“replay!” is the second single off of Kimbra’s fourth studio album A Reckoning. The song was debuted via live performance on the second season finale of Popstars where Kimbra was a judge.
[Intro]
Ah!
[Chorus]
What you doin' in my head?
I can't get caught up again
What's the matter with my head?
Stuck in automatic
What you doin' with my brain?
I’m master of my domain
What you puttin' in my head?
Can't stop the replay
[Verse 1]
Well I'm all play, I don't hate, don't wanna fight
Bite bullets, 'cause I gotta get you out of my sight
But I don't want the movies to play in my mind
Drunk on your touch like a moth to the fire
[Pre-Chorus]
I don't wanna be followed around and torn up (Over and over and over)
But I don't wanna feel nothing without you around
[Chorus]
What! What!
What you doin' with my brain?
I’m master of my domain
What you puttin' in my head?
Can't stop the replay
[Verse 2]
You trigger my freeze or fight or flight
I can't rewind or fast-forward in time
I'm running circles like a muse with no head
Nothing beautiful is yet to be spared
[Bridge]
All I see, all that stays
Pictures of us on rеplay
All I see is all that pain
Pictures of us on replay
[Refrain]
On replay, on rеplay
O-O-On replay, on replay, ha, ha, ha
On replay, on replay, ah, ha
On replay, on replay, ha, ha
[Chorus]
What you doin' in my head?
I can't get caught up again
What's the matter with my head?
Stuck in automatic
What you doin' with my brain?
I’m master of my domain
What you puttin' in my head?
Can't stop the replay
[Verse 3]
I'm on roleplay, smile and wave, say that I'm fine
Make an ally of the sun so I can stay in the light
'Cause I don't want the dark to sneak up like a spy
See what you've done, I can't sleep through the night
[Pre-Chorus]
I don't wanna be caught in the crossfire of your love
But I don't wanna feel nothing without you around
[Bridge]
All I see, all that stays
Pictures of us on replay
All I see is all that pain
Pictures of us on replay
[Refrain]
On replay, on replay
O-O-On replay, on replay, ha, ha, ha
On replay, on replay, ah, ha
On replay, on replay, ha, ha
On replay, on replay
O-O-On replay, on replay, ha, ha, ha
On replay, on replay, ah, ha
On replay, on replay, ha, ha
[Outro]
Ah!
let’s get one thing clear : falling in love with another person is DANGEROUS
you morph, distort and shape shift to align with them
sometimes you sacrifice alignment with yourself
this can produce chaos
you mute some parts and exaggerate others
then after the breakup, you’re left with yourself again...