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Release date: 15th June 2017

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From Melodrama
Track 5
2:52
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A piano ballad stripped almost to nothing, 'Liability' is Lorde turning the feeling of being 'too much' over in her hands, the fear that intensity drives people away. Written in the wake of fame and a break-up, it is among her most quietly devastating songs: a self-portrait that doubles as comfort for anyone who has felt the same.

"Liability" is a single by Lorde, from the album Melodrama, released 15th June 2017. The track is 2:52 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 20 articles about Lorde.

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Lyrics

Liability

Baby really hurt me, crying in the taxi
He don't wanna know me
Says he made the big mistake of dancing in my storm
Says it was poison
So I guess I'll go home
Into the arms of the girl that I love
The only love I haven't screwed up
She's so hard to please, but she's a forest fire
I do my best to meet her demands, play at romance, we slow dance
In the living room, but all that a stranger would see
Is one girl swaying alone, stroking her cheek
They say, "You're a little much for me
You're a liability
You're a little much for me"
So they pull back, make other plans
I understand, I'm a liability
Get you wild, make you leave
I'm a little much for e-a-na-na-na, everyone
The truth is I am a toy that people enjoy
'Til all of the tricks don't work anymore
And then they are bored of me
I know that it's exciting running through the night, but
Every perfect summer's eating me alive until you're gone
Better on my own
They say, "You're a little much for me
You're a liability
You're a little much for me"
So they pull back, make other plans
I understand, I'm a liability
Get you wild, make you leave
I'm a little much for e-a-na-na-na, everyone
They're gonna watch me disappear into the sun
You're all gonna watch me disappear into the sun

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16th June 2017
Track number
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