This was written while walking around Brooklyn in between the sessions where the original production was built. I went back and forth endlessly writing and thinking about writing and in the end, it became one of my favorite songs on the album.
[Verse 1]
I'm sorry I'm not what you wanted
A blissful expectation of something you never got
And I'm sorry we're not where we started
You've wasted all your time in holding on
[Pre-Chorus]
Putting out fires that I started, looking up reasons to argue
We're now clearing a hazy room
I'm bored of being sober and we're only getting older
I wish that you could feel me like you used to
[Chorus]
There's a crack in the ceiling where the light bleeds in here
I feel you all around me, but I can't cave in
I want to say I need you, but I need nothing
I need nothing, I need nothing
There's a crack up in the ceiling where the light bleeds in
And I feel you all around me, but I can't cave in
And I want to say I need you, but I need nothing
I need nothing, I need nothing
[Post-Chorus]
Need nothing, need nothing
Need nothing, need nothing
[Verse 2]
Oh, I'm sorry I'm so condescending
The pride on my shoulder, it keeps me standing
And I'd call out an ending
If you'd hold it against me
I'm sorry I'm so disconnected
Didn't see you as you came and left
Please don't hold it against me
[Pre-Chorus]
Putting out fires that I started, looking up reasons to argue
We're now clearing a hazy room
I'm bored of being sober and we're only getting older
I wish that you could feel me like you used to
[Chorus]
There's a crack in the ceiling where the light bleeds in here
I feel you all around me, but I can't cave in
I want to say I need you, but I need nothing
I need nothing, I need nothing
There's a crack up in the ceiling where the light bleeds in
And I feel you all around me, but I can't cave in
And I want to say I need you, but I need nothing
I need nothing, I need nothing
[Post-Chorus]
Need nothing, need nothing
Need nothing, need nothing
Need nothing, need nothing
Need nothing, need nothing
[Bridge]
Need nothing, need nothing
Need nothing, need nothing
Need nothing, need nothing
Need nothing, need nothing
[Outro]
There's a crack in the ceiling where the light bleeds in here
I feel you all around me, but I can't cave in
I want to say I need you, but I need nothing
I need nothing, I need nothing
Need Nothing was written by Alex Craig & VÉRITÉ.
Need Nothing was produced by Zach Nicita.
VÉRITÉ released Need Nothing on Fri Jun 23 2017.