“She” was first uploaded on dodie’s YouTube channel in September 2014 and became her first song to hit 1 million views on YouTube. She often plays the song while on tour and announced in September 2018 it would feature on her EP, Human.
She has said that, “This is such an old song! I was ready to l...
[Verse 1]
Am I allowed
To look at her like that?
Could it be wrong
When she's just so nice to look at?
[Chorus]
And she smells like lemongrass and sleep
She tastes like apple juice and peach
Oh, you would find her in a Polaroid picture
And she means everything to me, oh
[Verse 2]
I'd never tell
No, I'd never say a word
And oh, it aches
But it feels oddly good to hurt
[Chorus]
And she smells like lemongrass and sleep
She tastes like apple juice and peach
Oh, you would find her in a Polaroid picture
And she means everything to me
[Bridge]
Oh (Oh, oh)
Oh (Oh)
Oh (Oh, oh)
Oh (Oh)
And I'll be okay admiring from afar
'Cause even when she's next to me
We could not be more far apart
And she tastes like birthday cake and storytime and fall
But to her, I taste of nothing at all
[Chorus]
And she smells like lemongrass and sleep
She tastes like apple juice and peach
Oh, you would find her in a Polaroid picture
And she means everything to me
Yes, she means everything to me
She means everything to me
She was written by dodie.
She was produced by David Kosten.
In a live performance of the song dodie said:
This is a song that I wrote when I was like, seventeen, maybe eighteen, about a friend of mine that I realised that I liked. But she was very, very straight and I was very, very not.
Basically, I had a crush on my friend and, yeah, I don’t know. It’s ki...
Dodie first uploaded “She” on her YouTube channel on September 27, 2014 and the studio version of the song was released on January 18, 2019.