Cover art for Bad Ideas by Tessa Violet

Bad Ideas

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Bad Ideas Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I hope that you don't think I'm rude
But I want to make out with you
And I'm a little awkward, sure
But I could touch my face to yours, oh

And no one ever called me smooth
But I just wanna see the grooves
Between your hands, your teeth, oh
Tell me, do you think about me?

[Pre-Chorus]
I just wanna kiss you
And even if I miss you
At least I'll know what it's like to have held your hand, oh!
No-o, hey!

[Chorus]
Bad ideas, ay (Oh)
I know where they lead (Hey, oh)
But I got too many to sleep
And I can't get enough, no
I wanna kiss you standing up
Oh-oh, no
And if tomorrow makes me low (No)
Well it'd be worth it just to know
'Cause I can't get enough, no
I wanna kiss you standing up
O-oh, hey
[Verse 2]
I don't know what compels me
To do the very thing that fells me
I wake up, still high on you
But by the night, I'm crashing through, so

[Pre-Chorus]
Why I'd wanna kiss you
Even though I miss you
Guess I just want to know what it would feel like, oh!
No-o, hey

[Chorus]
Bad ideas, ay (Oh)
I know where they lead (Hey, oh)
But I got too many to sleep
And I can't get enough, no
I wanna kiss you standing up
O-oh, no
And if tomorrow makes me low (No)
Well it'd be worth it just to know
'Cause I can't get enough, no
I wanna kiss you standing up
O-oh

[Bridge]
Smitten's a bad look on me
And if I'm talking honestly
It takes everything I got not to text, and
I just want a kiss to get me through
'Cause now all my bed-sheets smell like you, so
[Pre-Chorus]
If you think you miss me
Come on back and kiss me
I just gotta know what you and I would feel like, oh!
No, hey
Yikes

[Chorus]
Bad ideas, ay (Oh)
I know where they lead (Hey, oh)
But I got too many to sleep
And I can't get enough, no
I wanna kiss you standing up
Oh-oh, no
And if tomorrow makes me low (No)
Well it'd be worth it just to know
'Cause I can't get enough, no-o
I wanna kiss you standing up
Oh-oh

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“Bad Ideas” is the third song on Tessa Violet’s second album with the same name. Tessa released a teaser for the song’s music video on YouTube on the 25th of November 2018. The actual music video was released on the 1st of December 2018.

The song tells of Tessa’s longing to be with someone even as she knows the relationship will end badly. It is a bad idea to even try, yet she does anyway, too obsessed with the feeling of infatuation. The theme is quite similar to her first single from the album, “Crush,” which also comes right before “Bad Ideas” in the tracklist. However, this song’s underlying bittersweet message is clearer than that of “Crush.”

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Release Date
November 30, 2018
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