love
And I have never felt the difference Cause he is she is her
And her and he are love

tirin’ all these labels

And my girl she always wore a skirt in the classroom Eating my dessert in the bathroom
Can’t get caught so we stiller than a statue Bad news
Think I’ll probably die before I have you Soft skin, soft eyes
All these beautiful laughs and beautiful thighs They always kept me up at night
But I live for lovin’ impolite

Cuz your pussy is a wonderland And I could be a better man It doesn’t matter to me
Your pussy is a wonderland And I could be a better man It doesn’t matter to me

Cause he is she is her And her and he are love
And I have never felt the difference Cause he is she is her
And her and he are love tirin’ all these labels

Produced by Lido and Halsey. Written by Ashley Frangipane, Alanis Morissette, Peder Losnegård and Mike Farrell
Published by 17 Black Music/Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI), Epiphanies Publishing (ASCAP), Sony/ATV Music Publishing Scandinavia (BMI), Cat Minority Music (ASCAP)
Contains sample of ‘Fork & Knife (Demo)’ by Brand New
Written by Brand New (Jesse Lacey, Vincent Accardi, Brian Lane, Garrett Tierney)
Drums on sample performed by Brian Lane
Engineered by Lido, Los Angeles, CA

Halsey: Vocals
Alanis Morissette: Vocalist
Lido: Programming

12. killing boys
“you’re killing people.”
“No! I’m killing boys. Boys are just placeholders. They come and they go.”
“You’re my best friend and I wanna help you but I won’t let you kill again.”
“That’s a lose/lose.”

Told me pick my battles And be picking them wise But I wanna pick them all
And I don’t wanna decide no more, no more, anymore
So we’re sneakin in the back and then we’ll kick in the door Tell me have you ever keyed a Ferrari before?
Oh no, I don’t anymore

And I’m not breaking I won’t take it
And I won’t feel this way again
Cause you don’t need me anymore (ooh woah) And I won’t ever try again
And all I want in return is revenge

Cause I don’t need you anymore So where do you go

Pull up to the drive and I remember the code
Yeah the only fucking number you don’t hide in your phone No more, no more, anymore
Climb up to the window and I’m breaking the glass Then stop cuz I don’t wanna Uma Thurman your ass No more, no more, anymore

And I’m not breaking I won’t take it
And I won’t feel this way again
Cause you don’t need me anymore (ooh woah) And I won’t ever try again
And all I want in return is revenge Cause I don’t need you anymore
so where do you go?

Oh ooh woah, oh ooh woah, oh ooh woah When I don’t need you anymore
Oh ooh woah, oh ooh woah, oh ooh woah When I don’t need you

Produced by John Cunningham and Halsey. Written by Ashley Frangipane, Johnathan Carter Cunningham, Benjamin Levin, Magnus August Høiberg, Nathan Perez and Nate Ruess
Published by 17 Black Music/Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI), Unrest (ASCAP) / Cunningham and Cheese (ASCAP) admin by Kobalt, Please Don’t Forget To Pay Me Music (GMR)/Administered by Universal Music Publishing (GMR), Infinite Stripes (BMI)/Back Hair Music Publishing (BMI)/Administered by Universal Music Publishing (BMI), Polk St. Music (BMI)/Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI), Bearvon Music/FBR Music/WB Music Corp (ASCAP)
Footage From “JENNIFER’S BODY” Courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox. All rights reserved.
Performed by Megan Fox and Amanda Seyfried.
Engineered by Benny Blanco and Chris Sclafani at 555 Studio, Los Angeles, CA, Jagger Studio, Los Angeles, CA and Saltwater Studios, London, England

Halsey: Vocals
Benny Blanco: Keyboards, Programming
John Cunningham: Drums, Guitar, Programming
Happy Perez: Guitar, Programming

13. SUGA’s Interlude
I’ve been trying all my life
to separate the time, in between the having it all and giving it up, yeah

내 머릿속엔 파란색만 가득한 이 방황 자기혐오들과 자만이 내 마음속에 살아 꿈이 가득한 난 자라 모든 꿈을 이뤘건만
꿈은 꿈으로만 간직하는 게 더 낫지라는 생각을 동시에 하며 살아가고 있지 내 도약은 추락이 아니기를
너의 신념 노력 믿음 욕심들은 추악이 아님임을 믿어 해가 뜨기 전 새벽은 무엇보다 어둡지만
네가 바란 별들은 어둠 속에서만 뜬다는 걸 절대 잊지 마
I’ve been trying all my life
to separate the time, in between the having it all and giving it up, yeah

I wonder what’s in store If I don’t love it anymore

I’m stuck between the
having it all and giving it up, yeah
가끔은 내가 걷고 있는 게 맞는지
하염없이 터널 끝을 향해 달리면 뭐가 또 있을런지 맞긴 한지 내가 바라던 미래와는 솔직히 다른 거지 상관없지 이제는 생존의 문제 어찌 됐든 상관없지 Yeah yeah 네가 바란 것들과는 다를지 몰라 네가 살아가는 것도 사랑하는 것도 변할지 몰라
That’s true That’s true That’s true Yeah so are you gonna move? 꾸물거리기엔 우린 아직 젊고 어려 부딪혀보자고 So what you gonna do?

