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Halsey

Alanis' Interlude

Release date: 17th January 2020

From Manic
Track 11
2:41
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About This Track

A collaboration with Alanis Morissette, 'Alanis' Interlude' appears as the eleventh track on Halsey's third album 'Manic', released in January 2020 through Capitol Records. Halsey has described the song as representing sexual and professional empowerment, one of several interludes on the record that each explore a different kind of relationship. The lyrics collapse binary distinctions of gender and desire into a single fluid current. Halsey writes of appetite and attraction that refuses to be sorted into neat categories, the repeated refrain insisting that the difference between pronouns has never registered. The imagery moves between classroom transgression and bathroom secrecy, the thrill of risk threaded through every line. Morissette's presence nods to her own catalogue of unapologetic desire, the pairing a deliberate lineage. The track sits brief and unvarnished within the wider album, a moment of defiant clarity in a record built around emotional volatility.

"Alanis' Interlude" is a track by Halsey, from the album Manic, released 17th January 2020. The track is 2:41 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 12 articles about Halsey.

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Lyrics

Alanis' Interlude

A shining badge, a suit to match
Bit my nails down so they wouldn't scratch
But who believes in needs like these?
I'll take two of 'em, please
Soft skin's soft as
All of these beautiful lives and beautiful thighs
They always kept me up at night
But I can't change my appetite, 'cause
Your pussy is a wonderland
And I could be a better man
It doesn't matter to me
Your pussy is a wonderland
And I could be a better man
It doesn't matter to me
'Cause he and she is her
And her and he are loved
And I have never felt the difference
'Cause he and she is her
And her and he are loved
A child in all these labels
And my girl, she
Always wore a skirt in the classroom
Eating my desert in the bathroom
Can't get caught so we stiller than a statue
Bad news, think I'll probably die before I have you
Soft skin's soft as
All of these beautiful lives and beautiful thighs
They always kept me up at night
But I live for loving impolite, 'cause
Your pussy is a wonderland
And I could be a better man
It doesn't matter to me
Your pussy is a wonderland
And I could be a better man
It doesn't matter to me
'Cause he and she is her
And her and he are loved
And I have never felt the difference
'Cause he and she is her
And her and he are loved
A child in all these labels
'Cause he and she is her
And her and he are loved
And I have never felt the difference
'Cause he and she is her
And her and he are loved
A child in all these labels

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Track details

From Manic

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Manic
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Halsey
17th January 2020
Track number
11
Release year
2020
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    Writer
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