off the table Lyrics
Will I ever love the same way again? (Way again)
Will I ever love somebody like the way I did you?
Never thought you'd be so damn hard to replace
I swear it don't need to be this way
If I can't have you, is love completely off the table?
Do I sit this one out and wait for the next life? (Next life)
Am I too cold? Am I not nice?
Might not be quite yet healed already
Should I be goin' too steady? (Too steady)
But I just wanna know is love completеly off the table?
[Chorus: Ariana Grande]
Will you be thеre? (Will you be there?)
Can I still love you? (Can I, can I, babe?)
Not yet healed or ready (Not ready)
Should I be goin' too steady? (Too steady)
Just wanna know is love completely off the table?
[Verse 2: The Weeknd, Ariana Grande & Both]
I'll wait for you
Even though it always feels like I'll be number two
To someone you can't hold anymore
If you let me in, I'm ready to give you what I couldn't before
'Cause I got you, girl, let me help you through it
You're trying to fill the void with a couple boys
I can see right through it (You can see right through it)
I can love you harder than I did before
Was in a dark place back then
I was toxic, then I was toxic to someone else
I was haunted by the hills (Oh yeah, yeah)
I couldn't give you my all, but I will
If you let me in your arms (Your arms)
If you let me in your heart
I don't think that love's completely off the table
Will you be there? (Yes, I will be there for you)
Can I still love you? (Yes, I been hurt before, before)
Not yet healed or ready (Not ready)
Should I be goin' too steady? (Too steady, no, no)
Just wanna know is love completely off the table?
[Bridge: Ariana Grande & The Weeknd]
So can you hold me?
If I let you, can you prove it to me? (Oh, no-no, no)
'Cause I need you to calm me down, babe
Gotta get out of my head (Oh, woah)
Tryna be here from this bed (Oh)
Just wanna know, just wanna know, know, know, baby (Hey)
Can you touch it like you believe in it, baby? (Oh, hey)
Let me think you never gonna leave on me, baby
'Cause I ain't her and you ain't him, thankfully (Baby, don't leave)
But it's gon' be hard to let someone else in again (Woah)
Baby, baby (Woo-hoo)
[Chorus: Ariana Grande & The Weeknd]
Will you be there? (Will you be there? I'll still wait)
Can I still love you? (I'll still wait for you, babe, oh, no-no, no, can I still love you?)
Not yet healed or ready (Ooh, not ready)
Should I be goin' too steady? (No, no, ooh)
Just wanna know is love completely off the table, baby?
I swear, I swear
I will wait for you whenever you need
Ooh, ooh
About
“off the table,” marks Ariana’s second collaboration with Canadian R&B artist, The Weeknd, and their first since the breaking success of the duo’s initial collaboration, “Love Me Harder” in 2014.
The song features Ariana questioning whether she’s ready to dive into the deep end of a potential relationship, while her partner, The Weeknd, reassures her saying he can be patient and is in a better place than he was previously. The track features a slow, synth-heavy instrumental, complemented by lush strings in the background.
The collaboration between the two on this album was first rumored after Abel retweeted Ariana’s announcement that she was going to be releasing her album in October.
In a YouTube livestream, Ariana revealed that the entire song was recorded in her home studio.
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Ariana talked about the creative process behind the songs in an interview with Zach Sang:
I didn’t know anyone was ever going to hear it. I just kind of was sitting in my room during quarantine, towards the very beginning and I just had set up my little home situation and a friend of Matt Bennett’s, Shintaro, had sent me a little folder of beats. He’s a really brilliant producer and he sent me a pack of beats and I pulled it up and I wrote a verse and a chorus and I sent it over to Abel and I said “Is this okay?” and he was like “Yeah, I’m gonna write the second verse.” It was a very intimate moment and writing process between two friends.
During the week ending November 14, 2020, “off the table” debuted and peaked at #35 on the Hot 100.
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