I’ve been trying all my life
to separate the time, in between the having it all and giving it up, yeah

I wonder what’s in store If I don’t love it anymore I’m stuck between the
having it all and giving it up, yeah

Produced by SUGA, Lido, Pdogg and Halsey. Written by Ashley Frangipane, Min Yoon Gi and Peder Losnegård
Published by 17 Black Music/Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI), Big Hit Entertainment/Sony/ATV Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing Scandinavia (BMI)
Engineered by Lido, Los Angeles, CA

Halsey: Vocals
SUGA: Programming, Rap Vocalist
Lido: Programming
Pdogg: Programming
SUGA appears courtesy of Big Hit Entertainment

14. More
They told me once Nothing grows
When a house ain’t a home Is it true
Honestly,
when it’s all a part of me
A couple years of waiting rooms Finding God and lose him too Wanna scream but what’s the use?

Lying awake and I stare at the door I just can’t take it no more
They told me it’s useless There’s no hope in store
But somehow I just want you more

Want you more
Somehow I just want you more Want you more
Somehow I just want you more

Wooden floors and little feet A flower bud in concrete Feeling so incomplete

Wonder will we ever meet
And would you know it right away How hard I tried to see your face A little screen, a photograph Mine to take

I sit and I stare at your clothes in the drawer I cry and my knuckles get sore
Cause I still believe it won’t be like before And now somehow I just want you more

Want you more
Somehow I just want you more Want you more
Somehow I just want you more

And when you decide
It’s your time to arrive
I’ve loved you for all of my life
And nothing could stop me from giving a try I’ve loved you for all of my life

Love you more
Somehow I still love you more Love you more
Somehow I still love you more

Produced by Lido and Halsey. Additional production by Andrew Wells. Written by Ashley Frangipane, Benjamin Levin, Ammar Malik, Andrew Wells, Dave Lubben, Kevin Snevely, Magnus August Høiberg and Peder Losnegård
Published by 17 Black Music/Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI), Please Don’t Forget To Pay Me Music (GMR)/Administered by Universal Music Publishing (GMR), Maru La La (BMI) Admin by Songs of Kobalt Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Ballad/Andrew Wells Music (BMI), Tent Creative Songs (ASCAP), Dry Bowser (BMI), Infinite Stripes (BMI)/Back Hair Music Publishing (BMI)/Administered by Universal Music Publishing (BMI), American Recordings/Pulse Music Group (BMI)
Engineered by Benny Blanco, Andrew Wells and Chris Sclafani at 555 Studio, Los Angeles, CA, Saltwater Studios, London, England and The Boathouse, Venice, CA

Halsey: Vocals
Benny Blanco: Keyboards, Programming
Lido: Keyboards, Programming
Cashmere Cat: Keyboards, Programming

15. Still Learning
I should be living the dream
But I’m living with a security team And that ain’t gonna change, no
I got a paranoia in me And you wouldn’t believe Everything that I seen, no Coming apart at the seams
And no one around me knows

Who I am What I’m on
Who’ve I hurt
And where they gone
I know that I done some wrong But I’m trying to make it right To the one I love
bring me round Get me out Right now
and know that I love you

But I’m still learning to love myself (To love my, to love my, to love my)
I’m still learning to love myself (To love my, to love my, to love my)

I should be living the dream
But I go home and I got no self-esteem (nope) You think I’m swimming in green but
It’s passed around my family tree No man wants to really commit
Intimidated cause I get paid and shit In the crowd you’re reading my lips But no one around me knows

Who I am What I’m on
Who’ve I hurt
And where they gone
I know that I done some wrong But I’m trying to make it right The same mistakes
On and on
To all my friends I’m sorry for And know that I love you but

I’m still learning (still learning) to love myself (To love my, to love my, to love my)
I’m still learning to love myself (To love my, to love my, to love my)

Oh I try and I try to remember sometimes If I breathe it’s alright
But some things don’t change
I’m still learning to love myself (To love my, to love my, to love my)

Who I am What I’m on
Who’ve I hurt
And where they gone
I know that I done some wrong But I’m tryin to make it right To the one I love
bring me round Get me out Right now

And the ones I love (and the ones I love)

I’m still learning to love my….
(To love my, to love my, to love my)
I’m still learning (I’m still learning) to love my (love myself) self
(To love my, to love my, to love my)

