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Blood Orange – Best to You (feat. Empress Of) (2016) | Track profile | Dork

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Blood Orange
Freetown Sound
Best to You (feat. Empress Of)

TRACK

Best to You (feat. Empress Of)

Release date: 27th June 2016

From Freetown SoundTrack 43:46

Alternative Music Rock R&B/Soul

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About This Track

"Best to You (feat. Empress Of)" is a track by Blood Orange, from the album Freetown Sound, released 27th June 2016. The track is 3:46 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 11 articles about Blood Orange.

About the Artist

Blood Orange

Blood Orange

Lyrics

Best to You (feat. Empress Of)

Call it all for nothing
But I'd rather be nothing to you
Than be a part of something
Of something that I didn't do

(Do you really want to?)
I can't be the only one
(Did he even notice?)
Who can be the best to you, be the best to you
(Do you really want to?)
I can't be the only one
(Did he even notice?)
Who can be the best to you, be the best to you

Part of me is faking
Faking it all just for fun
Part of me is breaking
Breaking apart when you come

(Do you really want to?)
I can't be the only one
(Did he even notice?)
Who can be the best to you, be the best to you
(Do you really want to?)
I can't be the only one
(Did he even notice?)
Who can be the best to you, be the best to you

I feel my bones, I feel my bones, I feel my bones crack in your arms
And I can tell you what you want but I tell you all the things I like
And if I keep myself away, would you chase in the dead of night?
And I can't be the girl you want but I can be the thing you
Throw away, throw away, throw away
Throw away, throw away, you throw away
Throw away, throw away, throw away
Throw away, throw away, you throw away

(Do you really want to?)
I can be the only one
(Did he even notice?)
I can be the best to you, be the best to you
(Do you really want to?)
I can be the only one
(Did he even notice?)
I can be the best to you, be the best to yo

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Track details

From Freetown Sound

3:462016

Listen

Album

Track number

4

Release year

2016

1By Ourselves
2:12
2Augustine
3:51
3Chance
2:49
4Best to You (feat. Empress Of)
3:46

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