“Vortex” is the fourteenth & final track from Lizzy McAlpine’s third studio album Older, released on April 5, 2024, and describes a feeling of certainty that someday she’ll be able to escape this seemingly never-ending cycle of a relationship; she may not be ready now, but soon, she will muster...
[Verse 1]
I know it's not my fault
But I can't say that I'm blameless
Carry the pain 'til it stops
Undress it until it's nameless
[Verse 2]
Someday, the world will stop
And it will feel just like this did
I know it's not my fault
But sometimes it feels like I did this
[Chorus]
Oh-oh, oh-oh
Someday I'll be able to let you go
Oh-oh, oh-oh
Someday I'll be kinder to myself
[Verse 3]
One second into the next
I never know where my feet are
We're spinning out of a vortex
I don't remember who we are
[Chorus]
Oh-oh, oh-oh
Someday I'll be able to let you go
Ohh-oh, oh-ohh
And it's harder whеn you know all that we know
[Bridge]
And you're screaming at mе and I'm watching it fall
And I'm slamming the door and you make yourself tall
But it's always an act and it never lasts long
'Cause I always come back when I need a new song
And I'm tired of this and the way that it feels
I'm not there anymore, this has never been real
We're just awful together and awful apart
I don't know what to do anymore
[Chorus]
Oh-oh, oh-oh
Someday I'll be able to let you go
Oh-oh, oh-oh
Someday you'll come back, and I'll say no
[Instrumental Break]
[Outro]
(Oh-oh, oh-oh)
(Oh-oh, oh-oh)
(Oh-oh, oh-oh)
(Oh-oh, oh-oh)
(Oh-oh, oh-oh)
(Oh-oh, oh-oh)
(Oh-oh, oh-oh)
(Oh-oh, oh-oh)
(Oh-oh, oh-oh)
(Oh-oh, oh-oh)
(Oh-oh, oh-oh)
Vortex was written by Lizzy McAlpine.
Vortex was produced by Lizzy McAlpine & Mason Stoops.
Lizzy McAlpine released Vortex on Fri Apr 05 2024.
This song was supposed to be the title of the album for so long, but again, it felt like tunnel vision. This album is, ultimately, about so much more than a breakup. But I still thought it was a perfect way to end the project. I love that the lyrics are forward-facing and hopeful, like, ‘Someday I w...