The confessionally candid track, co-written and produced by Emily’s longtime collaborator Davis Naish, is Emily’s third single release of 2020, and a strong continuation to her new era of Americana/pop crossover music.
[Verse]
If I woulda shut my mouth
You’d still be on this couch
We would be binge watching season 3 of stranger things by now
If I woulda seen your side
You’d be asleep by mine
Instead of me trying to stay calm while the bombs going off in my Mind
[Pre-Chorus]
We’ve already said sorry
But the guilt has still got me thinking
[Chorus]
I would kill to be
What you are for me
I’m ungracefully
Getting used to a man
A man who can handle me
[Verse]
I don’t know why im this way
My mouth goes before my brain
It’s like all the furniture fits
Just a bit needs to be rearranged
[Pre-Chorus]
I keep saying sorry
You just opened arms up to me
[Chorus]
I would kill to be
What you are for me
I’m ungracefully
Getting used to a man
A man who can handle me
[Chorus]
I would kill to be
What you are to me
I’m ungracefully
Getting used to a man
Getting used to a man, oh
A man who can handle me
I would kill to be
What you are for me
I’m ungracefully
Getting used to a man
A man who can handle me
Handle was written by Davis Naish & Emily Hackett.
Handle was produced by Davis Naish.
Emily Hackett released Handle on Fri May 29 2020.
“I can be hard to handle. Something I didn’t really know about myself, until this relationship.” Emily explains. “I think people had just put up with it—but he doesn’t, and it’s exactly what I need. This song was that kind of magic that happens in an hour because it was heavy on the heart and needed...