On “Mona Lisa,” American recording artist Sabrina Carpenter waits for a crush to approach her first.
The shortest track from the album, at a cutting 2:18, gets a sensual synth-poppy production thanks to Oliver Peterhof & The Monsters & Strangerz.
The song’s reference to the painting by Leo...
[Verse 1]
Keep it casual, don't have to tippy-toe
Take your cares off, just stay a couple more
You don't have to be, don't have to be a stranger
Go and get a little closer
Playing mind games, we don't do that here
So put your bid in before I disappear
You don't have to be, don't have to be a stranger
Come and get a little closer
[Pre-Chorus]
Ain't gotta hesitate
Ain't gotta make me wait
Oh, baby, won't you stay?
Yeah, yeah
[Chorus]
Both of my eyes, they've been fixing on you
Wasting your time, should be making that move
Come and say hi, I've been dying to meet ya
Don't leave me hanging like the Mona Lisa
What's on my mind, I've been thinking maybe
I could be yours by the time that we leave
Come and say hi, I've been dying to meet ya
Don't leave me hanging like the Mona Lisa, oh
[Verse 2]
I know your type, what's with the timid behavior?
You let this ooh-la-la-la intimidate ya
Don't you make me, don't you make me leave on my own
I'm already ready, come on
[Pre-Chorus]
Ain't gotta hesitate
Ain't gotta make me wait
Oh, baby, won't you stay?
Yeah, yeah
[Chorus]
Both of my eyes, they've been fixing on you
Wasting your time, should be making that move
Come and say hi, I've been dying to meet ya
Don't leave me hanging like the Mona Lisa
What's on my mind, I've been thinking maybe
I could be yours by the time that we leave
Come and say hi, I've been dying to meet ya
Don't leave me hanging like the Mona Lisa, oh
Mona Lisa was written by JHart & German (Producer) & MarcLo & Jordan K. Johnson & Sabrina Carpenter & Stefan Johnson & Nate Campany.
Mona Lisa was produced by German (Producer) & The Monsters & Strangerz.
Sabrina Carpenter released Mona Lisa on Fri Nov 09 2018.
Sabrina has often joked about the short length of “Mona Lisa”, which has become a common complaint among her fans. On the Singular Tour, she even performed an extended version of the song with additional lyrics to make up for this.
During the first live show of that tour, she said the following bef...
On which song she feels best represents her on the album, Sabrina explains
I think there’s parts of me in each song that represent me, whether it’s on Paris or Sue Me or Bad Time. But out of all of them, I actually like Mona Lisa the best. It’s one of those songs where I’m not thinking that much, a...
Before writing the song, I was on this Da Vinci phase, you know, like how we always end up searching up art at some point. And I was just researching his paintings, hoping that one of them might make it into a song one day. Somehow, I got this backpack with the Mona Lisa on it, and I thought to myse...