Cover art for Bleach by 5 Seconds of Summer
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Bleach Lyrics

[Verse 1: Luke]
I wanna occupy your brain
Be the only living space in your head
And when you're fillin' up your lungs
Mine's the only name that's under your breath

[Pre-Chorus: Luke]
Brought a knife to a gun fight
But the hurtin' is all mine

When the feeling is airtight
Know it takes time to let go
But I can't take it no more
Can I make up for lost time?

[Chorus: All, Luke]
If there's bleach in the hallways, I can start over
Bleaching my hair just to get away
I'm washin' it out till I've figured out

Livin' without you
(Everything I was spinnin' down the drain)
If there's bleach in the hallways, I can start over
Bleaching my hair every Saturday
I'm washin' it out till I've figured out
Livin' without you

(Everything I was spinnin' down the drain)
[Verse 2: Calum]
I feel you underneath my tongue
Next to every word that I should have said
No matter how far that I've run
Memories always seem to catch up again


[Pre-Chorus: Michael]
Brought a knife to a gun fight
But the hurtin' is all mine
When the feeling is airtight
I know it takes time to let go
But I can't take it no more
Can I make up for lost time?

[Chorus: All, Luke]
If there's bleach in the hallways, I can start over
Bleaching my hair just to get away
I'm washin' it out till I've figured out
Livin' without you
(Everything I was spinnin' down the drain)
If there's bleach in the hallways, I can start over
Bleaching my hair every Saturday

I'm washin' it out till I've figured out
Livin' without you
(Everything I was spinnin' down the drain)
[Outro: Luke]
It's so hard to watch everything I want
(Everything I was spinnin' down the drain)
It's so hard to watch everything I want
(Everything I was spinnin' down the drain)

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What did 5 Seconds of Summer say about "Bleach"?
Genius Answer

We wrote this with Sarah Aarons, and it actually started as this tiny little piano riff that Michael played called “GOOD MIDI THING.” This is one of Michael’s favourites, he’s done a really great job in the production. All the electrionic stuff that he loves and that we all love is in this track. He’s done a really great job of making that into something that the band can play, it’s a really great mixture of everything. This was acturally originally a jingle pitch for Clorox.

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