The song is about Brimheim and her wife’s first night sleeping together at her wife’s parents' house, while they are out of town. The parents are non-supportive of their daughter’s sexuality and this causes Brimheim to lie awake all night, scared that the parents will find her in the bed with their...
[Verse]
I woke up seven times
The first night that we stayed in your room
Even with your mother out of town
So scared she’d find me wrapped around you here
Sirens on 5th avenue
Your heavy breathing soothed me though
It’s like we were 16 years old again
[Chorus]
You can call it what you want
But I call it love
You can call it what you want
But this is love
[Verse 2]
You chuckled at me at the Starbucks
I didn’t really sleep at all last night
I haven't lived with dread like that
The kind you’ve known for your whole life
She can’t see your inner child
But I’ll remind you
I am yours for life
[Chorus]
You can call it what you want
But I call it love
You can call it what you want
But this is love
[Bridge]
You and I will not be broken
By your mother's broken heart
We’re closest to ourselves
When we are in each other's arms
[Chorus]
You can call it what you want
But I call it love
You can call it what you want
But I call it love
[Chorus]
You can call it what you want
But I call it love
You can call it what you want
But this is love
[Outro]
(But I call it love)
(You can call it what you want)
(But this is love)
Call It What You Want was written by Brimheim.
Call It What You Want was produced by Søren Buhl Lassen.
Brimheim released Call It What You Want on Mon Apr 19 2021.