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Backtrack

Release date: 29th November 2022

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About This Track

'Backtrack' by Emei is a 2022 track, built around domestic detail and an argument that keeps looping back. The lyrics track the small motions of coping, from cleaning up after meals to “dirty laundry” being aired, before moving into self-recrimination and a quiet, post-row reckoning. A plaintive tone hovers over the moment when you hear, in effect, that you did not have to say or do something, and then it is said anyway, leaving the speaker with the aftermath. The song’s structure feels like a replay of the same emotional steps, steadily working towards resolution without quite reaching it.

"Backtrack" is a single by Emei, released 29th November 2022. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Emei.

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Emei

Emei

Lyrics

Backtrack





Dishes in the sink
Circles from your drink
Say the table's there for coffee
Scrubbing out the stains
Wash it down the drain
Airing out our dirty laundry
Tell me I'm always like this
When everything gets a little quiet
You didn't have to and then you said it
And now it's out there, and you can't take it
Back, back track
Better think fast
Swear to God, you didn't mean it like that
Back, back track
Now you feel bad
Too far gone to try to take it all back
Turn your words to ice on my bruise
Can't pull a punch you already threw
Back, back track
Better think fast
Too far gone and baby now it's just sad
Staying out of the house
Sleeping on the couch
So, I don't have to hear you breathing
Circling the ring
Here we go again
I don't need to stand here while you
Tell me I'm always like this
You say sorry But I don't buy it
You didn't have to and then you said it
And now it's out there, and you can't take it
Back, back track
Better think fast
Swear to God, you didn't mean it like that
Back, back track
Now you feel bad
Too far gone to try to take it all back
Turn your words to ice on my bruise
Can't pull a punch you already threw
Back, back track
Better think fast
Too far gone and baby now it's just sad

Not gonna say it
You wouldn't say it to me
Then you go and say it
And you always say what you mean
Not gonna say it
You wouldn't say it to me
Then you go and say it
And you always say what you mean
Back, back track
Better think fast
Swear to God you didn't mean it like that
Back track
Now you feel bad
Too far gone to try to take it all back
Turn your words to ice on my bruise
Can't pull a punch you already threw
Back, back track
Better think fast
Too far gone and baby now it's just sad

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    Credits

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    Writer
    Emei, James Colla, Labit, Rachel Folmar
    Producer
    James Colla, Jordan Lewis, Labit, Myles Avery
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