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Waves

Release date: 15th November 2018

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About This Track

Normani enlists 6lack on 'Waves', a portrait of emotional turbulence in the aftermath of a relationship. The song finds her caught in a cycle of contradictory feeling: blaming, then wanting; hating, then loving. There's no stable ground here, only the perpetual motion of desire and regret, each emotion arriving with the force and inevitability of tide. The production mirrors that restlessness. Normani's vocal moves between confession and resignation, whilst the track builds around the central metaphor of waves, repetitive and inescapable. She acknowledges the pattern without quite breaking it: "I can't help myself, no" becomes both admission and surrender. 6lack's presence in the second half adds another voice to the spiral, another perspective on the same drowning.

"Waves" is a single by Normani, released 15th November 2018. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 5 articles about Normani.

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Lyrics

Waves

Thank God for the weekend
I'ma go out with my friends
I'd rather let the liquor sink in
Than the thoughts of you that I should not be thinking
When I'm with someone else, it's feeling like I'm cheating
I just might go off the deep end
When I've had too much, can't shut me up
Now when you start to creep in
Know that everyone is sick of all my reasons, I
I let you come and go like seasons

First I blame you, then I want you
Fucking hate you, then I love you
I can't help myself, no
When I have you, wanna leave you
If you go, that's when I need you
I can't help myself, no

You come in waves, waves, waves
Every hour, every day, day, day
You come in waves, yeah

I keep on going through the motions
But we ended long ago, I should be numb to these emotions
But you flood my memory just like an ocean, and
And I was drowning in devotion

First I blame you, then I want you
Fucking hate you, then I love you
I can't help myself, no
When I have you, wanna leave you
If you go, that's when I need you
I can't help myself, no

You come in waves, waves, waves
Every hour every day, day, day
You come in waves, yeah
(You come in waves)

I come with ups and downs, yeah, I know
If you tryna ride, ride slow
Deep breath for the tide
Hold tight for the stride
I can see it in your eyes
I come with monsoons
Made love on the full moon, yeah
Wave like water, not a trend
If we start it up then this'll be the end (Start it up)
First I love you, then I hate you
I won't dare try to replace you
I ain't crazy, no (I ain't crazy, no)
I'm ecstatic, then I'm sad
On a high then I crashed
'Cause you made me so (Damn)

You come in waves, waves, waves (Yeah, oh, yeah)
Every hour, every day, day, day
I hate so bad that you come in waves
You come in waves, waves, waves
You come in waves, you come in waves
Every hour, every day, day, day (Yeah, yeah, yeah)

You do, you do, you come in waves
You come in waves, yeah, yeah, oh
You do, you do, you come in waves

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Waves

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Normani, 6LACK — Waves

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    Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    6LACK, Feli Ferraro, Mary Weitz, Normani
    Producer
    Jonah Christian
    Bass
    Jonah Christian
    Guitar
    Jonah Christian
    Keyboards
    Jonah Christian
    Assistant Recording Engineer
    Andrew Keller
    Mastering Engineer
    Colin Leonard
    Mixing Engineer
    Tim McClain
    Programmer
    Jonah Christian
    Recording Engineer
    JT Gagarin, Tim McClain
    Synthesizer
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    Video Director
    Emil Nava
    Video Director Of Photography
    Frank Mobilio
    Vocal Producer
    Tayla Parx
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