And I try and I try to remember sometimes If I breathe it’s alright
But some things don’t change
I’m still learning (still learning) to love my (still learning) self
(love myself, I’m trying to love myself)
I’m still learning to love myself

Produced by FRED and Louis Bell. Written by Ashley Frangipane, Louis Bell, Fred Gibson, Ed Sheeran and Romy Madley Croft
Published by 17 Black Music/Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI), EMI April Music Inc (ASCAP), Promised Land Music Ltd, Universal Music Publishing, Ed Sheeran Limited and Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Limited (PRS), Universal Music Publishing (PRS)
Engineered at Promised Land Music Studios, Nashville, TN

Halsey: Vocals
Louis Bell: Programming

16. 929
“I really was born at 9:29am on 9/29
You think I’m lying but I’m being dead serious.” “I gotta see this birth certificate.”
“Ok. I’ll prove it”

Well who am I?
I’m almost 25
Can’t remember half the time that I’ve been alive Cause half was in a cheap apartment
and half was on the eastside (eastside) they said don’t meet your heroes they’re all fucking weirdos
and God knows that they were right because nobody loves you
they just try to fuck you then put you on a feature on the B- side

and who do you call when it’s late at night
when the headlines just don’t paint the picture right

when you look at yourself on a screen and say “oh my god, there’s no way that’s me”

And I, I quit smoking well recently I’ve tried And I bought another house and I never go outside
And I remember this girl with pink hair in Detriot Well she told me
She said “Ashley you gotta promise us that you won’t you die Cause we need you” and I honestly I think that she lied
And I remember the names of every single kid I’ve met But forget half the people who I’ve gotten in bed

And I’ve stared at the sky in Milwaukee
And hoped that my father would finally call me
And it’s just these things that I’m thinking for hours And I’m picking my hair out in clumps in the shower Lost the love of my life to an ivory powder
But then I realized that I’m no higher power

And I wasn’t in love then And I’m still not now
And I’m so happy I figured that out

I’ve got a long way to go until self-preservation Think my moral compass is on a vacation
And I can’t believe I still feed my fucking temptation And I’m still waiting for my salvation

Soft and slow
Watch the minutes go
Count out loud so we know you don’t keep them for yourself Watch the minutes go
Count out loud so we know you don’t keep them for yourself

“I think I have a confession to make (so we know you don’t) See I was really born at 9:26
It’s on my birth certificate. I’m a liar. I’m a fucking liar.”
Soft and slow
Watch the minutes go
Count out loud so we know you don’t keep them for yourself

Produced by John Cunningham and Jasper Sheff. Written by Ashley Frangipane, Johnathan Carter Cunningham and Jasper Sheff
Published by 17 Black Music/Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI), Unrest (ASCAP) / Cunningham and Cheese (ASCAP) admin by Kobalt, Jasper Sheff publishing designee
Engineered by John Cunningham, Los Angeles, CA

Halsey: Vocals
John Cunningham: Guitar
Jasper Sheff: Guitar, Programming

If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power

1. The Tradition
2. Bells In Santa Fe
3. Easier than Lying
4. Lilith
5. Girl is a Gun
6. You asked for this
7. Darling
8. 1121
9. honey
10. Whispers
11. I am not a Woman, I’m a god
12. The Lighthouse
13. Ya’aburnee

Album Produced by Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross

1. The Tradition

Oh the loneliest girl in town
Is bought for pennies a price
we dress her up
In lovely gowns
She’s easy on the eyes

Her soul is black
and it’s a fact
that her sneer will eat you alive
the buyer always
brings her back
because all she does is cry

So take what you want
Take what you can
Take what you please
Don’t give a damn
Ask for forgiveness
Never permission

Take what you want
Take what you can
Take what you please
Don’t give a damn
It’s in the blood and
This is tradition

Oh the loneliest girl in town
Was bought for plenty a price
They dress her up
In golden crowns
His smile hides a lie

She’s smiles back
But it’s a fact
That her fear will eat her alive
She got the life that she wanted
But now all she does is cry

Take what you want
Take what you can
Take what you please
Don’t give a damn
Ask for forgiveness
Never permission

Take what you want
Take what you can
Take what you please
Don’t give a damn
It’s in the blood and
This is tradition

You can’t take it back
It’s good as gone
flesh Amnesiac
this is your song
And I hope what’s left will last
all summer long
and they said that boys were boys
But they were wrong

Take what you want
Take what you can
Take what you please
Don’t give a damn
Ask for forgiveness
Never permission

Take what you want
Take what you can
Take what you please
Don’t give a damn
It’s in the blood and
This is tradition

Take what you want
Take what you can
Take what you please
Don’t give a damn
Ask for forgiveness
Never permission

Take what you want
Take what you can
Take what you please
Don’t give a damn
It’s in the blood and
This is tradition

