On “Hold No Grudge” Lorde reflects on multiple people who have left her life, and how, while she acknowledges that both she and the subject did something wrong, she does not hold resentment against anyone, because, with her newfound enlightenment and maturity, she comprehends that people change and...
[Verse 1]
Remember when we used to sing, baby, up in your room
Before your mother got home?
There was a sound to our innocence
Our voices were lovers in the same bed
Now I'm not sure how they would sound, isn't that sad?
Now that the ocean's all waves and the diamonds are blood
There's a new girl on your song
I didn't know that I could be replaced
Years ago, I tried to get a message to you
But I never heard back, I never heard back
[Pre-Chorus]
Where did we go wrong?
Our haven was always in the song
But just when I go to close the gates permanently
I realise that it isn't me
[Chorus]
No, I don't keep a list, can't hold a grudge
Don't you think that we both might've done some growing up?
Well, I know that some shit was said and done
But it's such a different world now, I can't hate anyone
[Post-Chorus]
Remember when we woke at dawn
Saw the silver sun in your old Citroën?
And remember when we took them on?
Stoners on the run, How the West Was Won
[Verse 2]
Remember when we used to swim, baby, no one around
Take off all our clothes?
And in the clear cold, we were born again
I used to count down to your birthday
Now I'm not sure if it's June or July, isn't that sad?
[Pre-Chorus]
Where did we go wrong?
Our haven was always in the song
But just when I go to close the gates permanently
I realise that it isn't me
[Chorus]
No, I don't keep a list, can't hold a grudge (Hold no grudge)
Don't you think that we both might've done some growing up?
Yeah, I know that some shit was said and done (Said and done)
But it's such a different world now, I can't hate anyone
[Post-Chorus]
Remember when we woke at dawn
Saw the silver sun in your old Citroën?
And remember when we took them on?
Stoners on the run, How the West Was Won
[Outro]
Acting my age, not my horoscope
Guess that's growing up
Now I'm sending you love and wishing you well
Wherever you are
Hold No Grudge was produced by Lorde & Jack Antonoff & Malay.
Lorde released Hold No Grudge on Fri Aug 20 2021.
This is about a handful of people & each line felt scorching. I really can’t hold a grudge. Weird for a scorpio.
–Lorde via song booklet