In “Choke”, Shorr’s toxic relationship is something she’s still returning to against her better judgement. The love interest in the song is implied to be physically abusive, with lines such as “at least if you were dead you’d never hurt me again” and “still feel your hands on my necklace, tore it of...
[Intro]
I'm fucking sick of it
[Verse 1]
So you're not lying exactly, you've just mastered the absence of truth
My biggest crime is reacting, I'll spoon-feed you another excuse
I'm showing up to your house, unannounced
I hate the taste of your name in my mouth
You said at least if you were dead you'd never hurt me again
[Chorus]
I'd fix you if you let me
Been trying since the day you met me
Oh, I'm drawing blood
White knuckles, [?] nails and I'm in trouble
I wanna scream it in your face
But it gets stuck in my throat
And I choke
[Verse 2]
Still feel your hands on my necklace
Tore it off like you tore down my guard
I'm serving you like a sentence, out of reach while I peek through the bars
[Verse 3]
Oh, you
Put me on a pedestal and left me there to rot
Now I'm calling out your name like I'm calling out to God
Can't get back the time zone
Jealous of the clock
And I can't stop
[Chorus]
I'd fix you if you let me
Been trying since the day you met me
Oh, I'm drawing blood
White knuckles, [?] nails and I'm in trouble
I wanna scream it in your face
But it gets stuck in my throat
And I choke
[Bridge]
Hey!
I'm fucking sick of you
You said I lie too
But just to myself
And maybe that's true but I don't do it well
I'm saying I don't love you
Like a chalkboard in school
Did it five hundred times
But nobody's fooled
Think
I feel like that one -
[Chorus]
I'd fix you if you let me
Been trying since the day you met me
Oh, I'm drawing blood
White knuckles, [?] nails and I'm in trouble
I wanna scream it in your face
But it gets stuck in my throat
And I choke
Choke was written by Kalie Shorr & Jessica Cayne & Madame Buttons & Robert William Lamond.
Choke was produced by Kalie Shorr & WIL$ON & Drop Lamond.
Kalie Shorr released Choke on Fri Aug 01 2025.