Got a boy back home in Michigan
And he tastes like Jack when I'm kissin' him
So I told him that I never really liked his friends
Now he's gone and he's callin' me a bitch again
There's a guy that lives in the Garden State
And he told me that we'd make it 'til we graduate
So I told him that the music would be worth the wait
But he wants me in the kitchen with a dinner plate
[Pre-Chorus]
I believe, I believe, I believe, I believe that we're meant to be
But jealousy, jealousy, jealousy, jealousy get the best of me
Look, I don't mean to frustrate, but I
Always make the same mistakes, yeah
Always make the same mistakes 'cause
[Chorus]
I'm bad at love (Ooh-ooh)
But you can't blame me for tryin'
You know I'd be lyin' sayin'
You were the one (Ooh-ooh)
That could finally fix me
Lookin' at my history
I'm bad at love
Got a girl with California eyes
And I thought that she could really be the one this time
But I never got the chance to make her mine
Because she fell in love with little thin white lines
London girl with a attitude
We never told no one, but we look so cute
Both got way better things to do
But I always think about her when I'm ridin' through
[Pre-Chorus]
I believe, I believe, I believe, I believe that I'm in too deep
And jealousy, jealousy, jealousy, jealousy get the best in me
Look, I don't mean to frustrate, but I
Always make the same mistakes, yeah
Always make the same mistakes 'cause
[Chorus]
I'm bad at love (Ooh-ooh)
But you can't blame me for tryin'
You know I'd be lyin' sayin'
You were the one (Ooh-ooh)
That could finally fix me
Lookin' at my history
I'm bad at love (Ooh-ooh)
Oh, you know, you know, you know, you know (Ooh-ooh)
I'm bad at love (Ooh-ooh)
I'm bad at love (Ooh-ooh)
Yeah, uh
[Bridge]
I know that you're afraid I'm gonna walk away
Each time the feelin' fades
Each time the feelin' fades
I know that you're afraid I'm gonna walk away
Each time the feelin' fades
[Chorus]
You know I'm bad at love (Ooh-ooh)
But you can't blame me for tryin'
You know I'd be lyin' sayin'
You were the one (Ooh-ooh)
That could finally fix me
Lookin' at my history
I'm bad at love (Ooh-ooh)
[Post-Chorus]
Oh, you know, you know, you know, you know (Ooh-ooh)
I'm bad at love (Ooh-ooh)
Oh, oh
About
“Bad At Love” was the fourth single and second music video from hopeless fountain kingdom, Halsey’s sophomore album.
Halsey goes through a list of her different lovers and what went wrong in their relationship. With each one, she thought they were “the one” and could “fix her,” but it went wrong for various reasons. From her history of dating, she concludes that she is “bad at love.”
Her list of lovers include both men and women indicating at her bisexuality, which is a running theme throughout the album.
On August 30 2017, Halsey released the music video for “Bad At Love”, picking up where “Now Or Never”’s music video left off. On September 15 2017, an extended version of the music video, the Angelus cut, was released with additional scenes featuring Solis Angelus (White Nite) and his house’s perspective.
On December 23rd, 2017, “Bad At Love” reached a peak of #8 on the Billboard Hot 100, making it her first song as a solo artist to reach the top 10 later hitting the #5 spot as of January 27. 2018.
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Halsey broke down the lyrics in “Bad At Love” for Billboard on August 22, 2017.
YouTuber Tod in the Shadows noticed that Halsey only describes relationships in the song in which she did nothing wrong. Her partners were mean, not supportive of her career or addicted to drugs — so it was not Halsey’s fault that the relationships ended.
The singer responded to this comment on Twitter, explaining her reasoning behind the song:
- 1.The Prologue
- 2.100 Letters
- 3.Eyes Closed
- 5.Alone
- 6.Now or Never
- 7.Sorry
- 9.Lie
- 10.Walls Could Talk
- 11.Bad at Love
- 12.Don’t Play
- 13.Strangers
- 14.Angel on Fire
- 15.Devil in Me
- 16.Hopeless
- 17.Alone (Remix)