“The Emotion” is a song about letting go. As per BORNS' genius commentary, not of something specific:
The emotion you’re letting go of could be anything—love, anger, fear.
The beginning contains recorded noises of coyotes.
[Verse 1]
Shadows fill my mind up
Zeroes tell me my time's up
I lost count so long ago
Maybe my heart's numb
Don't hold my hands accountable
They're young and they're dumb
[Verse 2]
Drive through the timezones
Escape out of my mind's own hold, love
I lost you not long ago
Heaven knows I'm miserable
Hell takes all the credit, though, till the day is done
[Chorus]
The emotion is suddenly out of me
The emotion is buildin' up inside of me
And what you're looking for is suddenly out of reach
The emotion, the emotion
[Verse 3]
Islands under eyelids
Swimmin' through the silence
You were all that, all that, all that I needed
And we're fallin', fallin' into the deep end now
[Chorus]
The emotion is suddenly out of me
The emotion is buildin' up inside of me
And what you're looking for is suddenly out of reach
The emotion, the emotion
[Bridge]
Rolling through the dark
Carved into the light of day
Both eyes are open now, I'm runnin'
I won't turn around for you
[Chorus]
The emotion is suddenly out of me
The emotion is building up inside of me
And what you're looking for is suddenly out of reach
The emotion, the emotion
The Emotion was written by BØRNS & Tommy English.
The Emotion was produced by Tommy English & Kennedy (Rock).
BØRNS released The Emotion on Wed Aug 19 2015.