If I’m Being Honest Lyrics
I was told this is where I would start loving myself
Flirting's delicious, proved to be beneficial for mental health
All of my best bits pulled forward, collected, displayed
Sadly, I just think that I was disgusting today
[Pre-Chorus]
You blew me up like a big balloon far too soon
I'm left a stuttering teen
How did I get here?
It's all so quick, and I feel sick
Red pushing down on the green
[Chorus]
Could you love this?
Will this one be right?
Well, if I'm being honest
I'm hoping it might
Could you love this?
Did you plan to fall?
Well, if I'm being honest
Oh, I bet it's not that at all
[Verse 2]
Hope has a cost, keeping all fingers crossed and held tight
But I look idiotic with my limbs all knotted, it don't feel right
Truly you've shaken me, and I think you like how I plead
But I have a hunch that that's all you wanted from me
You blew me up like a big balloon far too soon
Holding my breath makes me choke
How did I get here?
It's all so quick, and I feel sick
I'm used to being a joke
[Chorus]
Could you love this?
Will this one be right?
Well, if I'm being honest
I'm hoping it might
Could you love this?
Did you plan to fall?
Well, if I'm being honest
Oh, I bet it's not that at all
[Bridge]
All, all, all, all
[Chorus]
Could you love this?
Will this one be right?
Well, if I'm being honest
I'm hoping it might
Could you love this?
Did you plan to fall?
Well, if I'm being honest
If I'm being honest
Well, if I'm being honest
Oh, I bet it's not that at all
About
“If I’m Being Honest” first debuted on dodie’s ‘Spring Tour’ in early 2018. In an Instagram live she explained that the song was about “having a crush in, like, a day, and having way too much (of an) expectation about it.”
Q&A
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In an interview with Metro dodie said:
Sometimes, you are just overwhelmed by a feeling, and you sit down and a song pours out of you because it has to. [With] If I’m Being Honest I barely remember writing it because it happened in less than a day, but I do remember visualising the verses so clearly and knowing exactly what I wanted to get across; the idea of being too hopeful making you look silly and ugly.
In an interview with Metro dodie said:
The take we actually used in the end was one in which I inhaled a small strand of hair before the big note and it went right to the back of my throat,’ she reveals. ‘I absolutely thought I was going to vomit but I knew it was THE TAKE so… I sang through and concentrated on my feelings, and thankfully it ended well and you can’t really tell!
Yes! You can find it here.
- 2.Monster
- 4.Human
- 5.She
- 6.If I’m Being Honest
- 7.Burned Out