Written by Ashley Frangipane, Greg Kurstin, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
Published by 17 Black Music/Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI), Kurstin Music/EMI April Music, Inc. (ASCAP), Cloudcover (ASCAP)/Administered by Kobalt Songs Music Publishing, Songs In the Key of Mink (BMI)/Administered by Downtown DMP Songs
Engineered by Atticus Ross, Trent Reznor, Mat Mitchell at NullCo Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Vocals recorded by Greg Kurstin and Julian Burg at No Expectations Studios, Hollywood, CA
Greg Kurstin: Vocal Production
Mixed by Serban Ghenea at MixStar Studios, Virginia Beach, VA
Engineer – John Hanes

Halsey: Vocalist
Trent Reznor: Piano, Programming, Samplers, Synthesizers
Atticus Ross: Programming, Treatments

2. Bells In Santa Fe

Don’t call me by my name
All of this is temporary
Watch as I slip away
for your sake
All of this is temporary

Well maybe I could hold you in the dark
You won’t even notice me depart
secondhand thread
in a second hand bed
with a second man’s head
leaving through the door without a word
You won’t even notice little bird
Better off dead so I reckon i’m headed to hell instead

So don’t wait for me
Don’t Wait for me
Wait ah

it’s not a happy ending

Don’t wait for me
Don’t Wait for me
Wait ah

it’s not a happy ending

Jesus needed a three day weekend
to sort out all his bullshit
To figure out the treason
I’ve been searching for a fortified defense
four to five reasons
but, Jesus,
you’ve got better lips than Judas
and I could keep your bed warm
otherwise I’m useless
I don’t really mean it
Cause who the fuck would choose this?

So don’t wait for me
Don’t wait for me
Wait ah

It’s not a happy ending

Don’t wait for me
Don’t wait for me
Wait ah

It’s not a happy ending

Don’t wait for me
Don’t wait for me

Wait ah

It’s not a happy ending

Don’t wait for me
Don’t wait for me
Wait ah

all of this is temporary
All of this is temporary

Maybe I could hold you in the dark
You wouldn’t even notice me depart
Second hand thread in a second mans bed
With a second man’s head

all of this is temporary
All of this is temporary
all of this is

Written by Ashley Frangipane, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Johnathan Carter Cunningham
Published by 17 Black Music/Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI), Cloudcover (ASCAP) / Administered by Kobalt Songs Music Publishing, Songs In the Key of Mink (BMI) / Administered by Downtown DMP Songs, Unrest (ASCAP) / Cunningham and Cheese (ASCAP) admin by Kobalt
Engineered by Atticus Ross, Trent Reznor, Mat Mitchell at NullCo Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Vocals recorded by John Cunningham at Jagger Studios, Turks and Caicos Islands
Mixed by Serban Ghenea at MixStar Studios, Virginia Beach, VA
Engineer – John Hanes

Halsey: Vocalist
Trent Reznor: Piano, Programming, Synthesizers
Atticus Ross: Programming, Treatments
Kevin Martin: Menacing Beat

3. Easier than Lying

I’m only whatever you make me
and you make me
more and more a villain every day
But you don’t know
you reap, you sow
Whatever you give to me,
from yourself you take.
Well if you’re a hater,
then hate the creator
it’s in your image i’m made

One eye open and one eye closed
Cause i’ll hang myself if you give me rope
I lost all my faith and lost all hope
That everything means anything at all
one eye broken and one eye bruised
Cause I gave myself away for you
you liar! you don’t love me too
It’s easy for you, after all

My heart is massive
but it’s empty
a permanent part of me
that innocent artery
Is gasping for some real attention
Some undivided hypertension
I tell it “quiet down, you’re being loud”
But it beats harder
every time you come around.
But do you love the sound?

I sleep with
One eye open and one eye closed
Cause i’ll hang myself if you give me rope
I lost all my faith and lost all hope
That everything means anything at all
one eye broken and one eye bruised
Cause I gave myself away for you
you liar you don’t love me too
It’s easy for you after all

Losing you is easier than lying to myself that you love me
Losing you is easier than lying to myself that you love me
Losing you is easier than lying to myself that you love me
Losing you is easier than lying to myself

Written by Ashley Frangipane, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Johnathan Carter Cunningham
Published by 17 Black Music/Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI), Cloudcover (ASCAP) / Administered by Kobalt Songs Music Publishing, Songs In the Key of Mink (BMI) / Administered by Downtown DMP Songs, Unrest (ASCAP) / Cunningham and Cheese (ASCAP) admin by Kobalt
Engineered by Atticus Ross, Trent Reznor, Mat Mitchell at NullCo Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Vocals recorded by John Cunningham at Jagger Studios, Turks and Caicos Islands
Mixed by Alan Moulder at Assault & Battery, London, UK
Assisted by Tom Herbert

Halsey: Vocalist
Trent Reznor: Bass, Guitar, Programming, Samplers, Synthesizers
Atticus Ross: Programming, Treatments

4. Lilith

I’m perfection when it comes to first impressions
I romanticize and then I get to stressing
A big brain like I’m teaching it a lesson
Baby it’s a blessing, yeah

You got me thinking that I was too mean
Well everything that I say I believe
Tuck a knife with my heart up my sleeve and
Change like a season
**reason for nothing
I am disruptive
I’ve been corrupted
And by now I don’t need a fucking introduction
I’ve been gone
Cuz I been on this road too long

You know I get too caught up in a moment
I can’t call it love if I show it
I just fuck things up, if you noticed
Have you noticed?
Tell me have you noticed?

