happy for you Lyrics
Don't wanna be the bottle that keeps a ship from sea
Don't wanna be a cage that keeps a bird from being free
Don't wanna keep a singer from a melody
Yeah, baby, that was you and me
[Chorus]
I wish I was heartless and kept you as mine
I wish it were my hands that held you at night
But all of the love that you wanted for us
You found it in someone new
So I'm not happy
But I'm happy for you
[Verse 2]
Just look at that smile, it's one I've never seen
You laugh a lot more than you did with me
Half of me knows we're not a perfect match
Half me let you go, half me wants you back
Oh, I feel so stupid, sitting here losing you when
[Chorus]
I could'vе been heartless and kept you as minе
I wish it were my hands that held you at night
But all of the love that you wanted for us
You found it in someone new
But I'm not happy
But I'm happy for you
Moving on, finding somebody else
Maybe I'll find somebody else too
Baby, I only want the best for you
[Chorus]
But I wish I was heartless and kept you as mine
I wish it were my hands that held you at night
But all of the love that you wanted for us
You found it in someone new
So I'm not happy
But I'm happy for you
No, I'm not happy
But I'm happy for you
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It’s just nice to be putting more stuff out really. “happy for you” is going back to my Youtube roots in a way that it’s a piano song, it’s nice that it’s so stripped back. It’s a very raw, emotional break-up song. It’s addressing the way that at the end of a relationship sometimes, you have to learn to let someone go. You don’t want to be the reason they feel trapped. You could see they’d be happier with someone else, but that doesn’t necessarily leave you in the best place. I’m excited to put music out. During lockdown, it’s been so weird not being able to do any gigs and not being able to be a musician in normal life. It’s very nice to put something out again.
No. The thing is for me, I always get so weirded out if I write about a specific person. Sometimes, it could haunt you when you sing about it on stage. It’s definitely inspired by previous relationships combined into one. I’ve always felt that feeling of either you’re attracted or they’re attracted, it’s the hard part of moving on from someone. I wouldn’t say it’s about a specific person, because otherwise anytime I’d sing the song, I’d think of them. That makes me quite sad.
