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Tension by Dagny

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Dagny

Tension

Release date: 21st May 2020

From Strangers / Lovers
Track 6
4:10
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About This Track

'Tension' by Dagny is a 2020 pop track from the album 'Strangers / Lovers'. The lyrics dwell on reluctance and anticipation, urging someone to “let the feeling sink in” while getting intimate with small details and a shared expectation of what is coming next. There is a playful, flirtatious sense of pacing, with the speaker refusing to rush, yet inviting the other person to feel their way forward, one choice at a time, until the ending finally arrives. The tone is both knowing and a little uncertain, like leaning in before you fully commit.

"Tension" is a track by Dagny, from the album Strangers / Lovers, released 21st May 2020. The track is 4:10 long. It's filed under Pop. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 6 articles about Dagny.

About the Artist

Dagny

Dagny

Lyrics

Tension

Let the feeling sink in
We don't need a reason
What's the point of rushing before it begins
I know how you like your coffee
And how to make you want me
You should know my favourite part of the movie is when

You still don't know the end
But you feel like diving in
Oh, I don't know how to stop
I feel it in me and I never wanna not
Who's gonna break the tension baby
I kinda like the tension maybe
We could lie here and just not say it
Forever and ever and ever and ever

Hands are moving closer
Arms around my shoulder
Don't want to cross the line where the mystery fades
Falling for a stranger
Strangers into lovers
Then before you know it we're comfortable, but what then?

I don't wanna know the end
But I feel like diving in
Oh I don't know how to stop
I feel it in me and I never wanna not

Who's gonna break the tension baby
I kinda like the tension maybe
We could lie here and just not say it
Forever and ever and ever and ever

Who's gonna break the tension baby
I kinda like the tension maybe
We could lie here and just not say it
Forever and ever and ever and ever
Forever and ever and ever, ever and ever and ever
Ever and ever and ever
Forever and ever and ever, ever and ever and ever
Ever and ever and ever
Forever and ever and ever, ever and ever and ever
Ever and ever and ever
Forever and ever and ever, ever and ever and ever
Ever and ever and ever

Who's gonna break the tension baby
I kinda like the tension maybe
We can lie here and just not say it
Forever

Tension maybe I
Just not say it
Forever
(I never felt like this with somebody)
(You should come over)
Just not say it
Forever, ever, ever
Forever, ever, ever
Who's gonna break the tension baby
I kinda like the tension maybe
We could lie here and just not say it

Who's gonna break the tension baby
I kinda like the tension maybe
We could lie here and just not say it
Forever and ever and ever and ever

Who's gonna break the tension baby
I kinda like the tension maybe
We could lie here and just not say it
Forever and ever and ever and ever

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Track details

From Strangers / Lovers

4:102020
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Album
Strangers / Lovers
Strangers / Lovers
Dagny
22nd May 2020
Track number
6
Release year
2020
  1. 1Come Over
    3:03
  2. 2Somebody
    3:10
  3. 3Paris
    2:55
  4. 4Let Me Cry
    3:19

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    • Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    Carol Ades, Dagny, Kyle Moorman, Rosi Golan, Thomas Kongshavn
    Producer
    Thomas Kongshavn
    Keyboards
    Thomas Kongshavn
    Vocals
    Dagny
    Background Vocals
    Dagny
    Bass Guitar
    Thomas Kongshavn
    Executive Producer
    Thomas Kongshavn
    Mastering Engineer
    Sören von Malmborg
    Mixing Engineer
    Simon Bergseth
    Programmer
    Thomas Kongshavn
    Viola
    Madeleine Ossum
    Violin
    Madeleine Ossum
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