Alien Lyrics

[Intro: Sabrina Carpenter]
Mmm, no, hmm

[Verse 1: Sabrina Carpenter]
This feeling's so alien
Need to know if you're just a friend

Are you a secret I'm holdin' in?
So leave it on my brain if you feel the same

Lie but I notice it
Don't know the rules but I got to win

The paranoia is sinkin' in
So leave it on my brain if you feel the same

[Pre-Chorus: Sabrina Carpenter]
Ooh, let me discover all of your colors
If you love me, let me know
No, no, let me discover all of your colors
If you love me, let me know

[Chorus: Sabrina Carpenter]
Don't let me leave when I'm standing at your door
Don't make me stop when you're really wanting more

When you're really wanting more
If you show me what you were thinking of
Let me get inside your mind
If you show me love it'll be enough
It'll be a better night

[Drop: Sabrina Carpenter]
If you love me, let me know
If you love me, let me know
If you love me, let me know
It'll be a better night
If you love me, let me know
If you love me, let me know
If you love me, let me know
It'll be a better night

[Verse 2: Sabrina Carpenter]
Alienated them
Right about when our love began
Emotions are moving in
Getting in my space, livin' in my place
When did these games begin?
I'm overthinking my thoughts again
No, we don't break, but we're bound to bend

Getting in my space, livin' in my place

[Pre-Chorus: Sabrina Carpenter]
Ooh, let me discover all of your colors
If you love me, let me know
No, no, let me discover all of your colors
If you love me, let me know
[Chorus: Sabrina Carpenter]
Don't let me leave when I'm standing at your door
Baby no, don't let me
Don't make me stop when you're really wanting more
'Cause I know you're wanting more
If you show me what you were thinking of
Let me get inside your mind
If you show me love it'll be enough
It'll be a better night

[Drop: Sabrina Carpenter]
If you love me, let me know
If you love me, let me know
If you love me, let me know
It'll be a better night (Be a better night)
If you love me, let me know
If you love me, let me know
If you love me, let me know
It'll be a better night (No, no, no)
If you love me, let me know
If you love me, let me know
If you love me, let me know
It'll be a better night
If you love me, let me know
If you love me, let me know
If you love me, let me know
It'll be a better night
A better night, yeah

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Genius Annotation

“Alien” is a single by Sabrina Carpenter, and at the time was her first single since 2017’s “Why”. This time, she connects with UK producer Jonas Blue, in which they wrote the song together one weekend in London.

In the track, Sabrina describes what it’s like to be lost in someone’s feelings and how alienating that can be.

Q&A

Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning

What did Sabrina Carpenter & Jonas Blue say about "Alien"?
Genius Answer

In an interview with Access, Carpenter said:

We settled on it as a way to describe when you don’t know how to describe what you’re feeling

What inspired this song?
Verified Commentary
Sabrina Carpenter
Genius Answer

Jonas and I had already written together once, but this time we found ourselves in London, which is where he’s from, obviously, but not where I’m from. So we initially started just him on piano, which I think for me was initially how I got into the headspace, which is, I think, why the lyrics are more emotional than they are upbeat. It’s like this really confusing love saga that feels like these two people just don’t know how to communicate. So once we got that across, “alien” was the first thing I kind of described the feeling of not knowing what you’re feeling. We all think we know what aliens are, but no one really knows. And we all think we know how people feel but no one really knows if they’re not your own feelings.

Have you heard about Sabrina's real-life UFO sighting?
Verified Commentary
Sabrina Carpenter
Genius Answer

I’m in Albuquerque, and I’m outside Route 66. I look at the sky and take a picture because it looks really pretty, right? And I look back at my phone and there’s a little green thing in the sky, and I look back at the sky and I go, “The green thing’s not there, until I look at my phone.” But it wasn’t like a thing that a camera could just do on its own. It was green little dots in a circle. You know it’s an alien. What else could it be? A plant in the sky? Like it’s not a plant in the sky. So I was trying to figure out what it was, then I kind of freaked out because, I’d released “Alien” a couple weeks ago, and I was like, “They don’t like it.” They don’t or they do. I couldn’t figure out which one it was. They heard it and they’re coming. They’re coming.

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