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MUNA

Promise

Release date: 5th May 2016

From The Loudspeaker EP
Track 4
3:58
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'Promise' by MUNA is an alternative track from 'The Loudspeaker EP' (2016). The lyrics centre on fear, dishonesty, and the self-justifications people use to stay close, culminating in a fierce, false pledge to someone who wants reassurance. A repeated question pattern sharpens the self-incrimination, with the speaker returning to the habit of making these commitments even when they feel damaging, as if love and control were being negotiated through a lie.

"Promise" is a single by MUNA, from the album The Loudspeaker EP, released 5th May 2016. The track is 3:58 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 20 articles about MUNA.

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Promise

I've told a lot of lies,
I call it a compromise to keep you in your seats
I was so afraid to lose
But the things that I did to you, you would never do to me
Why do I, why do, why do, why do I do it? why do I do it?
You wanna hold my hand and make a fierce, a false PROMISE
And even if you said you would, forgive me
I don't know if I could ever say I'm sorry
I don't know if I could (you said you would)
I don't know if I can
I don't know if I, I (you said you would)
I don't know if I can

So I look at you now, bruised and broken down
About what you thought was love
You tell me you wanna stay, and you wanna watch me changed
But I'm scared and I tell you to fuck off
Why do I, why do, why do, why do I do it? why do I do it?
You wanna hold my hand and make a fierce, a false PROMISE
And even if you said you would, forgive me
I don't know if I could ever say I'm sorry
I don't know if I could (you said you would)
I don't know if I can
I don't know if I, I (you said you would)
I don't know if I can

Me and hardy girls we'll kill the lovers to hurt themselves
They can't believe if they deserve, anything it goes
And even if you say you know that I'm sorry
I don't if I could ever forgive me!

I don't know if I could (you said you would)
I don't know if I can
I don't know if I, I (you said you would)
I don't know if I can

I've told a lot of lies,
And I call it a compromise to keep you
(You said you would)

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Track details

From The Loudspeaker EP

3:582016Single
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Album
The Loudspeaker EP
The Loudspeaker EP
MUNA
6th May 2016
Track number
4
Release year
2016
  1. 1Loudspeaker
    3:30
  2. 2So Special
    3:57
  3. 3Winterbreak
    4:57
  4. 4Promise
    3:58

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