Samia explained the meaning behind the song “Ode to Artifice” in an interview with Yahoo News:
The primary inspiration for this song came from being in social situations and wishing I could perform the way I do on stage. We conceptualized, based on that feeling, a fictional narrative in which my ev...
[Verse 1]
I synthesize my legs and eyes, my better side
I made you just me, dignified
Now I get to see you voguin' like I don't know how
Could you side with me, confide in me and reside in me?
Make it big and sign for me
Get me into trouble, check me as I mumble
Catch me as I stumble down
[Chorus]
I know you will, honeybun
Keep it together for both of us
Maybe I can move like you
I know I already do
[Verse 2]
You're fillin' me with jealousy, it's killin' me
I give myself up willingly
Just so you can take me back to where you hang around
If I harden up, if I sharpen up, if I'm smart enough
Then I'll know it in my heart enough
To catch up with my double, check me as I mumble
Catch me as I stumble down
[Chorus]
I know you will, honeybun
Keep it together for both of us
Maybe I can move like you
I know I already do
[Post-Chorus]
Honeybun
Both of us
Honeybun, ah
[Bridge]
So when my banshee has a fit
Dance me back into the script
[Chorus]
I know you will, honeybun
Keep it together for both of us
Maybe I can move like you
I know I already do
[Outro]
I know you will, honeybun
Keep it together for both of us
Maybe I can move like you
I know I already do
Ode to Artifice was written by Christopher Conway & Samia.
Ode to Artifice was produced by Zach Slater.
Samia released Ode to Artifice on Mon May 20 2019.