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Call It What You Want (Original)

Type: Official
Writers: Grace Vanderwaal, John Samuel Gerhart
Times Performed: 1
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Notes

Grace described the song as “a romanticized justification in pursuit of avoiding the truth at all cost—‘this isn’t real’… There’s also a sense of desperation; this is this precious thing that I must control and hide; we binge our love at night. .. Call it what you want is a story between two people in denial. A romanticized justification in pursuit of avoiding the truth at all cost 'this isn't real'...There's also a sense of desperation, this is this precious thing that I must control and hide, we binge our love at night.”



Performances

2024.08.10 15 second teaser posted to Instagram
2024.09.03 Venue/place unknown Short clip posted to Instagram

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Releases

Release Date Record Type Track
2024-08-16Call It What You WantSingle1

Lyrics

[Intro]
(And say I'm yours, you know that, I never mind)
(And say I'm yours, you know that, I never mind)

[Verse 1]
In the bar on Broadway, there's a flicker in the dark
Lighting up my face, and I'm just checking where you are
Break my finger if I don't keep my word
You can trust me I'm nobody else's concern

[Pre-Chorus]
And if you see me on a sidewalk somewhere
You can stare at your phone
Just as long as I'm your favorite stranger
I'll play along

[Chorus]
Call it what you want
Up all night, dance between the dotted lines
Call me if you want
And say I'm yours, you know that, I never mind
As long as you love me alone
You can call it whatever you want

[Verse 2]
Take my pride, it's just imagination
Undress the thought that this will make it
Strip the rules of this arrangement (Rules of this arrangement)
I know that this ain't ideal
On the down low, white lies are easy for me
I know it's always been you at the end of the night

[Pre-Chorus]
And if they see us from the street in your window
You can tell them they're wrong
Just as long as I'm your favorite stranger
I'll play along

[Chorus]
Call it what you want
Up all night, dance between the dotted lines
Call me if you want
And say I'm yours, you know that, I never mind
As long as you love me alone
You can call it whatever you want
(Call it what you want, ah)
(Call me if you want)

[Outro]
Call it what you want
Up all night, dance between the dotted lines
Call me if you want
And say I'm yours, you know that, I never mind
As long as you love me alone
You can call it whatever you want

(Source: Genius.com)

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