In the Soundcloud description for this song, producer Mija gave the track’s backstory:
A few months ago, Kelli Schaefer and i were connected by a friend via the internet. He shared some of [K]elli’s recent music, and i found a personal connection to the song “Bad For You”. The heart-wrenching depth...
[Verse 1]
This world is bad for u
And it's bad for me too
But we're so lucky
I hear it all the time
As if being lucky
Must have just slipped our minds
[Pre-Chorus]
But I don't know you really
I don't know you really
[Chorus]
But as far as I can tell
I know you better than anybody else
The world has nothing new
What jerks remember
I'm a flower
And it's bad for me too
And it's bad for me too
[Verse 2]
Will you let me hold you?
You're not alone
How could you have known
That you’re not nothing, if no one told you
Standing beside you
[Pre-Chorus]
I don't know you really
And it's bad for me too
[Chorus]
But as far as I can tell
I know you better than anybody else
The world has nothing new
What jerks remember
I'm a flower
[Outro]
Will you let me hold you?
You're not alone
And it's bad for me too
And it's bad for me too
I don't know you really
And it's bad for me too