‘Tappan Zee’ is a song about the misery of forcing yourself to let go. Our narrator sings to a former love who seems to have moved on without him, and the song picks apart his mental state; remembering the parties together, the calm and cool unknowing of what the future would hold, and the shallow f...
[Verse 1]
It was accidental
Spilled my drink around you
Part my spirit like the Red Sea
You wore it like a letter
No one has to find out
They don't know you and they don't know me
Gone
[Verse 2]
Pushing closer to me
No one likes these parties
Well, no one dies on New Year's Eve
I lied, you didn't hear it
In the New York basement
Jumping off the Tappan Zee
[Chorus]
Whenever I'm near you, I'm a ghost again
Fading through the walls
Walking through mirrors like I used to
Whenever you see me, baby
Just pretend we'll figure it out
I know, oh
Stop
[Verse 3]
Measure me in inches
I'm usually bigger than this
You said you couldn't feel a thing
Laughed and knew you meant it
I wonder where my keys went
I think it's time for me to leave
[Chorus]
Whenever I'm near you, I'm a ghost again
Fading through the walls
Walking through mirrors like I used to
Whenever you see me, baby
Just pretend we'll figure it out
I know, I know
Put on a show, oh-oh
Whenever I'm near you, I'm a ghost again
Fading through the walls
Walking through mirrors like I used to
(I can't follow the line...) whenever you see me, baby
Just pretend we'll figure it out
I know, oh-oh
(You gonna be fine, be fine, be fine)
We'll figure it out (just clear all the mess, you're gonna be fine, be fine, be fine)
I know, oh-oh
[Outro]
We'll figure it out (just clear all the mess, you're gonna be fine, be fine, be fine)
I know, oh-oh
(Just clear all the mess, you're gonna be fine)
Tappan Zee was written by Carter Derek Vail & Isabella Rose.
Carter-vail released Tappan Zee on Fri Jan 14 2022.