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Snail Mail – Headlock (Demo) (2023) | Track profile | Dork

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Snail Mail
Valentine (Demos)
Headlock (Demo)

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Headlock (Demo)

Release date: 3rd November 2023

From Valentine (Demos)

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About This Track

"Headlock (Demo)" is a track by Snail Mail, from the album Valentine (Demos), released 3rd November 2023. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 15 articles about Snail Mail.

About the Artist

Snail Mail

Snail Mail

Lyrics

Headlock (Demo)

[Verse 1]

Almost think you feel it come on

Don't wanna stay up any longer

For you use the sleeping midnight sign

Got the plans, can you be more sure?

And you just wake up one morning

Not what she wants anymore

[Chorus]

Drinkin' just to taste her mouth

Got you drifting in and out

[Verse 2]

Settle for a moon to blame

When you just wake up in the morning

And she don't look at you the same

Same girl that you've always been

The fear just grows but lost [1:20][?]

And the [1:22][?] is getting thin

[Chorus]

Real princess by my side

Hope I see her when I die

[Verse 3]

The devil's got you by the throat

Is it death that won’t stop callin'?

Do you want to leave a notе?

[Chorus]

Man enough to see this through

Or is it one more thing I won't gеt to?

Dreamt it now I'm superglued

Another world where we're together

[Outro]

Do you get lost in it too?

Are you lost in it too?

Are you lost in it too?

Are you lost in it too?

Lyrics provided by LRCLIB

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Track details

From Valentine (Demos)

2023

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Album

Valentine (Demos)

Release year

2023

—c. et al. (Demo)
—Automate (Demo)
—Headlock (Demo)

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Snail Mail – Ricochet

Snail Mail – Ricochet

Rich, charming and deeply comforting, it earns an immediate replay.

26 Mar 2026 • 3:43 pm

Snail Mail stares into the void and finds herself

Snail Mail stares into the void and finds herself

On her third album 'Ricochet', Lindsey Jordan swaps teenage romance for mortality, time and the terror of loving anything too much. It's her most expansive and emotionally ambitious record yet.

24 Mar 2026 • 9:00 pm

Snail Mail has mapped out a summer UK and European run with a bonus London show

The album 'Ricochet' releases on 27th March via Matador Records.

10 Mar 2026 • 10:53 am

Snail Mail takes a ride in a hot air balloon for her new single 'My Maker'

The album 'Ricochet' will be released by Matador Records this spring.

18 Feb 2026 • 5:27 pm

Snail Mail has announced her new album 'Ricochet', and a London show

The album will be released via Matador Records in March.

21 Jan 2026 • 12:17 am

Watch Snail Mail debut two new songs in Seattle as North American tour wraps up

Watch Snail Mail debut two new songs in Seattle as North American tour wraps up

Tourmates Dinosaur Jr. exited the final dates due to a health issue impacting J Mascis.

10 Aug 2025 • 6:56 pm

Dinosaur Jr. teams up with Snail Mail for 18-date US tour

Dinosaur Jr. teams up with Snail Mail for 18-date US tour

Artist pre-sale tickets will be available from 14th February, with general sale beginning on 16th February.

11 Feb 2025 • 9:35 pm

Snail Mail has covered Smashing Pumpkins' 'Tonight, Tonight' for new A24 film, I Saw The TV Glow

Snail Mail has covered Smashing Pumpkins' 'Tonight, Tonight' for new A24 film, I Saw The TV Glow

Snail Mail also made her feature film acting debut in the Jane Schoenbrun-directed film.

1 Aug 2024 • 12:30 pm

Snail Mail has announced a new EP, 'Valentine Demos'

Snail Mail has announced a new EP, 'Valentine Demos'

Set for release on 3rd November, the collection marks the second anniversary of the release of her album 'Valentine'.

14 Sept 2023 • 8:09 am

Snail Mail and Mac DeMarco team up under the name Peppermint Patty and release new song, ‘A Cuckhold’s Refrain’

Snail Mail and Mac DeMarco team up under the name Peppermint Patty and release new song, ‘A Cuckhold’s Refrain’

It is the first publicly released collaboration from the duo.

20 Sept 2022 • 2:03 pm

Phoebe Bridgers, Snail Mail and Fred Durst are to appear in a new A24 horror film, I Saw The TV Glow

Phoebe Bridgers, Snail Mail and Fred Durst are to appear in a new A24 horror film, I Saw The TV Glow

The latest work from We’re All Going to the World’s Fair director Jane Schoenbrun, it stars Justice Smith and Brigette Lundy-Paine.

25 Aug 2022 • 1:37 pm

Snail Mail has dropped her early take on album title track 'Valentine', 'Adore You'

Snail Mail has dropped her early take on album title track 'Valentine', 'Adore You'

The original version of the standout single gives a totally different vibe.

14 Feb 2022 • 9:28 am

Snail Mail has dropped a full-band performance of 'Valentine', with a new early demo to come on the big day

Snail Mail has dropped a full-band performance of 'Valentine', with a new early demo to come on the big day

'Adore You' - an early take on the song - will arrive on Monday (14th February).

12 Feb 2022 • 1:45 pm

Snail Mail: You've got mail

Snail Mail: You've got mail

Moving on from the coming-of-age uncertainty of her debut, Snail Mail’s second album establishes her as a force to be reckoned with.

9 Nov 2021 • 11:08 am

Introducing the brilliant Snail Mail: “Apathetic rocking bums me out”

Introducing the brilliant Snail Mail: “Apathetic rocking bums me out”

Baltimore newcomer Snail Mail is only 18-years-old, but she already has more experience and songwriting nous than many musicians ten years older.

14 Jun 2018 • 8:56 am