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"WHAT IF" is a smoldering, sexy track that draws influence from R&B and trip hop in addition to Blue Nagoon's usual 80s and 90s inspirations. This one features a scorching vocal by Salissa Thole, who you may know from Nagoon songs "Hinterlands" and "Last Ice Falls."
lyrics
You send me photos, play little games
I want more but you won't give it casually
You have a life in the background
but I won't let you live it for want of me
You pull from deep inside me unspeakable hunger
I don't know how deep this goes
I can't hear any of the warnings
for all of your thunder
where it will strike I don't know
What if once I have you I don't want you anymore?
These missed connections in hotel bars
buy me drinks but I don’t want 'em
gotta keep my head clear
I walk a tightrope held up by tension
a dawning comprehension
and a cocktail of fear
We thought we needed a moment
when the stars would align
when the moon blocks out the sun
I'm trapped in the dark but I can see inbetween the lines
I know that I should run
What if once I have you I don't want you anymore?
tempt me, leave me empty
then resent me in the morning
when it turns out the was nothing underneath
credits
released February 3, 2023
Written, performed, produced, and mixed by Michael Maas except:
Vocals by Salissa Thole
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