Similar in the theme the previous song on the album Grow. High Notes focuses on making the most of your time.
Sigrid said to Montreal Rocks;
“It’s about how just feeling like either you’re chasing time or it’s like, it’s going too fast or it’s going too slow and you seem to like, never agree with...
[Verse 1]
Time, you're being cruel, all you ever do
Is tryna find your ways of escaping me
I wish you wouldn't count, but I hear you out
'Cause even on the days that you're chasing me
[Pre-Chorus]
You're only here making sure I know
[Chorus]
When I go
I wanna go out on a high note
I wanna climb, I wanna run 'til the day my body won't
Wanna see all I can see 'til the moment my eyes close
Yeah, when I go
I wanna go out on a high note
I'm too young to worry now, I got so much more to do
But when I run out of time, I wanna know I've seen it through
For when I go
[Verse 2]
Time, it's you and I 'til the very end
But sometimes I wish you would change for me
And losing you hurts, but I know what you're worth
Even when you turn into memory
[Pre-Chorus]
You're only here making sure I know
[Chorus]
When I go
I wanna go out on a high note
I wanna climb, I wanna run 'til the day my body won't
Wanna see all I can see 'til the moment my eyes close
Yeah, when I go
I wanna go out on a high note
I'm too young to worry now, I got so much more to do
But when I run out of time, I wanna know I've seen it through
For when I go
[Post-Chorus]
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
[Outro]
When I go
I wanna go out on a
I wanna go out on a high note
Oh woah
I wanna go out on a
I wanna go out on a high note
High Note was written by Andreas Lund & Sigrid & Caroline Ailin & SLY.
High Note was produced by SLY.