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Halsey

Without Me

Release date: 17th January 2020

From Manic
Track 9
3:22
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A post-mortem on devotion that curdles into resentment, 'Without Me' finds Halsey cataloguing the emotional labour of propping up a partner who has since walked away. The lyric moves from rescue to betrayal, each verse itemising the support given and the ingratitude received in return. Halsey wrote the track with Brittany Amaradio, Amy Allen, and Louis Bell, the latter handling production alongside Dylan Bauld, and the arrangement interpolates Justin Timberlake's 'Cry Me a River', that earlier study in public heartbreak, with Timberlake, Timbaland and Scott Storch credited as co-writers.

Released in October 2018 through Capitol Records, the song arrived initially as a standalone single before being folded into 'Manic' as its lead track and ninth position on the album. The interpolation lifts cleanly but the execution feels measured, Halsey's delivery poised somewhere between wounded and withering. The chorus hinges on a single question, repeated until it sounds less like an appeal than an accusation, the kind of clarity that arrives too late to change the outcome but early enough to sting.

"Without Me" is a single by Halsey, from the album Manic, released 17th January 2020. The track is 3:22 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 12 articles about Halsey.

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Lyrics

Without Me

Found you when your heart was broke
I filled your cup until it overflowed
Took it so far to keep you close (keep you close)
I was afraid to leave you on your own
I said I'd catch you if you fall
And if they laugh, then fuck 'em all (all)
And then I got you off your knees
Put you right back on your feet
Just so you could take advantage of me
Tell me how's it feel sittin' up there?
Feeling so high but too far away to hold me
You know I'm the one who put you up there
Name in the sky
Does it ever get lonely?
Thinking you could live without me
Thinking you could live without me
Baby, I'm the one who put you up there
I don't know why (yeah, I don't know why)
Thinking you could live without me
Live without me
Baby, I'm the one who put you up there
I don't know why (I don't know why, yeah yeah)
Gave love 'bout a hundred tries (hundred tries)
Just running from the demons in your mind
Then I took yours and made 'em mine (made 'em mine)
I didn't notice 'cause my love was blind
Said I'd catch you if you fall (fall)
And if they laugh, then fuck 'em all (all)
And then I got you off your knees
Put you right back on your feet
Just so you can take advantage of me
Tell me how's it feel sittin' up there?
Feeling so high but too far away to hold me
You know I'm the one who put you up there
Name in the sky
Does it ever get lonely?
Thinking you could live without me
Thinking you could live without me
Baby, I'm the one who put you up there
I don't know why (yeah, I don't know why)
Thinking you could live without me
Live without me
Baby, I'm the one who put you up there
I don't know why, yeah
You don't have to say just what you did
I already know (I know)
I had to go and find out from them
So tell me how's it feel (oh-whoa)
Tell me how's it feel sittin' up there?
Feeling so high but too far away to hold me
You know I'm the one who put you up there
Name in the sky
Does it ever get lonely?
Thinking you could live without me
Thinking you could live without me
Baby, I'm the one who put you up there
I don't know why (yeah, I don't know why)

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Track details

From Manic

3:222020Single
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Manic
Manic
Halsey
17th January 2020
Track number
9
Release year
2020
  1. 1Ashley
    3:06
  2. 2clementine
    3:54
  3. 3Graveyard
    3:02
  4. 4You should be sad
    3:25

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    • Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    Amy Allen, Delacey, Halsey, Justin Timberlake, Louis Bell, Scott Storch, Timbaland
    Producer
    Louis Bell
    Assistant Mastering Engineer
    Will Quinnell
    Assistant Mixing Engineer
    John Hanes
    Background Vocals
    Amy Allen
    Engineered At
    Downtown Music
    Mastering Engineer
    Chris Gehringer
    Mixing Engineer
    Șerban Ghenea
    Programmer
    Louis Bell
    Recording Engineer
    Daniel S. Acorsi, Louis Bell, Ricardo Gama
    Vocal Producer
    Dylan William
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