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“Just Kidding” contrasts its soothing instrumental and catchy baseline with its rather gut-wrenching lyrics depicting confessions about Awsten’s Knight’s struggles with mental heath in tandem with social media during his break amidst the peak of the coronavirus pandemic.
Prior to the songs release...
[Chorus]
I wish I was dead sometimes
So I wouldn't have to check my phone
I wish I was dead sometimes
So I could spend a day alone
And not feel like everybody hates me
Making plans on another planet daily lately
I wish I was dead sometimes
Hahaaaaa just kidding
[Verse 1]
I packaged up my pain today
I wrapped the box in cellophane
It's clear so I can see inside
To watch the worst of me escape
[Pre-Chorus]
But I like your apartment
I like how your hair smells
It buries all my problems
Until I forget the details
That's all I can talk about
Without hurting your feelings
So check out all the love I get
It’s fake and doesn't happen at all
[Chorus]
I wish I was dead sometimes
So I wouldn't have to check my phone
I wish I was dead sometimes
So I could spend a day alone
And not feel like everybody hates me
Making plans on another planet daily lately
I wish I was dead sometimes
Hahaaaaa just kidding
[Verse 2]
I buried all my pain today
Shallow, not too far away (not far)
If you look then you could see inside (inside)
And watch the worst of me escape
[Bridge]
Plan A, Plan B
I'm numb but still I'm hurting
Mental, physical, it's cyclical
But what they hand me
Plan C, Plan D
You can't kill what you can't see
I'll take on every little thing you hand me
[Pre-Chorus]
But I like your apartment
I like how your hair smells
It buries all my problems
Until I forget the details
That's all I can talk about without hurting your feelings
So check out all the love I get
It's fake and doesn't happen at all
[Chorus]
I wish I was dead sometimes
So I wouldn't have to check my phone
I wish I was dead sometimes
So I could spend a day alone
And not feel like everybody hates me
Making plans on another planet daily, lately
I wish I was dead sometimes
Hahaaaaa just kidding
(He's just joking, it's alright)
Not far away
[Outro]
And Repeat
Just Kidding was written by Awsten Knight.
Just Kidding was produced by Zakk Cervini.
Waterparks released Just Kidding on Wed May 12 2021.
Vocalist, Awsten Knight shared via Instagram story that the song was written in January 2020 amidst his five month hiatus from social media concluding in September 2020.
Knight spoke about the song in an interview with Alternative Press in May 2021.
This album was obviously made when I was very stuck at home, but the three songs that were made before that were done right before we left for the FANDOM tour, It was “Just Kidding,” “Secret Life” and “Crying Over It Al...
Lyricist Awsten Knight spoke about the song in a track-by-track breakdown of Greatest Hits for NME’s YouTube Channel:
”Just Kidding” was the first song that was fully fleshed out for this album. Zach Cervini and I coproduced this album— first producer credit shout out, let’s go! Right before we le...