I get too caught up in a moment
I can’t fall in love if I show it
I just fuck things up, if you noticed.
Have you noticed?
Tell me have you noticed?

Now I’m wondering if I ever wanted to hold you
It never mattered if I owned you
Cuz you’d let anybody with a body control you
And you know it too

You got me feeling like I been too mean
And everything that I say I believe
Tuck a knife with my heart up my sleeve
And fuck like a demon
Do it like nothin
i am disgustin
Ive been corrupted
and by now I don’t need no help to be destructive
I been gone
Yeah I been on this road too long

And now I get too caught up in a moment
I can’t call it love if I show it
I just fuck things up, if you noticed
Have you noticed?
Tell me have you noticed?

I get too caught up in a moment
I can’t fall in love cause I’m focused
I just fuck things up, if you noticed.
Have you noticed?
Tell me have you noticed?

The more that you give away….
The more that you have….
The more that you give away….
The more that you have….
The more that you give away….
The more that you have….
The more that they take…..

Halsey: Vocalist
Trent Reznor: Programming, Samplers, Synthesizers
Atticus Ross: Programming, Treatments
Pino Palladino: Bass
Karriem Riggins: Drums

5. Girl is a Gun

I feel lighter in the waistline
With no hands around me,
No spit in my teeth,
No, I’m not your daydream,
I won’t have your baby
Stop cause you’re killing my vibe
It’s shot in the dark,
I’m not a walk in the park
I come loaded with the safety switched off.
this girl is a gun
and we been having some fun
and I could show you if you turn the lights on

I keep waiting for luck
To come swallow me up
I feel better when the boys stop calling.
I keep falling in love,
and this measuring cup
is overflowing with the same damn problems.

this girl is a gun,
before you know it, it’s done
and you’ll be wishing that you crossed your fingers
oh but god is it fun,
you can have more than once,
so lemme show you how to touch my trigger

my newest baby’s testing me lately
Making me crazy from morning to evening
And I cannot take it I love it I break it
need it
leave it
If I believe it’s a waste of my
Time is a blessing
with me it’s a lesson
And I can’t be stressing
to give you attention
Cause oh it’s never enough,
so I’m giving you up,
and you’ll be better with a nice girl, darling.

I keep waiting for luck
To come swallow me up
I feel better when the boys stop calling.
I keep falling in love,
and this measuring cup
is overflowing with the same damn problems.
(Yeah!) this girl is a gun,
before you know it’s done and you’ll be wishing that you crossed your fingers
oh but god is it fun,
when you can have more than one,
so lemme show you how to touch my trigger

I keep waiting for luck
To come swallow me up
I feel better when the boys stop calling.
I keep falling in love,
and this measuring cup
is overflowing with the same damn problems.

this girl is a gun,
before you know it, it’s done
and you’ll be wishing that you crossed your fingers
oh but god is it fun,
you can have more than one,
so lemme show you how to touch my trigger

Written by Ashley Frangipane, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Johnathan Carter Cunningham
Published by 17 Black Music/Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI), Cloudcover (ASCAP) / Administered by Kobalt Songs Music Publishing, Songs In the Key of Mink (BMI) / Administered by Downtown DMP Songs, Unrest (ASCAP) / Cunningham and Cheese (ASCAP) admin by Kobalt
Engineered by Atticus Ross, Trent Reznor, Mat Mitchell at NullCo Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Vocals recorded by John Cunningham at Jagger Studios, Turks and Caicos Islands
Mixed by Alan Moulder at Assault & Battery, London, UK
Assisted by Tom Herbert

Halsey: Vocalist
Trent Reznor: Programming, Synthesizers
Atticus Ross: Programming, Treatments
Jack Dangers: Programming

6. You asked for this

I don’t know what you want from me
When I’m Sunburnt lips and summer feet
Im tattered like these Levi jeans
Punch-wasted on redundancy

and 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 falling flawlessly now

go on and be a big girl
You asked for this now
go on and be a big girl
everybody’s gonna drown you out
go on and be a big girl
You asked for this now
You better show them why you talk so loud

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 then morning comes instead
Well is this the life that lies ahead

go on and be a big girl
You asked for this now
go on and be a big girl
everybody’s gonna drown you out
go on and be a big girl
You asked for this now
You better show them why you talk so loud

