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Scripted by ZAYN

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ZAYN

Scripted

Release date: 13th December 2018

From Icarus Falls
Track 18
3:42
PopMusicRockR&B/Soul
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About This Track

'Scripted' turns on the tension between what a public figure is made to say and what they actually feel. Zayn examines how words and identities shift under the weight of industry machinery, the refrain insisting on a need to break from the prescribed. The production mirrors this friction; blurry imagery of fractured screens and fuzzy scenes gives way to clearer emotional ground, a space where only intimacy feels unmediated. The song dwells on how hearts change and names lose their meaning over time, yet finds something solid in the refusal to perform. That resistance, "I don't wanna say what's scripted", becomes its own kind of authenticity, a claim staked in the space between what you're told to be and what you actually need.

"Scripted" is a track by ZAYN, from the album Icarus Falls, released 13th December 2018. The track is 3:42 long. It's filed under Pop. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 8 articles about ZAYN.

About the Artist

ZAYN

ZAYN

Lyrics

Scripted

Blurry TV Screens
Fuzzy broken scenes
Finding words down the flow
Blurry TV Screens
Fuzzy broken scenes
On the clothes finding love
Hearts don't feel the same
And the names we like to say
Change with time and age
So I
I don't wanna say what's scripted
Whether you aren't with it
I know what I need
Cause I
I don't wanna say what's scripted
Whether you aren't with it
I know what I need
Hearts don't feel the same
And the names we like to say
Change with time and age
So I
I don't wanna say what's scripted
Whether you aren't with it
I know what I need
Cause I
I don't wanna say what's scripted
Whether you aren't with it
I know what I need
You still remember my eyes
Even if we might've died
First at their hands, your eyes
For the second time this night, feels right when it's
Only you and I
Oh you and I
Oh you and I
Oh you and I
Oh you and I
So I
I don't wanna says what's scripted
Whether you aren't with it
I know what I need
Cause I
I don't wanna say what's scripted (I don't want to say)
Whether you aren't with it
I know I what I need

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Track details

From Icarus Falls

3:422018
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Album
Icarus Falls
Icarus Falls
ZAYN
13th December 2018
Track number
18
Release year
2018
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    • Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    Malay, ZAYN
    Producer
    Malay
    Engineer
    John Francis Meehan, Robin Florent, Scott Desmarais
    Drums
    Taylor Johnson
    Guitar
    Taylor Johnson
    Background Vocals
    Rich
    Cello
    Dave Eggar
    Mixing Engineer
    Chris Galland, Manny Marroquin
    Recording Engineer
    Malay, Rich
    Strings
    Dave Eggar, Phil Faconti
    Violin
    Donnie Reis
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