You kept me as your favourite secret
And I thought we just took it slow
They said your girlfriend's from the beaches
It's funny how everybody but me knows
[Pre-Chorus]
I feel like you feel nothing, that's fine
Please leave this behind
You're losing your mind
Calling me a hundred times
Time you drew a line
And stopped wasting mine
Miss me? That's a lie-ie-ie
[Chorus]
Now that I'm over that hill
You wanna say how you feel
Crazy to think that you still call me psycho
You wanna talk? Not ideal
Heard I moved on? Babe, that's real
And you've got a girl, but you still call mе psycho
Now that I'm over that hill
You wanna say how you feel
Crazy to think that you still call me psycho
You wanna talk? Not ideal
Hеard I moved on? Babe, that's real
And you've got a girl, but you still call me psycho
Playing a perfect Patrick Bateman
Put blame on anyone but you
All kinds of ghosts down in your basement
You made me feel so useful, then so used
[Pre-Chorus]
I feel like you feel nothing, that's fine
Please leave this behind
You're losing your mind
Calling me a hundred times
Time you drew a line
And stopped wasting mine
Miss me? That's a lie-ie-ie
[Chorus]
Now that I'm over that hill
You wanna say how you feel
Crazy to think that you still call me psycho
You wanna talk? Not ideal
Heard I moved on? Babe, that's real
And you've got a girl, but you still call me psycho
Now that I'm over that hill
You wanna say how you feel
Crazy to think that you still call me psycho
You wanna talk? Not ideal
Heard I moved on? Babe, that's real
And you've got a girl, but you still call me psycho
You don't want me at all
But you don't want me to fall for anyone
But you'll go with anyone
And you still call me psycho
You don't want me at all
But you don't want me to fall for anyone
When all is said and done
You still call me psycho
[Bridge]
All your exes found me and so beware
We're all friends now
Maybe you should be scared
You're so crazy
Baby, who has two phones?
One for her and one to still call me psycho
[Chorus]
Now that I'm over that hill
You wanna say how you feel
Crazy to think that you still call me psycho
You wanna talk? Not ideal
Heard I moved on? Babe, that's real
And you've got a girl, but you still call me psycho
About
This song talks about how Maisie’s eluding boyfriend secretly dates her even though he doesn’t really have feelings for her. Meanwhile, he also has affairs with other girls, which concludes “they said your girlfriend’s from the beaches, it’s funny how everybody but me knows”. Although her boyfriend doesn’t have feelings for her, he still calls her up to a great extent. He says that he misses her, but she knows that he is obviously lying. Maisie decides to get over him but her boyfriend still doesn’t stop calling her.
Q&A
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The song feels like Abba to me, which I’m obsessed with. Everything is so sharp and concise, and I think that’s what makes a perfect pop song.
– 2021 Interview with BBC
Everything about this track is so wild. It was the last session we did for the album. It was like, ‘The album is done, so if we get something, great, but if not, it’s done.’ I was with Ed Sheeran and [prolific British songwriter] Steve Mac and thought, ‘If I’m here with these people who have done massive things, I’m here to win, I’m here to write a big song.’ Ed has previously said “Psycho” would be a really good song title. The track only took about 45 minutes once we were in the session, but afterwards I just felt really scared of it—it’s very different for me. I actually told my manager I’d release it ‘over my dead corpse’, but I’m so glad I got over it—I love it now. It’s so fun.
—via Apple Music
One reason I love Psycho is because it’s so tight. I went into the studio going, “I want to make a song as upbeat as Call Me Maybe.” It was a lofty goal. Who knows if we measured up, but we like to aim high!
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