“struggle” is the 3rd track on the “PITCH BLACK” chapter of BLUE LIPS. It was debuted during Tove’s Coachella 2017 set on April 16, 2017. During the performance, she told the crowd:
It’s about me just being fed up with myself ‘bout not getting over bullshit problems.
[Verse 1]
So you're deep like the ocean
And got your bottles of potion
I believe in karma
Set the waves into motion
[Pre-Chorus]
Cold, cold, cold, cold hands over me
Fuck, fuck, fuck some sense into me
Gold for loneliness, I will pay
Fuck, fuck some sense into me
[Chorus]
The struggle is real
When you don’t tell me how you feel 'bout this love
The struggle is real
When you don’t tell me how you feel 'bout this love
The struggle is real
[Verse 2]
So you got all the answers
Hold the reigns on your dancer
Pull me underwater
Tell 'em nobody gets hurt
[Pre-Chorus]
Cold, cold, cold, cold hands over me
Fuck, fuck, fuck some sense into me
Gold for loneliness, I will pay
Fuck, fuck some sense into me
[Chorus]
The struggle is real
When you don’t tell me how you feel 'bout this love
The struggle is real
When you don’t tell me how you feel 'bout this love
The struggle is real
[Bridge]
I've got my way with words
Don’t believe me
Pretend like I don't hurt
I don’t, I don’t, I don’t
I've got my way with pain
Don’t believe me
I numb myself to blame
I don’t, I don’t, I don’t
Don't, oh-oh
Don't believe me, yeah, oh
[Pre-Chorus]
Cold, cold, cold, cold hands over me
Fuck, fuck some sense into me
[Chorus]
The struggle is real
When you don’t tell me how you feel 'bout this love
The struggle is real
When you don’t tell me how you feel 'bout this love
The struggle is real
struggle was written by A Strut & Jakob Jerlström & Tove Lo.
struggle was produced by The Struts (Producers).
Tove told Fuse that “struggle” is the angriest song on the album and it was written on her birthday in 2015.
She also added:
I was hurting a lot from this relationship I was in and was really struggling with understanding what was going on and why I was falling apart, but at the same time I was f...