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Deep by Summer Walker

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Summer Walker

Deep

Release date: 11th October 2018

From Last Day of Summer
Track 6
1:32
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About This Track

Summer Walker's 'Deep' runs barely ninety seconds, a fragment that refuses to sprawl. Released in 2018 on 'Last Day of Summer', the track distils the push-pull of intimacy into a minute and a half of hesitation and longing. Walker sings of wanting company whilst guarding space, the contradiction unresolved: 'I don't like being alone' sits against 'I'm just tryna protect my space', neither impulse winning out. The brevity is the point. Where most R&B slow burns extend past three minutes, 'Deep' cuts itself short, mirroring the emotional stalemate it describes. Walker admits to craving pain, to needing distance, to being, the hook circling without landing on resolution. The song ends before it settles, a thought left hanging rather than a statement closed. The track was certified platinum by the RIAA in May 2023, a commercial afterlife for a song that barely announces itself. Its power lies in what it withholds, the runtime a formal choice that makes the ache feel more acute.

"Deep" is a single by Summer Walker, from the album Last Day of Summer, released 11th October 2018. The track is 1:32 long. It's filed under R&B/Soul. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Summer Walker.

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Lyrics

Deep

Trust me, trust me
I don't like being alone
Thinking 'bout ringing your line
I wish you would come home
But I'm just tryna balance my space
I'm just tryna protect my space, oh

I don't really need the pain
But I love to feel the pain
Maybe I could use a break
So we just might have to wait, oh-oh

'Cause we're way too in love just to fuck and let go
'Cause we're way too involved just to cut and not call

Way too in deep, babe
Way too in deep (call)
Way too in deep, babe
Way too in deep, oh-oh-uh-ah
Wish I could call, wish I could call and go home
Oh, no, no, no, we can't even let it go

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Track details

From Last Day of Summer

1:322018Single
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Last Day of Summer
Last Day of Summer
Summer Walker
12th October 2018
Track number
6
Release year
2018
  1. 1BP
    1:49
  2. 2Talk Yo Shit
    0:39
  3. 3Girls Need Love
    2:21
  4. 4CPR
    3:23

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