FKA twigs | MAGDALENE | lyrics

cellophane

lyrics:
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didn't i do it for you?
why don't i do it for you?
why won't you do it for me?
when all i do is for you?

they wanna see us, wanna see us alone
they wanna see us, wanna see us apart
they wanna see us, wanna see us alone
they wanna see us, wanna see us apart

and i just want to feel you're there
and i don't want to have to share our love
i try, but i get overwhelmed
when you're gone, i have no one to tell

and i just want to feel you're there
and i don't want to have to share our love
i try, but i get overwhelmed
all wrapped in cellophane
the feelings that we had...

and didn't i do it for you?
why don't i do it for you?
why won't you do it for me
when all i do is for you?

they're waiting
they're watching
they're watching us
they're hating
they're waiting
and hoping
i'm not enough.
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FKA twigs (Tahliah)'s thoughts:

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'cellophane'
"It's just raw, isn't it? It didn't need a thing. The vocal take that's on the record is the demo take. I had a Lyft arrive outside the studio and I'd just started playing the piano chords. I was like, 'hey, can you just give me like 20, 25 minutes?' and I recorded it as is. I remember feeling like I wanted to cry, but I just didn't feel like it was that suitable to cry at a studio session. I often want everything to be really intricate and gilded, and I want to chip away at everything, and sculpt it and mould it, and add layers. The thing I've learned on 'MAGDALENE' is that you don't need to do that all the time, and just because you can do something, it doesn't mean you should. That's been a real growing experience for me — as a musician, as a producer, as a singer, even as a dancer. Something in its most simple form is beautiful."