Folie’s debut single for Dog Show, “cortisol,” is a dizzying bop about spinning out and your body betraying you while learning to love that part of yourself nonetheless. Full of seesawing metal scrapes and creaking bedsprings, the structure of “cortisol” cleverly follows the rise and fall of a panic...
[Intro]
I've been waiting in the back, been waiting for my cue
I don't know what to do, I've been waiting in the back for you
I've been waiting in the back for you
[Chorus]
Adrenaline phone call
My heart is in mid-fall
The grass I smoked, so tall
And my brains lovin' on this
Cortisol, cortisol, lovin'
Cortisol, cortisol
Producing cortisol, cortisol
Producing cortisol, cortisol
[Bridge]
Did you- did you see the thing that I did?
[Verse]
Gonna die, gonna die
I tell myself I'm gonna die, oh my god
My heart is racing, stomach squeezing
I love this party but I'm needing another reason
Yeah, I'm in the shower now and I calmed down
100 gecs and a White Claw, I'm such a clown
(Another reason) Another reason
To think I'm needing an ER visit
I'm not bleeding, just fiscal feeding
[Chorus]
Adrenaline phone call
My heart is in mid-fall
The grass I smoked, so tall
And my brains lovin' on this
Cortisol, cortisol, lovin'
Cortisol, cortisol
Producing cortisol, cortisol
Producing cortisol, cortisol