Cover art for Gross by Penelope Scott
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Gross Lyrics

[Pre-Chorus]
I'm never gonna feel good again
I've played this game through the end
I'll pull the plug or I'll wait it out
But I don't need you around

[Chorus]
I wish I'd never met you
I wish I wasn't a waste
I wish I had the guts to fuck my own life up
Or the heart to set myself straight
But I'm a chemical compound
You're just the gun in my mouth
If you stopped romanticizing who I am at parties, you'd find your way out

[Post-Chorus]
I wish I weren't a liar
I wish that I could be kind
I wish that I could trust you
That things would turn out fine


[Outro]
But I'm a chemical compound
I'm just a flash in your hand
And if you don't wanna play just say so
And you'll never ever see me again

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“Gross” is a song about having sex with someone you don’t like, and then catching feelings for them. In it, Scott describes the relationship as “salty and gross”, comparing it to semen. She says that her partner doesn’t really care about her, but that she still cares for them, and that while she wishes she could hate them for being a bad person, she knows they’re not, and feels guilty and inadequate in comparison. The song has a unreleased music video that will probably come as a single for the album or with the album itself.

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Release Date
September 20, 2023
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