“Screw Feelings” is a defiant anthem to not knowing one’s emotions, another personal glimpse into Au/Ra’s inner turmoil on her third EP, Soundtrack to an Existential Crisis.
The last in the series of singles preceding the record, the track mirrors EP opener “Dead Girl! (Shake My Head)” in its flipp...
[Intro]
(Ah, ah, ah, a-ah)
[Verse 1]
First you're on top of the world (A-ah)
And then that world just ended (A-ah)
You think you're driving down the highway (A-ah)
But then you're in the trenches (A-ah)
[Pre-Chorus]
Butterflies are kinda nice I guess
But my tummy hurts, I'm getting sick of it
Been bruised over, over again
So, you know what?
[Chorus]
Screw feelings, I don't want 'em anymore
One second I'm on fire, then I'm bored
When I try them on, I end up insecure
Screw feelings, screw feelings (You know what?)
Screw feelings, I don't want 'em anymore
One second I'm on fire, then I'm bored
I just took 'em off and throw 'em on the floor
Screw feelings, screw feelings
[Verse 2]
Scared of the day it hits me (A-ah)
A baseball bat to my heart (A-ah)
[Pre-Chorus]
Butterflies are kinda nice I guess
But my tummy hurts, I'm getting sick of it
Been bruised over, over again
So, you know what?
[Chorus]
Screw feelings, I don't want 'em anymore (Anymore)
One second I'm on fire, then I'm bored (Then I'm bored)
When I try them on, I end up insecure
Screw feelings, screw feelings (You know what?)
Screw feelings, I don't want 'em anymore
One second I'm on fire, then I'm bored
I just took 'em off and throw 'em on the floor
Screw feelings, screw feelings
[Post-Chorus]
Screw feelings (Yeah)
Screw feelings (Yeah)
Screw feelings (Yeah)
You know what?
Screw feelings (Yeah)
Screw feelings (Yeah)
Screw feelings (Yeah)
You know what?
[Outro]
A-ah, a-ah, a-ah (Yeah, a-ah)
A-ah, a-ah, a-ah (Yeah, a-ah)
You know what?
(I think I like this song more than I like you)
A-ah, a-ah, a-ah (Yeah, a-ah)
A-ah, a-ah, a-ah (Yeah, a-ah)
Yeah
Screw Feelings was written by ELVIRA & Tove Burman & Au/Ra.
Screw Feelings was produced by ELVIRA.
Au/Ra released Screw Feelings on Fri Jul 30 2021.
“Screw Feelings” is about being utterly done with dealing with the ups and downs of having emotions and wishing you didn’t have them at all. This song is so special to me because it was the first, and still was the only time, I made a song with only women in the room. After filming the Aviation movi...