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Macklemore

Over It

Release date: 22nd September 2017

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About This Track

Macklemore and Donna Missal trace the wreckage of a relationship that neither party can quite leave alone. Missal's chorus sets the frame: a love that tastes like medicine, a settling born from deprivation. Macklemore's verses map the specific humiliations of the cycle, the Instagram stalking, the late-night reconciliations, the promises to friends that this time it's final. He moves between confession and accusation, naming infidelity on both sides, the small cruelties and the larger deceptions swept under the rug. The song's architecture hinges on a paradox. Missal sings of freedom, of having chosen paradise over this man; Macklemore remains trapped in the loop, unable to stay away or let go. The gap between her liberation and his paralysis gives the track its tension. He cannot reason with what he calls a terrorist; she has moved on. By the end, only one of them is free.

"Over It" is a track by Macklemore, from the album GEMINI, released 22nd September 2017. Full lyrics are available below.

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Macklemore

Macklemore

Lyrics

Over It

[Chorus: Donna Missal]

We got that bad love, but it taste like medicine

I never had love, so I learned to settle quick

I guess I never thought I'd have to choose

Between paradise and you

[Verse 1: Macklemore]

I still creep on your 'Gram, oh

See you with you and your man, oh

And I scroll, and see the pictures you deleted

Like the history ain't happened, long as we cannot see it

Getting back is insanity, and we repeat it

Momma said we need counseling

But I can't reason with a terrorist

Oh, this is embarrassing

You ain't Cinderella, ain't no pumpkin, turn them into fuckin' carriages

You create a narrative, people ask me "Where's she been?"

Send her packing, now she's living back out at her parents' crib

Fight, break up, we fuck, we fight, break up, you know the deal

Vent to friends and tell them, "This the last time, I'm for real"

You text me, then the next thing you know, I'm behind the wheel

Pull up, fuck you in the backseat thinking this will help us heal

There is no use for you texting my phone

Got FOMO the minute I walked out the door

Can't get in the gate because I changed the code

Now you can toast to the love we don't make anymore

[Chorus: Donna Missal]

We got that bad love, but it taste like medicine

I never had love, so I learned to settle quick

I guess I never thought I'd have to choose

Between paradise and you

And now I'm free (Oh oh)

I'm free, yeah (Oh oh)

I'm free, yeah (Oh oh)

Now I'm free, yeah (Oh, oh)

(And now I'm free)

[Verse 2: Macklemore]

Back on the "Why didn't you text me?"

Back on the "Shit, I was busy"

Back to us raising our voices

Back on that nobody's listening

Back to those horrible choices

Back on you moving back home

'Cause I would rather live in Hell than get comfortable sleeping alone

Back to that lying deception, back to the self-will

Back on that "Well, she don't do it, and I know that somebody else will"

You cheated, I cheated, you cheated, I cheated, I mean it, please Father, forgive us

The dirt that you've done and the secrets that we swept up under the rug that are gonna die with us

And I tried to cut the ties so many times

That I finally gave up on the scissors

We are both sinners, if we both lie to ourselves

That is just selfish, that isn't commitment

I try to hold it and I try to hold it and

Numb to it all and ignoring it

I'm just searching where the closure is

Going in circles, not noticing

But in my heart, I know I'm not over it

[Chorus: Donna Missal]

We got that bad love, but it taste like medicine

I never had love, so I learned to settle quick

I guess I never thought I'd have to choose

Between paradise and you

And now I'm free (Oh oh)

I'm free, yeah (Oh oh)

I'm free, yeah (Oh oh)

Now I'm free, yeah (Oh oh)

(And now I'm free)

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Track details

From GEMINI

2017
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GEMINI
GEMINI
Macklemore
22nd September 2017
Release year
2017
  1. —How To Play the Flute
  2. —Willy Wonka
  3. —Firebreather
  4. —Corner Store
  5. —Levitate
  6. —Intentions
  7. —Over It
  8. —Ain't Gonna Die Tonight
  9. —Miracle
  10. —Church
  11. —Ten Million
  12. —Zara
  13. —Good Old Days
  14. —Excavate
  15. —Good Old Days (feat. Kesha)
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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer
Budo, DJ Swish, Donna Missal, Joshua Rawlings, K.Flay, Macklemore, Tyler Dopps, Xperience
Lyricist
Macklemore
Producer
DJ Swish, Tyler Dopps
Engineer
Tyler Dopps
Drums
DJ Swish
Guitar
Tyler Dopps
Vocals
Donna Missal, Macklemore
Additional Vocals
Tyler Dopps
Assistant Mastering Engineer
Mandy Adams
Mastering Engineer
Dale Becker
Mixing Engineer
Jon Castelli, Joshua Deguzman
Piano
Joshua Rawlings
Strings Arranger
Andrew Joslyn, Tyler Dopps
Synthesizer
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