"Control" is a song from American singer-songwriter, Halsey’s debut album, Badlands. It is the ninth song on the standard edition of the album and the 14th song on the deluxe edition.
Background[]
The song is a personification of Halsey’s bipolar disorder, which she recently opened up about in several interviews. She questions who is in control in the depths of her diseased mind. On Twitter, Halsey noted this song as the most emotionally difficult song to write.
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Lyrics[]
They send me away to find them a fortune
A chest filled with diamonds and gold
The house was awake
The shadows and monsters
The hallways they echoed and groaned
And I sat alone, in bed till the morning
And crying, "they're coming for me"
And I tried to hold these secrets inside me
My mind's like a deadly disease
I'm bigger than my body
I'm colder than this home
I'm meaner than my demons
I'm bigger than these bones
And all the kids cried out
"Please stop, you're scaring me"
I can't help this awful energy
Goddamn right, you should be scared of me
Who is in control?
I paced around for hours on empty
I jumped at the slightest of sounds
And I couldn't stand the person inside me
I turned all the mirrors around
I'm bigger than my body
I'm colder than this home
I'm meaner than my demons
I'm bigger than these bones
And all the kids cried out
"Please stop, you're scaring me"
I can't help this awful energy
Goddamn right, you should be scared of me
Who is in control?
I'm well acquainted
With villains that live in my bed
They beg me to write them
So they'll never die when I'm dead
And I've grown familiar
With villains that live in my head
They beg me to write them
So I'll never die when I'm dead
I'm bigger than my body
I'm colder than this home
I'm meaner than my demons
I'm bigger than these bones
And all the kids cried out
"Please stop, you're scaring me"
I can't help this awful energy
Goddamn right, you should be scared of me
Who is in control?
And all the kids cried out
"Please stop, you're scaring me"
I can't help this awful energy
Goddamn right, you should be scared of me
Who is in control?
And all the kids cried out
"Please stop, you're scaring me"
I can't help this awful energy
Goddamn right, you should be scared of me
Who is in control?
External links[]
- Chords of this Song at tabfan.com
| Badlands | ||
|---|---|---|
| August 28, 2015 • Astralwerks Records | ||
| Songs | ||
| Standard | 1 Castle • 2 Hold Me Down • 3 New Americana • 4 Drive • 5 Roman Holiday • 6 Colors • 7 Coming Down • 8 Haunting • 9 Control • 10 Young God • 11 Ghost | |
| Deluxe | Hurricane • Colors Pt. II • Strange Love • Gasoline • I Walk the Line • Is There Somewhere • Empty Gold • Trouble • You(th) | |
| Cut | Garden • Great Big Feeling • Honesty • Wolf | |
| Artist(s) | ||
| Halsey | ||
| Tour | ||
| Badlands Tour | ||