“tehe” tells the story of a past relationship that ended due to a lack of communication. It is also suggested that the couple in question knew there was something wrong in their relationship, but ignored it.
[Verse 1]
We played grown-up, drowned in bathtubs
But you never opened up and I never said enough
Thunder warnin' should've called it
But we never gave it up
[Chorus]
Now I know it wasn't right, wasn't right
We pretended to hold it, went quiet
And we blamed it on the time, on the time, on the time
And we broke it, went silent
[Verse 2]
Slept on floors of, angry mornings
But you never let me in, so I stopped wanting it
[Refrain]
Tearing every wall and breaking down the doors
Kept bending every rule 'til all of me was yours
And pushing things aside, but nothing ever worked, worked
[Chorus]
Now I know it wasn't right, wasn't right
We pretended to hold it, went quiet
And we blamed it on the time, on the time, on the time
And we broke it, went silent
[Refrain]
Tearing every wall and breaking down the doors
Kept bending every rule 'til all of me was yours
And pushing things aside, but nothing ever worked, worked
[Chorus]
Now I know it wasn't right, wasn't right
We pretended to hold it, went quiet
And we blamed it on the time, on the time, on the time
And we broke it, went silent
tehe was written by Gracie Abrams & Jim-E Stack & Blake Slatkin & Eli Teplin.
tehe was produced by Blake Slatkin & Jim-E Stack.
Gracie Abrams released tehe on Tue Jul 14 2020.