“What You Don’t Do” is the second single from Lianne La Havas' sophomore album, Blood. The bubbly uptempo track premiered as Annie Mac’s Hottest Record In The World on June 22, 2015.
This song is elemented within the R&B world with signs of jazz and doo-wop which builds gradually up-beat and fo...
[Verse 1]
Heavy words, little lies
Telling everything but the truth, the truth
Three little words over time overheard and overused, used
No sweet nothing could ever be turned into something new
No grand gesture could ever be made to measure you
[Pre-Chorus]
I know what I got and I know where we're going
You don't need to show it, I already know it all
[Chorus]
It's what you don't do, it's what you don't say
(It's what you don't do) I know you love me, I don't need proof
It's what you don't do, the games you don't play
(It's what you don't do) I know you love me, I don't need proof
[Verse 2]
I've been saving up my time so I could spend it all on you, on you
Oh, all I need is to see you smile; I've forgotten how to be blue, blue
[Pre-Chorus]
I know what I got and I know where we're going
You don't need to show it, I already know it all
[Chorus]
It's what you don't do, it's what you don't say
(It's what you don't do) I know you love me, I don't need proof
It's what you don't do, the games you don't play
(It's what you don't do) I know you love me, I don't need proof
Don't tell the whole world; just wanna be your girl
(It's what you don't do, it's what you don't do)
[Bridge]
The closer we get, oh
The less we need to show
[Pre-Chorus]
I know what I got and I know where we're going
You don't need to show it, I already know it all
[Chorus]
It's what you don't do, it's what you don't say
(It's what you don't do) I know you love me, I don't need proof
It's what you don't do, the games you don't play
(It's what you don't do) I know you love me, I don't need proof
Won't tell the whole world; just wanna be your girl
(It's what you don't do) I know you love me, I don't need proof
It's what you don't do, it's what you don't say
(It's what you don't do, it's what you don't do)
[Outro]
Oh, the closer we get, oh
The less we need to show
Lianne La Havas released What You Don’t Do on Fri Aug 07 2015.
Speaking with the Evening Standard in May, 2020, La Havas reflected back on her 2015 hit and admitted that her growth as an artist has changed the way she feels about the song, saying:
I was still quite new to [the music industry] and a bit naïve. I was making songs and putting them on the album if...