Hey, you know I tell her all the time
Nothing's gonna hurt you, baby
Nothing's gonna make you cry
I'll be damned if I ever let another hand
Wipe your tears before they dry
Nothing's gonna hurt you, baby
Nothing's gonna make you cry
I'll be damned if I ever let another hand
Wipe your tears before they dry
[Verse]
Keep your friends close, but this pretty girl closer
Kiss her on the neck, little baby is a poser
Thinks she's so cold, but the world is colder
Take her in my lap and I'll promise that I'll hold her
My bed is too big for only me
I keep a pistol when I sleep
Inside my mouth so I can shoot
Down all the bad things
[Chorus]
You know I tell her all the time
Nothing's gonna hurt you, baby
Nothing's gonna make you cry
I'll be damned if I ever let another hand
Wipe your tears before they dry
You know I tell her all the time
Nothing's gonna hurt you, baby
Nothing's gonna make you cry
I'll be damned if I ever let another hand
Wipe your tears before they dry
Mmm-mmm
Yeah, yeah
About
This song is about Halsey who was in love with this certain girl and was willing to do everything for her. She promises, “Nothing’s gonna hurt you” and, “Nothing’s gonna make you cry”. She’d feel horrible if someone else were to take her spot as this girl’s lover, considering how much she loves her. She’ll “keep her friends close” but preferably wants this girl more. She’s a cold person, but she convinces herself that “the world is colder” and that she isn’t so bad. She doesn’t want to be alone, even if she slightly has doubts about this cold girl. She keeps a pistol to shoot these doubts about this girl. Halsey really wanted someone and she believed that this girl could be her other half.
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“wipe your tears” was first released on January 17, 2020 as a Japanese exclusive track for Manic. It is unknown whether it will be released globally as part of a deluxe version.
Ashley shared via Twitter:
It was really hard to decide which songs were going to be exclusive to different versions of the album. But I ultimately ended up putting ‘wipe your tears’ and ‘I’m Not Mad’ as bonus tracks because even though I really wanted to keep them, they felt the least essential to the plot that I was trying to get across, because they were so much about other people. And even though there are songs on Manic about my experiences with others, I really wanted the journey to feel cohesive, as being about me, and myself, and my discovery.
- 1.Ashley
- 2.clementine
- 3.Graveyard
- 8.3am
- 9.Without Me
- 12.killing boys
- 13.SUGA’s Interlude
- 14.More
- 15.Still Learning
- 16.929
- 17.wipe your tears
- 18.I’m Not Mad
- 19.Be Kind
- 27.3am (Stripped)
