“love, or the lack thereof” is Dunbar’s second single following the release of his sophomore effort, “isaac’s insects” and in anticipation of his third EP, “evil twin”.
He has cited Lorde as an influence for the sound of the song, especially since the producer also produced Lorde’s “Pure Heroine”.
[Verse 1]
I close myself off in hopes of your love
Not my fault that I crave your attention
I want your tough love and all the bad stuff
Not the best, yeah, I know
[Pre-Chorus]
But I check my phone, and shut it off
If you're alone, come shut me up
[Chorus]
(Thought you were mine, love)
I'll dream about your fingers on me
You'll tell me that I'm wrong (Thought you were mine, love), oh
I'll tell myself you'll always want me
You say I think too much but I thought you were mine, love
[Verse 2]
All of my friends say you're no good for me
I don't care, I'm aware that I'm wrong 'causе
I love attention, toxic retеntion
I don't care that I'm wrong
[Pre-Chorus]
'Cause I check my phone
And shut it off (Shut it off, shut it off, hey, hey, hey)
If you're alone, come shut me up (Shut me up, shut me up)
[Chorus]
(Thought you were mine, love)
I'll dream about your fingers on me
You'll tell me that I'm wrong (Thought you were mine, love), oh
I'll tell myself you'll always want me
You say I think too much but I thought you were mine, love
[Post-Chorus]
If I'm all yours, then take me back
If I'm all yours, then take me back
Take me back, take me back
[Bridge]
I want it to be so badly, I wanted to be so badly
What you see in me, what you see in me (Oh-oh)
I want it to be so badly, I wanted to be so badly
What you see in me
[Chorus]
Thought you were mine, love
I'll dream about your fingers on me
You'll tell me that I'm wrong (Thought you were mine, love), oh
I'll tell myself you'll always want me
You say I think too much but I thought you were mine, love
[Post-Chorus]
If I'm all yours (I want it to be so badly, I wanted to be so badly)
Then take me back (What you see in me, what you see in me)
If I'm all yours (I want it to be so badly, I wanted to be so badly)
Then take me back (What you see in me)
Take me back, take me back
love, or the lack thereof was written by Sophie Cates & Joel Little & Isaac Dunbar & Leland.
love, or the lack thereof was produced by Joel Little.
Isaac Dunbar released love, or the lack thereof on Fri Nov 20 2020.
Dunbar took to Instagram stories to answer questions the night of the release and made a statement about the backstory of the song.
I really liked this boy once upon a time and he didn’t like me back, and during the whole entire situation with him, I was really confused. And usually when you’re con...
Answering a question on his Instagram stories, Dunbar explained his reasoning for writing ‘love, or the lack thereof.’
Something that inspired me writing this song is the mere fact that in a lot of love songs, you don’t hear about every single aspect of love because there are so many things that ma...