I want my cake on a silver platter
I want a fistful in my hands
I want a beautiful boy’s despondent laughter
I want to ruin all my plans
I want a fist around my throat
I want to cry so hard I choke
I want everything I asked for

Written by Ashley Frangipane, Greg Kurstin, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
Published by 17 Black Music/Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI), Kurstin Music / EMI April Music, Inc. (ASCAP), Cloudcover (ASCAP) / Administered by Kobalt Songs Music Publishing, Songs In the Key of Mink (BMI) / Administered by Downtown DMP Songs
Engineered by Atticus Ross, Trent Reznor, Mat Mitchell at NullCo Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Vocals recorded by Greg Kurstin and Julian Burg at No Expectations Studios, Hollywood, CA
Greg Kurstin: Vocal Production
Mixed by Serban Ghenea at MixStar Studios, Virginia Beach, VA
Engineer – John Hanes

Halsey: Vocalist
Trent Reznor: Bass, Guitars, Programming
Atticus Ross: Programming, Treatments
Dave Sitek: Guitars

7. Darling

Really can’t remember where I left my spine,
Carrying my body in a bag for dimes
hidden in the pages of the New York Times
At home

maybe I’ll be better if I take my meds
ain’t a double header if you lose your head
I tried a medication that I bought instead
it’s working for a little but there’s not much left

Darling don’t you weep
There’s a place for me
Somewhere we can sleep
see you in your dreams

Ever since a little girl I found it sweet
Driving past a graveyard on a lonesome street
all the little flowers gave me something to believe in

Never knew the feeling of a stable home
been a couple years of living on the road
couldn’t really tell you where they’d leave a stone
to visit me when I am dead and gone

Darling don’t you weep
There’s a place for me
Somewhere we can sleep
see you in your dreams

Darling don’t you cry
Head fast toward the light
Foolish men have tried
But only you have shown me how to love being alive

until it’s time
To see the light
I’ll make my own with you each night
I’ll kidnap all the stars and I will keep them in your eyes
I’ll wrap them up in velvet twine
And hang them from a fishing line
So I can see them any time I’d like

Darling don’t you weep
There’s a place for me
Somewhere we can sleep
I’ll see you in your dreams

Darling don’t you cry
Head fast toward the light
Foolish men have tried
But only you have shown me how to love being alive

Halsey: Vocalist
Trent Reznor: Samplers
Atticus Ross: Treatments
Lindsey Buckingham: Guitar

8. 1121

Well I won’t die for love
But I’ve got a body here to bury
And if truth be told, it’s scary
Cause my shoulders are heavy
already

And yeah, I know,
The parts of myself that I’ve hated
And I can’t tell which ones are mine
And which I created.

But I won’t die for love
But ever since I met you
You could have my heart
and I would break it for you.

And I won’t die for love
But ever since I met you
You could have my heart
and I would break it for you.

Take one in the temple
My tongue is a vessel
I try to be careful with
The thing inside my chest
You shoot for the memory
so you can forget me
I’d leave if you let me.

But I won’t die for love
But ever since I met you
You could have my heart
and I would break it for you.

Please don’t leave (I’m running out of time to tell you)
Don’t leave me in the shape you left me (I’m running out of things that I regret)
Please don’t leave (I’m running of time to tell you)
Don’t leave me in the shape you left me (I’m running out of things that I regret)
Please don’t leave
Don’t leave me in the shape you left me (you took me)
Please don’t leave
Just leave me in the place you found me
Safe and soundly

I won’t die for love
But ever since I met you
You could have my heart
and I would break it for you.

Halsey: Vocalist
Trent Reznor: Piano, Programming, Samplers, Synthesizers
Atticus Ross: Programming, Treatments

9. honey

She told me “open your mouth”
She said “I’ve got a surprise.”
And so I opened it wide,
and then she crawled inside
She’s on the tip of my tongue
and on the top of my thighs
And if I searched a thousand miles I’d be dying to find

between my fingers
She leaves
then she’s lingers
If she’s gonna go
well then I’m going with her
I know that I won’t forget

She was sweet like honey
But all I can taste is the blood in my mouth
And the bitterness in goodbye
Dripping like honey
Down the back of my throat and out the front of my mind.
And now she’s impatient
I’m complacent
with just a little
taste of wasting time
looking for honey
but she stings like she means it
she’s mean and she’s mine

We’re out and about
without a reason or rhyme
And now she’s dancing on a table
and she spins on a dime

she’s hell in a basket
Just making a racket
I love every second
It’s fucking fantastic
good things aren’t easy to get
I know that I won’t regret

