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Grow Back Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Silly, silly Mrs. Mae; she’s got herself into trouble
Ten screws, they’re never coming loose; they're running up and down the table
But she feels good, never upset; she’s always been ill but able
She can run whenever she wants and everyone knows she will
How she’d never cut her hair
A smooth, silky lightning in the incandescent air
She’s a cool, crazy killer, Mrs. Mae
What they don’t understand is that she’s almost already dead!
[Pre-Chorus]
Let it grow back, let it grow back
Let it grow back, let it grow back
(Heee!) Let it grow back, let it grow back
(Aaah!) Let it grow back, let it grow
[Chorus 1]
(Let it into the dark!)
(Let it into the dark!)
(Let it into the dark!) I can tell whose fault it's gonna be
Tinted walls in a shuddered sprawl and a sight too plain to see
If you keep moving, you'll get it back and no one's gonna take you away
If you feel good, tell 'em quick, and no one’s gonna take you, no one’s gonna take you!
[Verse 2]
Silly, silly Mrs. Mae; she’s got herself into trouble
Ten men, emergency's at hand, they’ve run and got the jumper cables
But she feels good, never upset; she’s always been ill but able
She can run whenever she wants and everyone knows she will
Silly, silly Mrs. Mae; she’s got herself into trouble
Ten screws, they’re never coming loose; they're running up and down the table
But she feels good, never upset; she’s always been ill but able
She can run whenever she wants and everyone knows she will
How she’d never cut her hair
A smooth, silky lightning in the incandescent air
She’s a cool, crazy killer, Mrs. Mae
What they don’t understand is that she’s almost already dead!
[Pre-Chorus]
Let it grow back, let it grow back
Let it grow back, let it grow back
(Heee!) Let it grow back, let it grow back
(Aaah!) Let it grow back, let it grow
[Chorus 1]
(Let it into the dark!)
(Let it into the dark!)
(Let it into the dark!) I can tell whose fault it's gonna be
Tinted walls in a shuddered sprawl and a sight too plain to see
If you keep moving, you'll get it back and no one's gonna take you away
If you feel good, tell 'em quick, and no one’s gonna take you, no one’s gonna take you!
[Verse 2]
Silly, silly Mrs. Mae; she’s got herself into trouble
Ten men, emergency's at hand, they’ve run and got the jumper cables
But she feels good, never upset; she’s always been ill but able
She can run whenever she wants and everyone knows she will
How she'd never cut her hair
A smooth, silky lightning in the incandescent air
She's a cool, crazy killer, Mrs. Mae
What they don't understand is that she's got a pair of scissors in her pocket and she's really gonna cut it so they better run or else they're gonna get it!
[Pre-Chorus]
Let it grow back, let it grow back
Let it grow back, let it grow back
(Heee!) Let it grow back, let it grow back
(Aaaah!) Let it grow back, let it grow
[Chorus 1]
(Let it into the dark!)
(Let it into the dark!)
(Let it into the dark!) I can tell whose fault it's gonna be
Tinted walls in a shuddered sprawl and a sight too plain to see
If you keep moving, you'll get it back and no one's gonna take you away
If you feel good, tell 'em quick, and no one’s gonna take you, no one’s gonna take you!
[Instrumental]
[Chorus 2]
I can tell whose fault it's gonna be
Tinted walls in a shuddered sprawl and a sight too plain to see
If you keep moving, you'll get it back and no one's gonna take you away
If you feel good, tell 'em quick, and no one’s gonna take you, no one’s gonna take you!
A smooth, silky lightning in the incandescent air
She's a cool, crazy killer, Mrs. Mae
What they don't understand is that she's got a pair of scissors in her pocket and she's really gonna cut it so they better run or else they're gonna get it!
[Pre-Chorus]
Let it grow back, let it grow back
Let it grow back, let it grow back
(Heee!) Let it grow back, let it grow back
(Aaaah!) Let it grow back, let it grow
[Chorus 1]
(Let it into the dark!)
(Let it into the dark!)
(Let it into the dark!) I can tell whose fault it's gonna be
Tinted walls in a shuddered sprawl and a sight too plain to see
If you keep moving, you'll get it back and no one's gonna take you away
If you feel good, tell 'em quick, and no one’s gonna take you, no one’s gonna take you!
[Instrumental]
[Chorus 2]
I can tell whose fault it's gonna be
Tinted walls in a shuddered sprawl and a sight too plain to see
If you keep moving, you'll get it back and no one's gonna take you away
If you feel good, tell 'em quick, and no one’s gonna take you, no one’s gonna take you!
[Chorus 3]
(Let it into the dark!) I can tell whose fault it's gonna be
(Let it into the dark!) Tinted walls in a shuddered sprawl and a sight too plain to see
(Let it into the dark!) If you keep moving, you'll get it back and no one's gonna take you away
(Let it into the dark!) If you feel good, tell 'em quick, and no one’s gonna take you, no one’s gonna take you!
(Let it into the dark!) I can tell whose fault it's gonna be
(Let it into the dark!) Tinted walls in a shuddered sprawl and a sight too plain to see
(Let it into the dark!) If you keep moving, you'll get it back and no one's gonna take you away
(Let it into the dark!) If you feel good, tell 'em quick, and no one’s gonna take you, no one’s gonna take you!
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Genius Annotation
*“The song "Don’t Wanna Fight” by Alabama Shakes was important in the writing of this; it started because of the squeal Brittany Howard does at the beginning of that song. That moment changed music for me. It was so intense. I wanted to do something that had a similar build up. I didn’t want the subject matter to be contrived, so I made up a story. I didn’t think it would be right for it to be a love song.
I came up with this story about a woman who is about to be lobotomized. She tries to escape from the situation with a pair of scissors she has in her pocket. She’s going to cut her hair too. That’s where the grow back part of it comes from."
- Happy Fits on PopMatters
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- 1.Achey Bones
- 2.Best Tears
- 6.Grow Back
- 8.Mary
- 9.Haunted Lust
- 10.Relimerence
- 11.Little Words
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Release Date
June 2, 2018
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