“Haunted” is currently unreleased, these lyrics are from a snippet Lily herself posted on Instagram.
The song explores society’s hypocritical reaction to rape victims
[Verse 1]
We all know the truth
Too inconvenient for some
Another day, another case
Could be another life undone?
The last some accusation for a family man so young
Kinda stays with you forever
You don't recover from
[Pre-Chorus]
You could make a fuss, is it worth it?
They’ll say "you were drunk"
"Maybe part of you deserved it"
He's somebody's son
Someone’s brother
Someone's husband
There's two sides of everything
And everybody loves him
[Chorus]
Maybe I could move on (I could move on)
I don't even know what I want (know what I want)
If I put all in a box (all in a box)
It'll come back to haunt me
Yeah, I'm already Haunted
[Verse 2]
Someone laid a finger on their daughters or their wifes
And then tell you that they wouldn't have a choice
But to end that person's life
That’s quite a statement
I don’t trust you to enforce it
'Cause every woman that I know has been harrassed
So you do the maths, yeah
Show me the corpses (no!)
[Pre-Chorus]
You could make a fuss, is it worth it?
They’ll say "you were drunk"
"Maybe part of you deserved it"
He's somebody's son
Someone's brother
Someone’s husband
There's two sides to everything
But everybody loves him
[Chorus]
Maybe I could move on (I could move on)
I don't even know what I want (know what I want)
If I put all in a box (all in a box)
It'll come back to haunt me
Yeah, I'm already Haunted
[Outro]
Maybe I could move on, I could move on, move on
I don't know even know what I want, know what I want
If I put all in a box, all in a box
It'll come back to haunt me
Yeah, I'm already Haunted
Haunted was written by Lily Allen.