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Capsize

Fake Love

Release date: 14th July 2017

From Punk Goes Pop, Vol. 7
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About This Track

'Fake Love' by Capsize is a 2017 track on the album 'Punk Goes Pop, Vol. 7'. The lyrics, framed in a Drake cover context, centre on feeling trapped in low spirits while others give what sounds like insincere affection, right to the singer’s face. Lines such as “I got fake people showin' fake love to me” underline the blunt, confrontational tone, with repeated phrases stressing both endurance and the suspicion that admiration is performative rather than real.

"Fake Love" is a track by Capsize, from the album Punk Goes Pop, Vol. 7, released 14th July 2017. Full lyrics are available below.

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Capsize

Capsize

Lyrics

Fake Love

[Drake cover]

[Chorus]

I've been down so long, it look like up to me

They look up to me

I got fake people showin' fake love to me

Straight up to my face, straight up to my face

I've been down so long, it look like up to me

They look up to me

I got fake people showin' fake love to me

Straight up to my face, straight up to my face

[Verse 1]

Somethin' ain't right when we talkin'

Somethin' ain't right when we talkin'

Look like you hidin' your problems

Really you never was solid

No, you can't "son" me

You won't never get to run me

Just when shit look out of reach

I reach back like one, three

Yeah

[Pre-Chorus]

That's when they smile in my face

Whole time they wanna take my place

Whole time they wanna take my place

Whole time they wanna take my place

I know they wanna take my place

They can tell that love is fake

And I don't trust a word you say

How you wanna clique up after your mistakes?

Look you in the face, and it's just not the same

[Chorus]

I've been down so long, it look like up to me

They look up to me

I got fake people showin' fake love to me

Straight up to my face, straight up to my face

I've been down so long, it look like up to me

They look up to me

I got fake people showin' fake love to me

Straight up to my face, straight up to my face

[Verse 2]

Straight up to my face, tryna play it safe

Vibe switch like night and day

I can see it, like, right away

I came up, you changed up

I caught that whole play

Things never been the same

[Pre-Chorus]

That's when they smile in my face

Whole time they wanna take my place

Whole time they wanna take my place

Whole time they wanna take my place

I know they wanna take my place

They can tell that love is fake

I don't trust a word you say

How you wanna clique up after your mistakes?

Look you in the face, and it's just not the same

[Chorus]

I've been down so long, it look like up to me

They look up to me

I got fake people showin' fake love to me

Straight up to my face, straight up to my face

I've been down so long, it look like up to me

They look up to me

I got fake people showin' fake love to me

Straight up to my face, straight up to my face

Skrrt!

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Track details

From Punk Goes Pop, Vol. 7

2017
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Album
Punk Goes Pop, Vol. 7
Punk Goes Pop, Vol. 7
Ice Nine Kills
Release year
2017
  1. —Love Yourself
  2. —I Don’t Wanna Live Forever
  3. —Closer
  4. —In the Name of Love
  5. —Fake Love
  6. —Heathens
  7. —Shape of You
  8. —When We Were Young
  9. —Can't Feel My Face
  10. —That's What I Like
  11. —Gangsta
  12. —Let It Go

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Writer
Drake, Gene McFadden, Ging, John Whitehead, Leon Huff, Starrah, Vinylz
Producer
Erik Ron