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Fletcher

Sting

Release date: 15th September 2022

From Girl Of My Dreams
Track 1
3:07
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About This Track

'Sting' opens Fletcher's debut album with a study in the peculiar pain of a breakup that refuses to fully end. The song circles a relationship caught between nostalgia and damage, with Fletcher caught between wanting reunion and recognising the wound itself has become the only thing left to hold onto. The chorus lands on a simple, devastating question: why does it sting? The answer, she suggests, might be that she likes it that way, that the hurt is all that remains of what they were. The track builds with propulsive energy, each verse and chorus hitting with the directness that defines the album. Fletcher's voice moves between pleading and defiance, the production swelling around her as she asks whether they could ever start again, whether he'd give her the ring meant for someone else. A Dork four-star record, 'Girl Of My Dreams' proves Fletcher can navigate the full spectrum of emotional pop, and 'Sting' sets that ambition in motion from the first moment.

"Sting" is a single by Fletcher, from the album Girl Of My Dreams, released 15th September 2022. The track is 3:07 long. It's filed under Pop. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 20 articles about Fletcher.

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Lyrics

Sting

XO, do you ever miss me?
You chose brand new over history
That's cold, guess we're 50-50
Don't you wish I was your girlfriend still?

Tough luck, we were in a bad place
Fucked up, made a couple sex tapes
All love, whenever I hear your name
Don't you wish it worked, and we were

On again? (Ooh-ooh)
'Cause I still feel you right here every now and then
And it hits me like a missile in my heart again
Don't you start again, in my heart again

Honestly, all I wanna know, why does it sting?
Why am I still hung up on things?
Are you gonna give that diamond ring that's meant for me to her?
Or maybe I like the way it sting
It's all I got left of you and me
Rather it keep from cuttin' deeper, show what we were worth

I always thought that we were

Hello, do you ever rewind?
I've been hurtin' from the goodbye
Feelin's, do they ever die?
I-I wish we were

On again (ooh-ooh)
'Cause I'd still feel you right here every now and then
And it hits me like a missile in my heart again
Don't you start again, in my heart again

Honestly, all I wanna know, why does it sting?
Why am I still hung up on things?
Are you gonna give that diamond ring that's meant for me to her?
Or maybe I like the way it sting
It's all I got left of you and me
Rather it keep from cuttin' deeper, show what we were worth

How much longer will it sting?

How much longer will it sting?

Tell me, what if we could start clean with no hard feelin's
Between us? Could we ever be?
Could we ever be? (Oh-oh, oh)
Tell me, what if we could go back and take it all back
Would you ever do that with me?
Do that with me? (No-oh, oh)

Sting
Why am I still hung up on things?
Are you gonna give that diamond ring that's meant for me to her?
But maybe I like the way it sting
It's all I got left of you and me
Rather it keep on cuttin' deeper, show what we were worth

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Track details

From Girl Of My Dreams

3:072022Single
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Girl Of My Dreams
Girl Of My Dreams
Fletcher
16th September 2022
Track number
1
Release year
2022
  1. 1Sting
    3:07
  2. 2Guess We Lied...
    2:32
  3. 3Birthday Girl
    3:17
  4. 4Becky's So Hot
    2:43

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  • Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    Ali Payami, FLETCHER, Jennifer Decilveo, Malay, WENS
    Producer
    Ali Payami, Jennifer Decilveo, Malay
    A&R Administrator
    Jenna Vitolo
    Assistant Mastering Engineer
    Katie Harvey
    Assistant Mixing Engineer
    Eli Heisler
    Mastering Engineer
    Dale Becker
    Mixing Engineer
    Rob Kinelski
    Recording Engineer
    Ali Payami
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