In an interview with Coup De Main, Antonoff described the process behind the song:
I just sat down and wrote it, and I don’t know where the fuck it came from. I love that song. It’s all about wanting to build a life that’s no one else’s, with someone you love"
[Intro: Jack Antonoff]
One, two, three, four
[Verse 1: Jack Antonoff]
Out of my head, I'm beggin' for skin-to-skin
You don't say much 'cause you've been cheated before me
I know you think I think I'm better than I am
But I'm not tryin' to wake up in some promise land
[Chorus: Jack Antonoff]
I just want a secret life
Where you and I can get bored out of our minds
I just wanna have you in a secret life
'Cause I'm sick of chasing after holy ghosts
Been tryin' to tell you I want you the most
[Verse 2: Jack Antonoff, Jack Antonoff & Lana Del Rey]
You're always looking like a photograph just took
Acting high life, reading your old Russian books
Don't I know that you think I think I'm better than I am
Oh, honey, I'm not tryin' to wake up in some promise land
[Chorus: Jack Antonoff, Jack Antonoff & Lana Del Rey]
I just want a secret life
Where you and I can get bored out of our minds
I just wanna have you in a secret life
'Cause I'm sick of chasing all these holy ghosts
I been tryin' to tell you I want you the most
[Bridge: Jack Antonoff]
And I talk so much
But I talk so much, it's nice
I talk so much because I'm scared to begin
[Chorus: Jack Antonoff, Jack Antonoff & Lana Del Rey]
God, I want a secret life
Where you and I can get bored out of our minds
I just want to have you in a secret life
'Cause I'm sick of looking after all my ghosts
Been tryin' to tell you I love you the most
Secret Life was written by Jack Antonoff & Patrik Berger.
Secret Life was produced by Patrik Berger & Jack Antonoff.
Bleachers released Secret Life on Wed Jul 28 2021.
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Jack Antonoff:
I do this thing a few times in the album where you have a feeling and you look at it from two polar-opposite positions. “Big Life” is this ‘let me go out there, let me get burned and let the world knock me over because I’m trying to find love’, right? I want a secret life where you a...