"Lilith" is a song performed by Halsey. It is featured as the fourth track on their fourth studio album, If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power. It was released on August 27, 2021 through Capitol Records.
Background[]
The song was announced via Amazon's virtual AI assistant, Alexa, on August 10, 2021.[1] The track was first hinted at then the "@iichliwp" Instagram account posted an oil painting by Dante Gabriel Rossetti titled Lady Lilith.[2]
A snippet that was teased on June 21, 2021 later turned out to be "Lilith."[3]
Lilith (/ˈlɪlɪθ/; Hebrew: לִילִית, romanized: Līlīṯ) is a demonic figure in Judaic mythology, supposedly the primordial she-demon and alternatively first wife of Adam[4].
Cross-references[]
- The song references "Take what you want / Take what you can / Take what you please" from "The Tradition": "The more that you give away / The more that you have / The more that they take".
- "And fuck like a demon" references the song title.
Lyrics[]
[Verse 1]
Well, I'm perfection when it comes to first impressions
Well, I romanticize and then I get to stressin'
A big brain like I'm teachin' it a lesson
Baby, it's a blessin', yeah
You got me thinkin' that I was too mean
Well, everything that I say, I believe
Tuck a knife with my heart up my sleeve
And change like a season, please him for nothin'
I am disruptive, I've been corrupted
And by now, I don't need a fuckin' introduction
I been gone 'cause I been on this road too long
[Chorus]
You know I get too caught up in the moment
I can't call it love if I show it
I just fuck things up if you noticed
Have you noticed? Tell me, have you noticed?
I get too caught up in the moment
I can't fall in love if I show it
I just fuck things up if you noticed
Have you noticed? Tell me, have you noticed?
[Verse 2]
Now, I'm wonderin' if I ever wanted to hold you
It never mattered if I owned you
'Cause you'd let anybody with a body control you
And you know it too
You got me feelin' like I been too mean
And everything that I say I believe
Tuck a knife with my heart up my sleeve
And fuck like a demon, do it like nothin'
I am disgustin', I've been corrupted
And by now, I don't need no help to be destructive
I been, gone, yeah, I been on this road too long
[Chorus]
You know I get too caught up in the moment
I can't call it love if I show it
I just fuck things up if you noticed
Have you noticed? Tell me, have you noticed?
I get too caught up in the moment
I can't fall in love if I show it
I just fuck things up if you noticed
Have you noticed? Tell me, have you noticed?
[Outro]
The more that you give away
The more that you have
The more that you give away
The more that you have
The more that you give away
The more that you have
The more that they take
References[]
| If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power | ||
|---|---|---|
| August 27, 2021 • Capitol Records | ||
| Songs | ||
| Standard | 1 The Tradition • 2 Bells In Santa Fe • 3 Easier Than Lying • 4 Lilith • 5 Girl Is A Gun • 6 You Asked For This • 7 Darling • 8 1121 • 9 Honey • 10 Whispers • 11 I Am Not A Woman, I'm A God • 12 The Lighthouse • 13 Ya'aburnee | |
| Deluxe | Nightmare • Nightmare (Reprise) • People Disappear Here • Gasoline (Reimagined) | |
| Cut | I forgive you | |
| Artist(s) | ||
| Halsey | ||