“BABYDOLL”, lyrically, is about remaining devoted to someone, even when they have hurt and broke you. Even though Barrett is in evident pain by being with this person, to the point where she forgets her own name, she still declares to be this person’s babydoll until they are done with her. Sonically...
[Verse 1]
Dress me up, bend my hips
Buy my love, porcelain
Say my name, say it twice
Off the shelf for the night
[Pre-Chorus]
I let you wrap me in pink cellophane
Don't I look pretty in pain?
[Chorus]
I'm your babydoll
I'm your babydoll
Drop me when you're bored of me, done with me
Until then, I'm your babydoll
I'm your babydoll
I'm your babydoll
[Verse 2]
Haven't seen the light of day
Collecting dust, what's my name?
Used to be your everything
Now you want a gift receipt
[Pre-Chorus]
You suffocate me with pink cellophane
Least I look pretty in pain
[Chorus]
I'm your babydoll
I'm your babydoll
Drop me when you're bored of me, done with me
Until then, I'm your babydoll
I'm your babydoll
I'm your babydoll
[Bridge]
Broken parts
Broke my heart
You broke me, baby
I fell apart
You can't walk away
After you hurt me
I'm damaged goods
You can't return me
[Chorus]
I'm still your babydoll
Still your babydoll
Drop me when you're bored of me, done with me
Until then, I'm your babydoll
I'm your babydoll
I'm your babydoll
[Outro]
I'm your babydoll
I'm your babydoll
I'm your babydoll
I'm your babydoll
I'm your babydoll
I'm your babydoll
BABYDOLL was written by Nessa Barrett & Arthur Besna & CJ Baran.
BABYDOLL was produced by CJ Baran & Arthur Besna.
Nessa Barrett released BABYDOLL on Fri Nov 15 2024.
This one, we really wanted to be very creative with it. There’s a sound effect of a toy winding up. Specially with the production, we really tried to play off of what were saying lyrically and kind of build this world.
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