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Sorry by Halsey

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Halsey

Sorry

Release date: 15th March 2018

From hopeless fountain kingdom (Deluxe Plus)
Track 7
3:41
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About This Track

'Sorry' appears on the deluxe-plus edition of Halsey's 2017 album 'hopeless fountain kingdom', a record that moves between confessional singer-songwriter modes and more stylised pop production. The track leans into the former, built around a repeated apology to an 'unknown lover' and the admission of self-sabotage.

Halsey frames the narrator as someone who treats affection carelessly, someone who runs when things are good and fails to believe that anyone might genuinely fall for them. The chorus cycles through the same regretful refrain whilst the bridge offers a blunt reassurance: 'someone will love you / but someone isn't me'. The lyric acknowledges the damage done without promising repair, a posture of clear-eyed resignation rather than grand romantic gesture.

The song sits alongside hip-hop and soul experiments elsewhere on the tracklist, but 'Sorry' strips back to voice and melody, the starkness earning the weight of the confession.

"Sorry" is a track by Halsey, from the album hopeless fountain kingdom (Deluxe Plus), released 15th March 2018. The track is 3:41 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 15 articles about Halsey.

About the Artist

Halsey

Halsey

Lyrics

Sorry

I've missed your calls for months it seems
Don't realize how mean I can be
'Cause I can sometimes treat the people
That I love like jewelry
'Cause I can change my mind each day
I didn't mean to try you on
But I still know your birthday
And your mother's favorite song

So I'm sorry to my unknown lover
Sorry that I can't believe
That anybody ever really
Starts to fall in love with me
Sorry to my unknown lover
Sorry I could be so blind
Didn't mean to leave you
And all of the things that we had behind
Ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh

I run away when things are good
And never really understood
The way you laid your eyes on me
In ways that no one ever could
And so it seems I broke your heart
My ignorance has struck again
I failed to see it from the start
And tore you open 'til the end

And I'm sorry to my unknown lover
Sorry that I can't believe
That anybody ever really
Starts to fall in love with me
Sorry to my unknown lover
Sorry I could be so blind
Didn't mean to leave you
And all of the things that we had behind

And someone will love you
Someone will love you
Someone will love you
But someone isn't me
Someone will love you
Someone will love you
Someone will love you
But someone isn't me

Sorry to my unknown lover
Sorry that I can't believe
That anybody ever really
Starts to fall in love with me
Sorry to my unknown lover
Sorry I could be so blind
Didn't mean to leave you
And all of the things that we had behind

And someone will love you
Someone will love you
Someone will love you
But someone isn't me
And someone will love you
Someone will love you
Someone will love you
But someone isn't me

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Track details

From hopeless fountain kingdom (Deluxe Plus)

3:412018
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Album
hopeless fountain kingdom (Deluxe Plus)
hopeless fountain kingdom (Deluxe Plus)
Halsey
15th March 2018
Track number
7
Release year
2018
  1. 1The Prologue
    1:48
  2. 2100 Letters
    3:30
  3. 3Eyes Closed
    3:22
  4. 4Heaven In Hiding
    3:27

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    Greg Kurstin, Halsey
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    Greg Kurstin
    Guitar
    Greg Kurstin
    Keyboards
    Greg Kurstin
    Chamberlin
    Greg Kurstin
    Mastering Engineer
    Chris Gehringer
    Mellotron
    Greg Kurstin
    Mixing Engineer
    John Hanes, Șerban Ghenea
    Piano
    Greg Kurstin
    Recording Engineer
    Alex Pasco, Greg Kurstin, Julian Burg
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