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Against The Current

P.A.T.T.

Release date: 28th September 2018

From Past Lives
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About This Track

‘P.A.T.T.’ by Against The Current is a 2018 alternative track from the album ‘Past Lives’. The lyrics set up a relationship where love is questioned through control and criticism, with a speaker insisting they are being judged for their appearance and demeanour, before pushing back against being pulled down and resolved to let their whole self come out, captured in the chorus question, ‘If love is blind’. There is a sense of pressure, self-doubt, and defiance moving through the verse, from feeling “under fire” to refusing to be reduced.

"P.A.T.T." is a track by Against The Current, from the album Past Lives, released 28th September 2018. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 4 articles about Against The Current.

About the Artist

Against The Current

Against The Current

Lyrics

P.A.T.T.

[Chorus]

If love is blind

Why do we got to be pretty all the time?

(Girls, girls)

[Verse 1]

You tell me I never smile

You tell me I talk too much

It feels like I'm under fire

It feels like I'm not enough

I won't let you bring me down

Gotta let all of me out

I don't need to look so perfect

To make me feel like I'm worth it now

[Chorus]

If love is blind

Why do we got to be pretty all the time?

(Girls, girls)

If love is blind

Why do we got to be pretty all the time?

(Girls, girls)

[Verse 2]

Don't tell me that I look tired

I'm already in my head

Don't tell me that I look better

With my hair up, dressed up, make-up

Don't need you telling me how

I could look beautiful now

If I live up to your standards

I'll break under the pressure now (Girls!)

[Chorus]

If love is blind

Why do we got to be pretty all the time?

(Girls, girls)

If love is blind

Why do we got to be pretty all the time?

(Girls, girls)

[Bridge]

(You just got to be who you are, that's all you can be)

(You just got to be who you are, that's all you can be)

(You just got to be who you are, that's all you can be)

(You just got to be who you are, that's all you can be)

[Chorus]

If love is blind

Why do we got to be pretty all the time?

(Girls, girls)

If love is blind

Why do we got to be pretty all the time?

(Girls, girls)

[Chorus]

If love is blind

(You just got to be who you are, that's all you can be)

Why do we got to be pretty all the time?

(You just got to be who you are, that's all you can be)

(Girls, girls)

If love is blind

(You just got to be who you are, that's all you can be)

Why do we got to be pretty all the time?

(You just got to be who you are, that's all you can be)

(Girls, girls)

[Outro]

Pretty all the time

(Girls!)

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Track details

From Past Lives

2018
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Past Lives
Past Lives
Against The Current
28th September 2018
Release year
2018
  1. 1Strangers Again
    3:42
  2. 2The Fuss
    2:50
  3. 3I Like The Way
    3:23
  4. 4Personal
    3:24
  5. 5Voices
    3:24
  6. 6Scream
    3:00
  7. 7Almost Forgot
    3:28
  8. 8P.A.T.T.
    2:33
  9. 9Friendly Reminder
    3:09
  10. 10Come Alive
    3:24
  11. 11Sweet Surrender
    3:32
  12. —Eyes Like Guns
  13. —Friendly Reminder
  14. —P.A.T.T.
  15. —NIJI (虹)
  16. —Personal
  17. —Sweet Surrender
  18. —Come Alive
  19. —The Fuss
  20. —Scream
  21. —I Like the Way
  22. —Voices

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