Hawaiian Mazes is the eighth song off of Banks third studio album, III. After taking a break and exploring Hawaii, she realises that she needs to let go of her past as she explains in the Editor’s Notes of her Apple Music page:
When I stopped touring The Altar, I felt so drained and just needed a b...
[Verse 1]
I wanna meet tomorrow
Yesterday made me a fool today
I tried my best to follow
But you're moving too fast on your daddy long legs
You say I'm destined to live in stories
I can't let go of 2008
You say my nostalgia grows when I don't even know
That the way you're proposin' to say my name
[Chorus]
Oh, oh (Oh), oh, oh (Oh), oh, oh (Oh)
I gotta let you go, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
I'm letting you know, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
I gotta let you go, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Baby, now I know
[Verse 2]
You think about our ending
I think about when I met you though
Dad says I'm just pretending
Said that I'm just scared that I'll end up alone
I walked around Hawaiian mazes
I didn't care I forgot my bra
'Cause the dragon teeth ain't worried about letting go
Of the tightness I hold on the rope like a soldier
[Chorus]
Oh, oh (Oh), oh, oh (Oh), oh, oh (Oh)
I gotta let you go, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
I'm letting you know, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
I gotta let you go, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Baby, now I know
[Verse 3]
I make myself believe that I can go
That we've been up and over, then below
For heaven's sake, would you leave? Shut the door
Let me go, let you know why
It's gonna take a minute to unfold
The way that I've been feeling's overtold
Telling me why you left and then complain you're alone
And I don't know why
But, babe, it was something 'bout the way you loved me
Yeah, now I don't know, now I don't know me anymore
I'm letting go and you don't have to tell me twice
And you should know, I never needed your advice
I should've known back then, now I know it's right
[Bridge]
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh
[Chorus]
I gotta let you go, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh (Oh, oh, oh, oh)
I gotta let you go, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh (Oh, oh, oh, oh)
I gotta let you go, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh (Oh, oh, oh, oh)
I gotta let you go, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh (Oh, oh, oh, oh)
Hawaiian Mazes was written by BANKS & Buddy Ross & Trey Campbell & Paul Epworth.
Hawaiian Mazes was produced by BJ Burton & Paul Epworth & Buddy Ross.
BANKS released Hawaiian Mazes on Fri Jul 12 2019.