"Drive" is a song performed by Halsey which is featured as the fourth track on her debut album, Badlands. It was released on August 21, 2015 through Astralwerks Records.
A live version of the song is featured on Badlands (Live From Webster Hall), which was released on August 28, 2020.
Background[]
In a now deleted Instagram post from 2014, Halsey released a snippet of the breakdown part used in the demo version of the song along with a black and white video.[1][2]
Halsey refers to this song as the first happy song she ever wrote.[3] In the same interview she also revealed that the song "symbolizes this departure from the Badlands - this point where [she] drive[s] away."[3] The song also features additional vocals by Halsey's ex-boyfried Lido in the last chorus.
The intro melody of the song is used at the end of the music video for "New Americana" which was released on September 26, 2015.
Official versions[]
- Official version - 4:18
- 7" Vinyl Demo version - 4:37
- Live From Webster Hall - 4:52
Cross-references[]
- The song is referenced twice in "Tokyo Narita (Freestyle)" in the lines: "Swerving on the 405" and "But if all we do is drive".
- Driving on the road is a theme that is also explored in "Wasting Time".
- The song is referenced in "Slow", an outtake from Badlands.
- Driving down the coast is also explored in "Eastside".
Lyrics[]
[Verse 1]
My hands wrapped around a stick shift
Swerving on the 405, I can never keep my eyes off this
My neck, the feeling of your soft lips
Illuminated in the light, bouncing off the exit signs I missed
[Chorus]
All we do is drive
All we do is think about the feelings that we hide
All we do is sit in silence waiting for a sign
Sick and full of pride
All we do is drive
And California never felt like home to me
And California never felt like home
And California never felt like home to me
Until I had you on the open road and now we're singing
[Breakdown]
Ah, ah, ah-ah, ah ah ah ah
Ah, ah, ah-ah, ah ah ah
Ah, ah, ah-ah, ah ah ah ah
Ah, ah, ah-ah, ah ah ah
[Spoken Word]
Umm.. Hey, I was just wondering if you wanna like… never mind. Thank you. Bye...
[Verse 2]
Your laugh echoes down the highway
Carves into my hollow chest, spreads over the emptiness
It's bliss
It's so simple but we can't stay
Over analyze again, would it really kill you if we kissed?
[Chorus]
All we do is drive
All we do is think about the feelings that we hide
All we do is sit in silence waiting for a sign
Sick and full of pride
All we do is drive
And California never felt like home to me
And California never felt like home
And California never felt like home to me
Until I had you on the open road and now we're singing
[Breakdown]
Ah, ah, ah-ah, ah ah ah ah
Ah, ah, ah-ah, ah ah
Ah, ah, ah-ah, ah ah ah ah
Ah, ah, ah-ah, ah ah ah
[Outro]
References[]
| 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 | ||