LIFE AFTER SALEM

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“LIFE AFTER SALEM” is the fourteenth track from Lil Nas X’s debut album, MONTERO. Followed by a slow sad rock instrumental, Lil Nas X is probably referring to a person he… Read More

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LIFE AFTER SALEM Lyrics

[Verse 1]
All of my feelings are gone
I left them all on the floor
Man, who's to blame if you don't love me no more?
No, I don't mind, just take whatever you want

[Pre-Chorus]
Why don't you just take what you want from me?
I think you should take what you want and leave
Why don't you just take what you want from me?
I think you should take what you want and leave

[Chorus]
What you want from me? Yeah
What you want from me? Yeah

[Verse 2]
Get yourself an Adderall
And throw me up against the wall
And kick me when I have to crawl
Ooh, I love it when you show no love at all
You know I can be your part-time lover
Our scars, they'll dance with еach other
I can be your part-time lovеr
Our scars, they'll dance with each other

[Pre-Chorus]
Why don't you just take what you want from me?
I think you should take what you want and leave
Why don't you just take what you want from me?
I think you should take what you want and leave

[Chorus]
What you want from me? Yeah
What you want from me? Yeah

[Outro]
You're changin' (You're changin' every day)
You played me (I let you win again)
You're changin' (You're changin' every day)
And you're takin' (You're takin' everything)

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“LIFE AFTER SALEM” is the fourteenth track from Lil Nas X’s debut album, MONTERO.

Followed by a slow sad rock instrumental, Lil Nas X is probably referring to a person he loves, how he doesn’t love them anymore, that they are changing and that he wants to know what they want from him.

In the leaked version of the project, the song was placed third, but Nas “shook up” the songs and changed the track’s final placement.

The song’s title could also be a reference to the famous Salem Witch Trials. Public figures often use the phrase “witch hunt” to describe waves of public anger or outrage against them. Lil Nas X has experienced multiple waves of public criticism and outrage in his time in the public eye, and now in this song, he is trying to reckon with what it means for him to love after surviving a “witch hunt,” and how the witch hunt changes his view of love and his relationships.