Upcoming single
Isn't This What You Wanted
Propulsive indie-pop and country-pop color place wounded disbelief inside a melody that keeps moving forward.
Release details
- Release date
- TBA
- Length
- TBA
- Label
- Axysyn Music
- Distribution
- To be announced
- Status
- Forthcoming
Metadata source: Artist-provided title. Additional details pending.
Behind the song
The story
The story behind this song will be published with the official release details.
Sound & vibe
Bright pop carrying a bruised question.
The arrangement stays bright and energetic while the vocal turns increasingly direct, creating tension between the music's lift and the lyric's accusation. That contrast gives the song its bite: polished on the surface, hurt underneath.
Official lyrics
Isn't This What You Wanted
Official artist lyric sheet
Verse 1
You said you wanted honesty
So I quit sayin' "I'm alright"
Started tellin' you what's on my mind
Even when the timing wasn't right
Now you miss the little white lies
That used to keep the peace
Funny how the truth gets heavier
The more you ask of me
Chorus
Isn't this what you wanted, baby?
Didn't I give you what you asked for now?
Changed my whole life, nearly drove me crazy
So why are you saying you don't want me now?
Verse 2
You said you wanted someone driven
Someone always chasin' dreams
So I built the life we talked about
One late night at a time, it seemed
Now you're sayin' I'm too busy
Always somewhere else to be
Funny how the things we wished for
Ain't always what they seem
Chorus
Isn't this what you wanted, baby?
Didn't I give you what you asked for now?
Changed my whole life, nearly drove me crazy
So why are you saying you don't want me now?
Bridge
Maybe every silver linin'
Comes wrapped around a cloud
Maybe every answered prayer
Ain't the way we dreamed out loud
Maybe love ain't gettin' everything
We wrote down in our plans
Maybe love is holdin' onto
Who we've always been
Chorus
Isn't this what you wanted, baby?
Didn't I give you what you asked for now?
Changed my whole life, nearly drove me crazy
So why are you saying you don't want me now?
Credits