[Verse 1]
Deep horrible blues
Watching you work the room
There's a frequency of trouble
In the car to Malibu
I'll be crying on your milk-white sheets
Hoping one day we're married
In a house you'll build around me
[Pre-Chorus]
I guess I believe
I believe in old-fashioned things
Imagining us
But the longer I stay, I can see you
What's happening? What's happening?
[Chorus]
Welcome to my Melrose meltdown
Nobody ever breaks up, we just break down
We really fucked it up in diamonds and drugstores
That's what we came for
And when you get it, you got what you need
[Verse 2]
Handing out gold stars for tailor-made behaviour
I can see your demons shining like prizes
I'm sat out on the balcony
Too sad to go to the party
It's a crime loving you so, it's a crime letting you go
[Pre-Chorus]
I guess I believe
I believe in old-fashioned things
Imagining us
But the longer I stay, I can see you
What's happening? What's happening?
[Chorus]
Welcome to my Melrose meltdown
Nobody ever breaks up, we just break down
We really fucked it up in diamonds and drugstores
That's what we came for
And when you get it, you got what you need
[Bridge]
Got what you need
When you hang up and say, "I'll see you later"
Got what you need
Write it down, California paper
Got what you need
Forevermore, my anti-hero
For loving and letting me go down, down
[Chorus]
Welcome to my Melrose meltdown
Nobody ever breaks up, we just break down
We really fucked it up in diamonds and drugstores
That's what we came for
And when you get it, you got what you need
[Outro]
Welcome to my Melrose meltdown
We just break down
(And when you get it, you got what you need)
Melrose Meltdown was written by Lux Pyramid & Suki Waterhouse & Tom Aspaul.
Melrose Meltdown was produced by Brad Cook.
Suki Waterhouse released Melrose Meltdown on Tue Jan 25 2022.
[My friend and I] were drinking too much [on a plane ride] and feeling a bit shit. She was showing me some messages and I was moved by her alcoholic ex-boyfriend, who’s really quite a good poet in a way.
I didn’t want to shy away from how dramatic a breakup feels. And I was incredibly inspired by being in California. Obviously, I’m English as hell, but it has this kind of fictional West Coast cinematic feel to it. I was also inspired by the movie that I was playing in my head of my life at the time....