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Pale Waves
Unwanted
Without You

TRACK

Without You

Release date: 11th August 2022

From Unwanted

Track 7

3:41

Alternative Music

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About This Track

'Without You' by Pale Waves is an Alternative track from the album 'Unwanted', released in 2022. The lyrics take the form of a drifting, self-questioning lament about people leaving, change coming in seasons, and the speaker’s stubborn attempts to fix what feels irreplaceably missing. They describe trying “absolutely everything”, yet ending with the blunt uncertainty of not knowing how to go on. It is a song of resignation and minor ritual, where letting a candle burn stands in for confronting darkness in the light, even when staying the same is no longer an option.

"Without You" is a track by Pale Waves, from the album Unwanted, released 11th August 2022. The track is 3:41 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

Without You

People leave, seasons change
It's no fun to stay the same
So I drift on with the tide
You get hurt then you learn
Light the candle, let it burn
'Cause there's darkness in the light

Feels like a piece of me is missing
But I've tried absolutely everything
And I don't know how I'm supposed to feel

Without you
Without you
'Cause we're not who we used to be before
Without you (The world still spins)
Without you (The day begins)
'Cause thе truth is you're not here anymorе
I guess I'll learn to carry on without you

It is such a tragedy
All I have is these memories
To get me through the night
After all is said and done
I fought my best but never won
And my world changed to black and white
Feels like a piece of me is missing
But I've tried absolutely everything
And I don't know how I'm supposed to act

Without you
Without you
'Cause we're not who we used to be before
Without you (The world still spins)
Without you (The day begins)
'Cause the truth is you're not here anymore

I guess I'll learn to carry on without you
I tried and tried to make you stay
Was there something I didn't say?
I live with that now
I live with that now
Now my tears could fill an ocean
And I'm stuck here in the same emotion
I survived somehow
Yeah, I survived somehow

'Cause I don't know how I'm supposed to feel
Without you
Without you
'Cause we're not who we used to be before
Without you (The world still spins)
Without you (The day begins)
'Cause the truth is you're not here anymore
I guess I'll learn to carry on without you
How am I supposed to live without you?

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Track details

From Unwanted

3:412022

Listen

Album

12th August 2022

Track number

7

Release year

2022

1Lies
2:51
2Unwanted
2:56
3The Hard Way
3:26
4Jealousy
3:13

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Pale Waves — Without You

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Without You

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7Without You

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13So Sick (Of Missing You)

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: Andrew Goldstein, Heather Baron-Gracie, Zakk Cervini
Producer: Zakk Cervini
Drums: Ciara Doran, Zakk Cervini
Guitar: Andrew Goldstein, Heather Baron-Gracie, Zakk Cervini
Keyboards: Andrew Goldstein
Vocals: Heather Baron-Gracie
Bass Guitar: Zakk Cervini
Programmer: Zakk Cervini
Strings: Andrew Goldstein

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