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‘Bleach’ is a song about a friends situation, talking about how she wanted to erase the guy out of her brain and out of her life permanentl, as if to bleach him out. The song is a callback to her first album ‘Lights/Bright Lights/ Lights 10’ with a lot of folktronica influences in the song.
[Intro]
Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yay
Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yay
Na-na-na-na-na-na
[Verse 1]
Once upon a time, you were my sunshine
Everything about you got me goddamn wired
Started as a fleeting thing now
You're all that I can stomach
Tie my hands, I'm gripping to the stereo
Don't understand how I ended up being so low
Didn't owe you anything now
I'm paying for my exit
[Pre-Chorus]
Seen violent movies
Seen how it could be
I tried, tried to fix your heart
You thief, pat my pockets
Now I'm feeling heartless
I tried, tried to pull us apart
[Chorus]
What would it take to bleach you?
What would it take to undo?
Five Hennessys to drink you out my mind
What would it have to come to?
Stuck to me like a tattoo
No remedy to leave you glorified
[Verse 2]
You throw the dice as if I were the losing game
And every time you ask, I say I'm okay, babe
Lying in a thousand flames, but
I still tell you that I'm okay
It was devotion
I drank every potion you gave me
And now you say you think we're different
And maybe we can just fuck, oh
[Pre-Chorus]
Bleed, but you don't notice (Oh, you don't notice)
I was always honest (Hey)
But you, you just love to lie (Oh, you just love to lie)
[Chorus]
What would it take to bleach you?
What would it take to undo?
Five Hennessys to drink you out my mind
What would it have to come to?
Stuck to me like a tattoo
No remedy to leave you glorified
[Outro]
(I'm just gonna bleach you)
Bleach you like a bone in a brook (I'm just gonna bleach you, oh)
Bleach you like a bone in a brook
Bleach you like a bone in a brook (Ah)
Bleach you like a bone in a brook
Bleach was written by Joe Kearns & Ellie Goulding.
Bleach was produced by Joe Kearns.
Ellie Goulding released Bleach on Fri Jul 17 2020.
‘Bleach’ is about going back to my old habits of being like, ‘I want to write about how I literally can’t erase someone from my brain.’ There’s a few songs on this album, like this one and ‘How Deep Is Too Deep’, that do suggest somebody treated me badly. I like the simplicity of this song, but also...