Sabotage

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Apr. 16, 20211 viewer40.3K views

Sabotage Lyrics

[Intro]
Why do I sabotage everything I love?
It's always beautiful until I fuck it up

[Verse 1]
Tell myself I'm safer lonely
With nobody else to break my heart
Even though I know you'd never
I'm my own worst enemy and think you are

[Pre-Chorus]
Matches in my back pocket
I'm the queen of burnin' bridges
I will only let you down

[Chorus]
Why do I sabotage everything I love?
It's always beautiful until I fuck it up
Why do I sabotage everything I love?
The walls are closin' in because I built them up

[Verse 2]
Why can't I let myself be happy?
Why do I gotta get in my own way?
My shoes are worn out, always runnin'
From the reasons that I really wanna stay

[Pre-Chorus]
Matches in my back pocket
I'm the queen of burnin' bridges
I will only let you down

[Chorus]
Why do I sabotage everything I love?
It's always beautiful until I fuck it up
Why do I sabotage everything I love?
The walls are closin' in because I built them up

[Bridge]
So don't let me hope too high
Don't let me hope too high
'Cause I will find a way to tear it down every time
Don't let me hope too high
When everything is right
'Cause I will find a way to tear it down every time
I sabotage everything I love
It's always beautiful until I fuck it up

[Chorus]
Why do I sabotage everything I love?
It's always beautiful until I fuck it up
Why do I sabotage everything I love?
The walls are closin' in because I built them up

[Outro]
Why do I sabotage?

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Sabotage is a song that Bebe has described as being about her struggle in her life with literally sabatoging the things that she loves. It is a beautiful song that tugs on the heartstrings and resonates with a lot of people.

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What did Bebe Rexha say about "Sabotage"?

Sabotage is one of the most vulnerable songs on my new album, Better Mistakes. It’s just as beautiful as it is painfully honest. I admit to getting in my own way when things are going well. I know I am not alone in experiencing self-sabotage during life’s most precious moments, and this ballad is an acknowledgment that sometimes we are our own worst enemy.

–Bebe Rexha via Warner Music (April, 2021)

What else have the artists said about the song?

Some people smoke cigarettes, some people think too much, some people eat something they’re not supposed to be eating, whether it’s good or bad. Why do we do the things that are not good for us? That stuff comes from a place of ‘Maybe I’m not good enough. Maybe I don’t deserve it.’ That’s different for everybody, whether you sabotage your relationship or your diet, or you’re smoking, whatever it may be.

—via Apple Music

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