Is There Somewhere

"Is There Somewhere"
General information
Artist	Halsey
Release Date	October 27, 2014
Genre	Electropop
Length	3:31
Labels
Composer(s)	Ashley Frangipane
Producer(s)	Dylan Bauld
EP	Room 93
Room 93 Chronology
"Is There Somewhere"
"Ghost"

"Is There Somewhere" is a song performed by Halsey that is featured as the opening track of her debut extended play, Room 93. The song was released on October 27, 2014 through Astralwerks Records. It is also featured on the Japanese edition of her debut album, Badlands.

Background

In Halsey's Spotify commentary for the EP, she said:

"The first song is 'Is There Somewhere' and I actually wrote and recorded this song on Garage Band at first like a couple of months before I signed and I put it up on YouTube and it was like the most amateur thing ever. It was like I had put up this video and the end of it had like a little black slide that said, like, insert title here because I had no idea how to use technology. Basically, 'Is There Somewhere' is like a prologue to the EP ‘cause [it’s] called "Room 93", and it basically just touches on like the human intimacy of hotel rooms and how it’s like an alternate universe. It kinda tells the story of a couple in a hotel room, experiencing like a tender moment together and the most notable line is 'is there somewhere you can meet me?' because it’s like a frequently exchanged text message between myself and the person this song’s about, and it usually ending up being an hotel room."

—Halsey via Spotify

Cross-references

• The line "You're writing lines about me, romantic poetry" is referenced in "100 Letters": "You wrote a hundred letters just for me".
• The song is interpolated in "Slow".

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
You were dancing in your tube socks in our hotel room
Flashing those eyes like highway signs
Light one up and hand it over, rest your head upon my shoulder
I just wanna feel your lips against my skin

[Verse 2]
White sheets, bright lights, crooked teeth, and the nightlife
You told me this is right where it begins
But your lips hang heavy underneath me
And I promised myself I wouldn’t let you complete me

[Verse 3]
I’m trying not to let it show, that I don’t want to let this go
Is there somewhere you can meet me?
Cause I clutched your arms like stairway railings
And you clutched my brain and eased my ailing

[Verse 4]
You’re writing lines about me, romantic poetry
Your girl's got red in her cheeks
Cause we’re something she can’t see
And I try to refrain but you’re stuck in my brain
All I do is cry and complain, because second’s not the same

[Outro]
I’m sorry but I fell in love tonight
I didn't mean to fall in love tonight
You’re looking like you fell in love tonight
Could we pretend that we’re in love?
I’m sorry but I fell in love tonight
I didn't mean to fall in love tonight
You’re looking like you fell in love tonight
Could we pretend that we’re in love?

Trivia

• This is one of Halsey's favorite songs from the Room 93 EP. The song is also one of the few songs that was on the setlists for the Badlands Tour, Hopeless Fountain Kingdom World Tour and Manic World Tour.
• "Is There Somewhere" is the only song on the EP to not receive a music video or a music video teaser.
• On March 25, 2015, Is There Somewhere was featured on Season 4 Episode 5 of the MTV show Catfish, with the episode's official title being "Chitara & Priscilla"
  • The song is played when Chitara shows Nev and Alex her photos and texts from Priscilla and talks to them about their relationship.
    • This is Halsey's first song to be featured on the show; the second song being Trouble and the third being Ghost.

References

1. https://open.spotify.com/album/6r92B7V2si1w1dJoFnp1Gy?si=2ihow8-WRci5GDLuuXpWjQ&nd=1&dlsi=63325ecf7aa94022
2. https://www.mtv.com/news/ek7tlt/halseys-catfish
3. https://www.tunefind.com/show/catfish/season-4/23930/song-106542