She was sweet like honey
And all I can taste is the blood in my mouth
And the bitterness in goodbye
Dripping like honey
Down the back of my throat and on the front of my mind.
And well she’s impatient
I’m complacent
with just a little
taste of wasting time
looking for honey
but she stings like she means it
she’s mean and she’s mine

between my fingers
She leaves
then she’s lingers
If she’s gonna go
well then I’m going with her
I know that I won’t forget

She was sweet like honey
But all I can taste is the blood in my mouth
And the bitterness in goodbye
Dripping like honey
Down the back of my throat and on the front of my mind.
And well she’s impatient
And I’m complacent
with just a little
taste of wasting time
looking for honey
but she stings like she means it
she’s mean and she’s mine

Written by Ashley Frangipane, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Johnathan Carter Cunningham
Published by 17 Black Music/Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI), Cloudcover (ASCAP) / Administered by Kobalt Songs Music Publishing, Songs In the Key of Mink (BMI) / Administered by Downtown DMP Songs, Unrest (ASCAP) / Cunningham and Cheese (ASCAP) admin by Kobalt
Engineered by Atticus Ross, Trent Reznor, Mat Mitchell at NullCo Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Engineer for Dave Grohl: Darrell Thorp
Vocals recorded by John Cunningham at Jagger Studios, Turks and Caicos Islands
Mixed by Serban Ghenea at MixStar Studios, Virginia Beach, VA
Engineer – John Hanes

Halsey: Vocalist
Trent Reznor: Bass, Guitars, Programming, Synthesizerss
Atticus Ross: Programming, Treatments
Dave Grohl: Drums

10. Whispers

Its the thing in your thighs
when you’re lonely at night;
scroll though your phone
getting high off the light
numb in your chest
when you close the blinds.
repose in time.
And you tell yourself you’re fine
but you

Sabotage the things you love the most
Camouflage so you can feed the lie that you’re composed

This is the voice in your head that says
“You do not want this”
This is the ache that says
“You do not want him”
this is the glimmer of light that you’re keeping alive when you tell yourself
“I bet I could fuck him”

Why do you need love so badly?
bet it’s because of her daddy
bet she was brutal and bratty
bet that she’ll never be happy
I bet that you’re right
and I’ll show you in time
But I

Sabotage the things I love the most
Camouflage so I can feed the lie that I’m composed

I’ve got a monster inside me
that eats personality types
She is constantly changing her mind
on the daily
think that she hates me
I’m feeling it lately
I might have to trick her and treat her
to 70 capsules
or fly to a castle
so at least we could say that we died being traveled
cultured and flattered
and then I could trap her
But what does it matter

“You do not want this”
This is the voice in her head that says
“You do not want him”
This is that space in your bed that says
“Bet I could fuck him.”
Isn’t it lonely?
these are the standards
to which you could hold me.
think that you know me
You think that you could if you hold me
think you could try to console me
but I do not know me
no I do not know me
cause I
cause I

Sabotage the things I love the most
Camouflage so I can feed the lie that I’m composed
“You do not want this.”
Sabotage the things I love the most
“You do not want this.”
Camouflage so I can feed the lie that I’m composed
“You do not want this.”
“You do not want this.”
“You do not”

Halsey: Vocalist
Trent Reznor: Piano, Programming, Synthesizers
Atticus Ross: Programming, Treatments

11. I am not a woman, I’m a god

I am not a woman, I’m a god
I am not a martyr, I’m a problem
I am not a legend, I’m a fraud
keep your heart, cause I already

Everyday I’ve got a smile where my frown goes
a couple bodies in the garden where the grass grows
I take em with me to the grave in a suitcase
maybe I could be a different human in a new place

oh
I just wanna feel something, tell me where to go
Cause everybody knows something I don’t wanna know
So I’ll stay right here cause I’m better all alone
I’m better all alone

I am not a woman, I’m a god
I am not a martyr, I’m a problem
I am not a legend, I’m a fraud
keep your heart, cause I already got one

I am not a woman, I’m a god
I am not a martyr, I’m a problem
I am not a legend, I’m a fraud
keep your heart, cause I already

Every morning, got a hollow where my heart goes.
I never listen but I see it with my eyes closed
I know you, I remember from the grass stain
maybe I could be a better human with a new name

oh
I just wanna feel something, tell me where to go
Cause everybody knows something I don’t wanna know
So I’ll stay right here cause I’m better all alone
Yeah, I’m better all alone

I am not a woman, I’m a god
I am not a martyr, I’m a problem
I am not a legend, I’m a fraud
keep your heart, cause I already got one

I am not a woman, I’m a god
I am not a martyr, I’m a problem
I am not a legend, I’m a fraud
keep your heart, cause I already

I’m ready to leave it
I’ll go when I feel it
Got caught both hands on the smoking gun
I try but I need it
It’s hard but I feel it
And it really does hurt when you love someone

oh
I just wanna feel something, tell me where to go
Cause everybody knows something I don’t wanna know
So I’ll stay right here cause I’m better all alone
Yeah, I’m better all alone

