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Pale Waves

Imagination

Release date: 26th September 2024

From Smitten
Track 11
3:23
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About This Track

'Imagination' by Pale Waves is a 2024 alternative track from the album 'Smitten'. The lyrics sketch a restless pull between attraction and the knowledge that the connection should not last, with the narrator resisting reality while the other person keeps appearing in their head as obsession. One moment of physical flirtation, “My hands on your waist”, lands amid a wider sense of fixation, fascination, and being mentally trapped in what they are imagining.

"Imagination" is a track by Pale Waves, from the album Smitten, released 26th September 2024. The track is 3:23 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 20 articles about Pale Waves.

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Pale Waves

Pale Waves

Lyrics

Imagination

Started with a look, it didn't take that much
You went and stole all of my devotion
I should know better, we can't be together
But I don't wanna be stuck in reality
You and I, will stay in my
Imagination
All the time, on my mind
Fascination
My hands on your waist, you give me a taste
You don't hold back, it's no mistake
I hate the way it has to stay
In my, in my imagination
I don't have a choice
I'm tryna fill the void
I've loved you for so long
Well, it's been years
I should know better, we can't be together
But I don't wanna be
Stuck in reality
You and I, will stay in my
Imagination
All the time, on my mind
Fascination
My hands on your waist, you give me a taste
You don't hold back, it's no mistake
I hate the way it has to stay
In my
And I try, not sure why
Every single time
In the back of my mind
I'll make you mine
I'm afraid it's not the way it goes, so
You and I, will stay in my
Imagination
All the time, on my mind
Fascination
My hands on your waist, you give me a taste
You don't hold back, it's no mistake
I hate the way it has to stay
In my, in my imagination

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Track details

From Smitten

3:232024
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Smitten
Smitten
Pale Waves
27th September 2024
Track number
11
Release year
2024

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