Sonora.ID – Berikut ini adalah lirik lagu ‘Show Pony’ oleh Glass Animals yang baru saja dirilis pada 19 Juli 2024.

“Show Pony” menjadi lagu pembuka dari album ke-4 Glass Animals, I Love You So F***ing Much.

Daftar album itu menyoroti “semua sisi” cinta dan menguraikan berbagai jenisnya yang akan dibahas lebih lanjut dalam album ini.

Band ini pertama kali menampilkan “Show Pony” secara langsung di Bengkel Space, Jakarta (12 Mei 2024).

Penyanyi utama sekaligus penulis lagu Dave Bayley memberi tahu Apple Music tentang lagu tersebut:

“Kita semua membangun ide-ide cinta ini saat kita tumbuh dewasa, bahkan sebelum kita tahu apa itu cinta. Kita mengalaminya dan menyerapnya dan melihatnya dan kita membangun ide dongeng tentang cinta dan ide tentang seperti apa seharusnya hubungan. Anda membangun ide-ide cinta ini di kepala Anda sebelum Anda mengalaminya dengan benar. Lagu ini adalah ringkasan dari cetak biru yang akan saya miliki di usia muda—tentang bagaimana saya mungkin memandang cinta—dan menuangkannya ke dalam cerita pendek. Ini hampir seperti daftar isi album.”

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Lirik:

[Intro]

Show pony, make it burn

Smile as the knife is turned

Show pony making a return

I guess he's right that you--

[Verse 1]

I'll begin at the beginning, you met in New York City

He was sitting like a prince on the stairs of his old building

When he kissed you, you were finished, two months in a minute

Married at a desk in a sundress with a witness

Had a honeymoon in Texas, went to Little Venice

Told him with your eyes, now you’re crying in the clinic

And we pile into the Plymouth, haircuts in the kitchen

He always fell asleep just before the movie finished

[Pre-Chorus]

But you don’t, baby, you’re alone

Echoes in your head, pressed into the floor

Two-dimensional

When’s it gonna end? Maybe when you’re dead?

Maybe you’re a fool, but he loved you

And he loved you in a t-shirt, mmm

All the memories inside your curves

Now you’re coming back to show us that girl

So roll those credits, 'cause the sequel’s gonna hurt, mmm

[Chorus]

Show pony, make it burn

Smile as the knife is turned

Show pony making a return

As we make our way through the universe

Show pony making it burn

That's how revenge is served

Make it so cold that it hurts

I guess he's right that you live and learn

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 2]

It's how the story goes, ramen on your own

Waiting by the phone, lipstick on the coat

Waiting by the door, you live in his clothes

You would make a joke that you had none of your own

All that shit I learned from you

Kindness spilt like milk and juice

So blindsided by the truth

In some way I was sure you knew

[Pre-Chorus]

But you don’t, baby, you’re alone

Echoes in your head, pressed into the floor

Two-dimensional

When’s it gonna end? Maybe when you’re dead?

Maybe you’re a fool, but he loved you

And he loved you in a t-shirt, mmm

All the memories inside your curves

Now you’re coming back to show us that girl

So roll those credits, 'cause the sequel’s gonna hurt, mmm

[Chorus]

Show pony, make it burn

Smile as the knife is turned

Show pony making a return

As we make our way through the universe

[Instrumental Break]

[Bridge]

All those nights he left you and me

There was nothing left of you, but he squeezed

All those times he did what he pleased

Boy, those scars must really run deep

And all that hurt comes out in one scream

And it pierced him like the paper receipt

That you got that time you went for food

That first night that he saw you

[Chorus]

Show pony, make it burn

Smile as the knife is turned

Show pony making a return

As we make our way through the universe

Show pony making it burn

That's how revenge is served

Make it so cold that it hurts

I guess he's right that you live and learn

[Instrumental Outro]