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Halsey

Lessons

Release date: 27th October 2024

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About This Track

‘Lessons’ by Halsey is a 2024 track from the album ‘The Great Impersonator (80s Digital Exclusive)’. The lyrics set up a tense self-portrait, balancing survival with self-critique, and returning to the idea that what is presented is carefully managed, while the tears remain hidden. There’s an urgent, almost rehearsed insistence on control, even as the speaker admits they are not ready to let go of the rush. The verse closes with a momentum that reads like retreat and restart, before the next step of the self-myth begins. One line lands hard in its bluntness: “it’s getting heavy”.

"Lessons" is a track by Halsey, from the album The Great Impersonator (80s Digital Exclusive), released 27th October 2024. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 12 articles about Halsey.

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Lyrics

Lessons

[Verse 1]

I'm alive, that's a plus

But it's getting heavy, better lighten up

I'm a liar, I'm a lush

I don't think I'm ready to let go of the rush

[Pre-Chorus]

Hold on so tightly to my pride

You'll never see the tears I cry

Behind the curtain where I hide

Once they dry, I'm runnin' to the spotlight

[Chorus]

But I don't wanna lose control

I feel the ceiling cavin' in

And all the lessons that unfold

I learn again and again and again

And I don't wanna lose control

I feel the pressure closin' in

And all the lessons that unfold

I learn again and again and again

And again and again and again and again

[Verse 2]

Fall in love, call my bluff

Think he's on a knee but he's just pulling the rug

All alone, all for what?

Look around but I don't see someone I can trust

[Pre-Chorus]

And now the blame is only mine

I'm in a hell of my design

'Cause I don't know how to define

What I want, what I don't, now I've run out of time

[Chorus]

I don't wanna lose control

I feel the ceiling cavin' in

And all the lessons that unfold

I learn again and again and again

I don't wanna lose control

I feel the pressure closin' in

And all the lessons that unfold

I learn again and again and again

And again and again and again and again

[Bridge]

All of my history plays out in front of me

Like they're reruns on the screen

All the same mistakes, fuckin' up every take

And I'm the same in every scene

Killin' off the cast, showin' up in all of my past

Like I'm some human guillotine

Calling "Cut, that's enough," I should go with my gut

But I don't 'cause I know that I

[Chorus]

I don't wanna lose control

I feel the ceiling cavin' in

And all the lessons that unfold

I learn again and again and again

I don't wanna lose control

I feel the pressure closin' in

And all the lessons that unfold

I learn again and again and again

And again and again and again and again

And again and again and again and again (Ooh)

And again and again and again and again

And again and again and again and again (Ah)

[Outro]

Ha-ah

Ah, ah-ah

Ah-ah

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From The Great Impersonator (80s Digital Exclusive)

2024
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