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Banks – This Is Not About Us (2016) | Track profile | Dork

Tracks
Banks
The Altar
This Is Not About Us

TRACK

This Is Not About Us

Release date: 29th September 2016

From The Altar

Track 6

3:03

Alternative Music Rock Adult Alternative

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About This Track

"This Is Not About Us" is a track by Banks, from the album The Altar, released 29th September 2016. The track is 3:03 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 12 articles about Banks.

About the Artist

Banks

Banks

Lyrics

This Is Not About Us

This is not about me
I can see you taking it personally
I see you put your pride aside
I'll wait a minute while you try to compensate
No, this is not about me
I see you thinking I'm a missing piece
To the puzzle that you use for life
I'll wait a minute while you try to come for mine

All this distance
Treated all bad
And I've been covered
Second
Don't want to live a lie
Beaten, battered
And it don't matter
Don't deny I've said too much
Don't ask me why

Mmm, this is not about us
Mmm, this is not about us
Mmm, this is not about us
Mmm, this is not about us
Mmm

This is not about me
Or the way that you could never play it cool
I could see you wanting me to say
That me walking away was a big mistake
No, this is not about me
I see you clinging to your pinch of hope
Trying to get up in my bed
You should be thinking of a way of moving on instead

All this distance
Treated all bad
And I've been covered
Second
Don't want to live a lie
Beaten, battered
And it don't matter
Don't deny I've said too much
Don't ask me why

Mmm, this is not about us
Mmm, this is not about us
Mmm, this is not about us
Mmm, this is not about us
Mmm, this is not about

What you told me
It never mattered
I never needed it
(This is not about)
That you were tongue-tied
And what you sold me
I never bought it
(This is not about)
How I found out
That you were vacant
You never stood up
(This is not about)
All the times I tried to prove to you

Mmm, this is not about us
Mmm, this is not about us
Mmm, this is not about us
Mmm, this is not about us
Mmm, this is not about us
Mmm, this is not about us
Mmm, this is not about us
Mmm, this is not about us
Mmm, this is not about us

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Lyrics provided by LRCLIB

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Track details

From The Altar

3:032016

Listen

Album

30th September 2016

Track number

6

Release year

2016

1Gemini Feed
3:06
2F**k with Myself
2:55
3Lovesick
3:21
4Mind Games
4:49

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22 Nov 2024 • 4:22 pm

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8 Apr 2022 • 6:24 am

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5 Apr 2022 • 7:28 pm

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Banks has shared a final preview of her new album 'SERPENTINA', 'Meteorite'

The full-length is set to arrive this coming Friday (8th April).

5 Apr 2022 • 9:17 am

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21 Mar 2022 • 4:30 pm

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19 Mar 2022 • 11:19 am

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25 Feb 2022 • 11:12 am

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6This Is Not About Us

3:03

—Fuck With Myself

—This Is Not About Us

—Fuck With Myself

Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: BANKS, Dahi, SOHN
Producer: SOHN
Co-Producer: Dahi
Additional Vocals: Dahi, SOHN
Assistant Mixing Engineer: Jeff Jackson, Robin Florent
Background Vocals: SOHN
Mastering Engineer: Pete Lyman
Mixing Engineer: Chris Galland, Manny Marroquin
Recording Engineer: Aron Forbes, Chris Spilfogel