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'Pleaser' traces the paralysis of someone caught between desire and silence. The narrator watches himself fail to speak, rehearsing words in empty rooms, biting his tongue until the gesture becomes automatic. There's a particular ache in the gap between what he feels and what he can articulate; his voice annoys him enough that he'd rather talk to himself than risk the moment with another person. The song moves between confession and withdrawal, between the blur of depression and something almost like contentment. Wallows build the track around a simple, recurring hook: the admission of being a people pleaser, someone so bent on accommodation that he's forgotten how to want anything for himself. It's a portrait of young-adult paralysis, all hesitation and averted eyes, where even proximity to another person feels like a test he's already failing.
"Pleaser" is a single by Wallows, released 12th April 2017. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 20 articles about Wallows.
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