I am not a woman, I’m a god
I am not a martyr, I’m a problem
I am not a legend, I’m a fraud
So keep your heart, cause I already got one

Halsey: Vocalist
Trent Reznor: Programming, Synthesizers
Atticus Ross: Programming, Treatments

12. The Lighthouse

From a tender age I was cursed with rage
I came swinging like a fist inside a batting cage
I went swimming with the devil at the bottom of a lake
and he left me there
By my lonesome

He was tall and mean with venom eyes so green
wanted reconciliation, but my tongue was in my teeth
and I couldn’t find the floor so I was kickin with my feet
but they weren’t there
They were stolen

There is a lighthouse in the
middle of the deep end
And I’m still standing on the shore line
And nobody hears me scream
I’ll lure you like a landslide
And I’ll show you lovely things
If you rescue me but they’ll make believe
The lighthouse by the sea

I met a sailor on a ship with promise in his eyes
and he kissed me on the mouth and dug his fingers in my thighs
But a sailor ain’t a savior cause they only tell you lies
so I left him there
till the sunrise

Well the waves were tall and they were crashing down
he’s laying in the water begging god to let him drown
so I showed him all my teeth and then I laughed out loud
Cause I never wanted saving
I just wanted to be found.

There is a lighthouse in the
middle of the deep end
And I’m still stranded on the shore line
And nobody hears me scream
And I’ll lure you like a landslide
And I’ll show you lovely things
If you rescue me but they’ll make believe
The lighthouse by the sea

Well that should teach
A man to mess with me
Cause he was never seen again
And I’m still wandering the beach
and I’m glad I met the devil
cause he showed me I was weak
And a little piece of him is in
a little piece of me

And the waves come crashing down
And the waves come crashing down
And the waves come crashing down (and the waves come crashing down)
And the waves come crashing down (and the waves come crashing down)
And the waves come crashing down (and the waves come crashing down)
And the waves come crashing down (and the waves come crashing down)
And the waves come crashing down (and the waves come crashing down)
And the waves come crashing down (and the waves come crashing down)

Written by Ashley Frangipane, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Johnathan Carter Cunningham
Published by 17 Black Music/Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI), Cloudcover (ASCAP) / Administered by Kobalt Songs Music Publishing, Songs In the Key of Mink (BMI) / Administered by Downtown DMP Songs, Unrest (ASCAP)/Cunningham and Cheese (ASCAP) admin by Kobalt
Engineered by Atticus Ross, Trent Reznor, Mat Mitchell at NullCo Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Vocals recorded by John Cunningham at Jagger Studios, Turks and Caicos Islands
Mixed by Serban Ghenea at MixStar Studios, Virginia Beach, VA
Engineer – John Hanes

Halsey: Vocalist
Trent Reznor: Bass, Guitars, Programming, Vocals
Atticus Ross: Programming, Treatments

13. Ya’aburnee

I get undertones of sadness
When I think about the moments
That I never got to spend with you.
I can’t decide
If I love you more in morning
Or I love you more in night.
with its luminous lux tides
maybe, in the daylight
All it’s pretty madness
and the complicated status
Cause the moon don’t pick sides
And the sun won’t resign
Until you’re by my side
Because
The longing leads to leaving
And the loving leads to bleeding
And your beauty is a blessing
And I never got to tell you
how
I love the way
my eyes make
yours look green too

I think we could live forever
In each others faces
Cause I’ll always see my youth in you
and if we don’t live forever
maybe one day we’ll trade places
darling you will bury me
Before I bury you
Before I bury you

I’ll never know,
if there’s danger in confession
or it’s memory that presses
like a blade against my throat
another word and I could choke
but what’s worse?;
Telling you my feelings
Or to die without revealing
That you crawled inside my head
And set a fire there instead
Of letting all my insecurity
Devour me with certainty
that love is just a currency.
so take my pockets
Take me whole
Take my life and take my soul
wrap me in a wedding ring
You know,
I swear I’d give you anything

I think we could live forever
In each other’s faces
Cause I’ll always see my youth in you
and if we don’t live forever
maybe one day we’ll trade places
darling you will bury me
Before I bury you
Before I bury you

Halsey: Vocalist
Trent Reznor: Bass, Guitars, Programming, Samplers, Synthesizers
Atticus Ross: Programming, Treatments

Mastered by Stephen Marcussen and Stewart Whitmore at Marcussen Mastering, Hollywood, CA

A&R: Jeremy Vuernick
A&R Coordinator: Aria McKnight
A&R Admin: Elizabeth Isik
Business Affairs: Martha Braithwaite and David Helfer
Marketing: Arjun Pulijal, Bridie Connellan and Micky Benthall
Production: Tony Bisogno
Management: Jason Aron and Anthony Li for Anti-Pop