Track #7 on FKA twigs‘ debut full-length album LP1.
The song suggests that twigs' lover has had many partners, and she is wondering if she really mattered, or if she was just another lover, insignificant to the person she is devoted to—by “number,” she could also mean in the sense of attraction-rat...
[Intro]
(Was I just a—?)
[Chorus]
Was I just a number to you?
Was I just a lonely girl to fly?
Tonight I've got a question for you
Tonight do you want to live or die?
Was I just a number to you?
Was I just a lonely girl to fly?
Tonight I've got a question for you
Tonight do you want to live or die?
[Interlude]
Was I just a—?
Was I just a—?
Was I just a—?
Was I just a—?
[Bridge]
Why you gotta go and hurt me, babe?
Why you gotta go and make me cry?
I just wanted to see you
And I've got to clean the mess you made
I left your heart slow beating on the side
[Chorus]
Was I just a number to you?
(1122334)
Was I just a lonely girl to fly?
(I'm lonely, baby, I'm lonely, babe)
Tonight I've got a question for you
Tonight do you want to live or die?
[Outro]
(1122334)
Was I just a number to you?
(I'm lonely, babe, I'm lonely, babe)
Was I just a number to you?
(1122334)
Was I just a number?
Was I ju-ju-ju-just—?
(I'm lonely, baby, I'm lonely, babe)