Whispers

Album:If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power

Length:3:12

Tempo: BPM

Versions:Whispers

Live:N/A

"Whispers" is the tenth track on If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power by Halsey.

Song Credits

Written by Ashley Frangipane, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Johnathan Carter Cunningham

• Halsey: Vocalist
• Trent Reznor: Piano, Programming, Synthesizers
• Atticus Ross: Programming, Treatments

• Engineered by Atticus Ross, Trent Reznor, Mat Mitchell at NullCo Studios, Los Angeles, CA
• Vocals recorded by John Cunningham at Jagger Studios, Turks and Caicos Islands
• Mixed by Serban Ghenea at MixStar Studios, Virginia Beach, VA
• Engineer – John Hanes

Appearances

• If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power

Versions

Whispers

This is the only known version.

Lyrics

    Its the thing in your thighs
    when you’re lonely at night;
    scroll though your phone
    getting high off the light
    numb in your chest
    when you close the blinds.
    repose in time.
    And you tell yourself you’re fine
    but you
    
    Sabotage the things you love the most
    Camouflage so you can feed the lie that you’re composed
    
    This is the voice in your head that says
    “You do not want this”
    This is the ache that says
    “You do not want him”
    this is the glimmer of light that you’re keeping alive when you tell yourself
    “I bet I could fuck him”
    
    Why do you need love so badly?
    bet it’s because of her daddy
    bet she was brutal and bratty
    bet that she’ll never be happy
    I bet that you’re right
    and I’ll show you in time
    But I
    
    Sabotage the things I love the most
    Camouflage so I can feed the lie that I’m composed
    
    I’ve got a monster inside me
    that eats personality types
    She is constantly changing her mind
    on the daily
    think that she hates me
    I’m feeling it lately
    I might have to trick her and treat her
    to 70 capsules
    or fly to a castle
    so at least we could say that we died being traveled
    cultured and flattered
    and then I could trap her
    But what does it matter
    
    “You do not want this”
    This is the voice in her head that says
    “You do not want him”
    This is that space in your bed that says
    “Bet I could fuck him.”
    Isn’t it lonely?
    these are the standards
    to which you could hold me.
    think that you know me
    You think that you could if you hold me
    think you could try to console me
    but I do not know me
    no I do not know me
    cause I
    cause I
    
    Sabotage the things I love the most
    Camouflage so I can feed the lie that I’m composed
    “You do not want this.”
    Sabotage the things I love the most
    “You do not want this.”
    Camouflage so I can feed the lie that I’m composed
    “You do not want this.”
    “You do not want this.”
    “You do not”

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