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Khalid

Vertigo

Release date: 17th October 2018

From Suncity
Track 2
4:30
R&B/SoulMusic
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About This Track

Khalid's 'Vertigo' is a song about disorientation and self-examination, built around the central metaphor of falling with eyes closed or lowered. The track moves between moments of doubt and defiance, asking whether life amounts to anything real or merely a dream, whether the speaker should keep going or surrender. The lyrics cycle through a catalogue of small failures: broken promises, words that won't come, a love that felt true only in retrospect. Each verse ends with the same question: who is he to give up, and what reason exists to stop trying? The song's emotional weight comes from its refusal of easy answers. Khalid doesn't resolve the tension between exhaustion and persistence; instead he lets them sit alongside each other, the repeated final section reducing the lyric to a single image of falling, eyes shut, as the title's vertigo takes hold. It's a song about the discomfort of not knowing which way is up, and whether that matters.

"Vertigo" is a track by Khalid, from the album Suncity, released 17th October 2018. The track is 4:30 long. It's filed under R&B/Soul. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 3 articles about Khalid.

About the Artist

Khalid

Khalid

Lyrics

Vertigo

Are we better off believing
What the ignorance suggests?
I wish living life was easy
But mine has been a mess
They say it comes with the seasons
But the seasons come and go (They go)
I go blurry when I'm thinking
Is it me or vertigo?

Criticized, who am I to give up?
I'm breathing, what's the reason to let up?
Sympathize, who am I to give up?
Putting on my favorite get up

Are we alive?
Or are we dreaming?
After the ride
Are you leaving?
Are we alive? (Darker days, brighter endings)
Or are we dreaming? (Darker days, brighter endings)
After the ride
Are you leaving? (Darker days, brighter endings)
Yeah

I've been better off than broken
I've been battered, I've been beat
I wish I was more outspoken
But the words are out of reach
Hmm, thought I loved you in the moment
I was happy, I was young
I've been learning, I've been growing
But the worst is yet to come

Criticized, who am I to give up? (Who am I?)
I'm breathing, what's the reason to let up?
Sympathize, who am I to give up?
Putting on my favorite get up

Are we alive?
Or are we dreaming?
After the ride
Are you leaving?
Are we alive?
(Darker days, brighter endings)
Or are we dreaming?
(Darker days, brighter endings)
After the ride
Are you leaving?
(Darker days, brighter endings)
Yeah

Eyes closed, eyes closed
I've been falling with my
Eyes low, eyes low
I've been falling with my
Eyes closed, eyes closed

I've been falling with my
Eyes low, eyes low
I've been falling with my
Eyes closed, eyes closed (Vertigo)

I've been falling with my
Eyes low, eyes low
I've been falling with my (Vertigo)
Eyes closed, eyes closed (Vertigo)

I've been falling with my (Vertigo)
Eyes low, eyes low
I've been, I've been, I've been

Eyes closed, eyes closed
I've been falling with my
Eyes low, eyes low (Vertigo)
I've been falling with my
Eyes closed, eyes closed (Vertigo)
I've been falling with my
Eyes low, eyes low (Vertigo)
I've been falling with my

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Track details

From Suncity

4:302018
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Album
Suncity
Suncity
Khalid
18th October 2018
Track number
2
Release year
2018
  1. 19.13
    0:55
  2. 2Vertigo
    4:30
  3. 3Saturday Nights
    3:30
  4. 4Salem's Interlude
    1:22

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    • Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    Charlie Handsome, Digi, John Hill, Khalid, Rogét Chahayed, Sarah Aarons
    Producer
    Charlie Handsome, Denis Kosiak, Digi, John Hill, Rogét Chahayed
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