“BADTIME” is my most adventurous song to date. Blending Chinese with English, I recollect my past decisions to escape. The song starts with me showing my confidence with, "eyes closed, still be the best, tightrope more like my butter and bread", then throughout the song we realize that it is just a persona. I end with a touching acapella outro and the words, “You could be mine but I had to go and have myself a bad time”.
lyrics
Is this the end, again, new beginnings?
Where's my applause, I'm getting impatient
Am I surprised? 我並不, 最近我不太OK
Ask me who I am, bitch I wish I knew
Can't drop out again, guess I'll stay in school
漸漸變成後悔, guess I had a bad time
Did it once so why not twice?
Been there, done that, wasn't very nice
Big fish, small pond, claustrophobic
Couldn't breathe, no one noticed
I got my eyes closed, still be the best
Say it's a tightrope, more like my butter and bread
They say, "Why go? You're the girl that's got it all!"
Thank you, next
Take a seat in the front
Didn't want to talk but now you wanna have fun
Word just went and made its way around
Heard that shit, you know I melted down
Maybe if I blew up, then you would give a fuck
And I would call your bluff and put you in the spotlight
You 'bout exotic as a Bud Light
Why'd you take advantage of me that night?
You could, you could, you could be mine but I had to go and have myself a bad time
You could, you could, you could be mine but I had to go and have myself a bad time
Huh, if you hurt me I won't like that
If you hurt me I don't like that
But you know me I can't fight back
That attitude is not in my zodiac
Got a lot of pressure on me that's 壓力
Make it myself but I don't know the recipe
If you want some, come and get some
擁有了這麽多 (wow!)
Two weeks 受不了，我就不適合也不想依靠
不壞也不好,失敗了多次也不讓你知道
我逃避的沒有原因,什麽都不知道還敢批評
就像吃瓜的群衆,腦袋都空空空
You could, you could, you could be mine but I had to go and have myself a bad time
You could, you could, you could be mine but I had to go and have myself a bad time
Gotta figure it out, (yeah yeah yeah) who I'm tryna be now
Gotta figure it out, take a good look at myself
Hold me closely, tell me it's okay, I don't know me, only aching from the pain
If it's my life, tell me why I can't reach the reins, oh
Cocaine, no thanks, no space in my veins
Guess you don't know me, I'm slowly planning my escape
No one told me I'd be crying on the plane
You could, you could, you could be mine but I had to go and have myself a bad time
You could, you could, you could be mine yeah
credits
released August 20, 2021
Lyric writers: Jasmine Kelly, Tiffany Tsai
Songwriter: Jasmine Kelly
Producer: Jasmine Kelly
Mixing and Mastering: Jasmine Kelly
Artwork: Jasmine Kelly
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