"Ya'aburnee" is a song performed by Halsey. It is featured as the thirteenth and final 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]
Cross-references[]
- Ya'aburnee (يقبرني) is slang Arabic, and it translates literally to "may he bury me", but it can also be used loosely like "may you bury me". It sounds intense when translated, but it's used as a casual term of endearment in Lebanese Arabic and similar dialects. It represents the hope that one will die before someone else because they could not bear to live without them.
Lyrics[]
[Verse 1]
I get undertones of sadness
When I think about the moments
That I never got to spend with you
I can't decide
If I love you more in morning
Or I love you more at night
With its luminous lux tides
Maybe in the daylight
All its pretty madness
And the complicated status
'Cause the moon don't pick sides
And the sun won't resign
Until you're by my side
Because the longing needs the leaving
And the loving needs the bleeding
And your beauty is a blessing
And I never got to tell you how
I lovеd the way my eyes makе yours look green too
[Chorus]
I think we could live forever
In each other's faces 'cause I
Always see my youth in you
And if we don't live forever
Maybe one day, we'll trade places
Darling, you will bury me
Before I bury you
Before I bury you
[Verse 2]
I'll never know
If there's danger in confession
Or it's memory that presses
Like a blade against my throat
Another word and I could choke
But what's worse?
Tellin' you my feelings
Or to die without revealing
That you got inside my head
And set a fire there instead?
Letting all my insecurity
Devour me with certainty
That love is just a currency
So take my pockets and take me whole
Take my life and take my soul
Wrap me in a wedding ring
You know I swear I'd give you anything
[Chorus]
And I think we could live forever
In each other's faces 'cause I
Always see my youth in you
And if we don't live forever
Maybe one day, we'll trade places
Darling, you will bury me
Before I bury you
Before I bury you
If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power (film)[]
The song is played during the film's final moments & credits.
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 | ||