[Verse 1]
How much of myself can I give away
Till there's nothing left to take from me?
Feels like I'm losing things I can't replace
It's an emptiness that makes me weak
[Pre-Chorus]
'Cause I built you up
You just break me down
When I'm alone
I can hear the sound
I just can't stand the way you said my name
[Chorus]
I can hear you say it
Joe, Joe, Joe
Don't you ever leave
I can hear you say it
Joe, Joe, Joe
'Cause you're nothing without me
[Verse 2]
'Cause this is not a ship that could pass in the night
It's a wreck and I'm drowning, been hеre all my life
I was eighteen and scrеaming and feeling it all
Now I'm up on the edge of a bridge and I know
[Pre-Chorus]
If I let you down
Would you let me in?
'Cause when I'm alone
I could hear you now
I just can't stand the way you said my name
[Chorus]
I can hear you say it
Joe, Joe, Joe
Don't you ever leave
I can hear you say it
Joe, Joe, Joe
'Cause you're nothing without me
Yeah, you were always saying
Joe, Joe, Joe
Don't you ever leave
I can still hear you saying
Joe, Joe, Joe
'Cause you're nothing without me
[Bridge]
'Cause you're nothing without me
Nothing without me
I don't know what it takes to be happy, yeah
I think I'm petrified of dying
But living's just too hard to walk it, if I've tried
Look in the mirror see me crying
But every time I hear you say my name
[Chorus]
I can hear you saying
Joe, Joe, Joe
Yeah, you were always saying
Joe, Joe, Joe
'Cause you're nothing without me (I still hear you saying)
I can hear you saying
Joe, Joe, Joe
Don't you ever leave (I still hear you saying)
Joe, Joe, Joe
'Cause you're nothing without me
Yeah, you are nothing without me
Joe was written by Barney Lister & Joesef.
Joe was produced by Barney Lister & Joesef.
Joe is yours! a song i wrote about hating myself that’s been transformed into something else completely through singing it with you all summer✨💕✨💕✨💕✨. ty for that.https://t.co/AATc5rf9QI pic.twitter.com/TPk4qpCMYZ— joesef (@joesefjoesef) September 15, 2022
There’s a lot of mad production in this song. The bass is a Moog and the guitars are detuned so it has this kind of spacey, ethereal vibe. At the end, the ‘choir’ on it is just me and Barney trying to make ourselves sound like as many people as possible. We burst out laughing because of how ridiculo...