Chords for beabadoobee "If You Want To" Official Lyrics & Meaning | Verified
Tempo:
55.9 bpm
Chords used:
Em
C
B
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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People have kind of the perception that it's a love song, but it's not.
It's literally just how I can't sleep at night.
And also, sleep paralysis is terrifying, is terrifying.
And at times it's like, you know, I mean, every time you get it, you feel like you're
stuck in it and you can't really escape.
[C] [B] [Em] [N] I wrote this song on my house, so I wrote the lyrics.
Yeah, it's just that I stayed up.
Well, I mean, the song's about not being able to sleep, so I mean, I wrote it when I couldn't
And took it to the studio and I recorded it.
People tend to, not like belittle, but patronize me with the kind of, oh, you can't sleep at
night, just close your eyes and sleep.
Like yeah, yeah.
As if it was that easy.
But it's kind of just saying, yeah, try see what it's like up there if you want to try
and fight me.
Sleep paralysis in my bed.
You're like awake when you sleep and you're kind of stuck and you can't move and you can't
breathe and it's terrifying.
This is like super, this is gross and like super scary.
But in my dream, like a really scary guy like pushed me in a van and then he was just like
on top of me, like pinning me down and I couldn't move and I was like screaming and like sweating
and like sobbing and I couldn't move and I couldn't breathe and I woke up and I was like, oh.
It was so scary.
I mean, I hate sleep paralysis.
I've been with my boyfriend for a really long time now and he thought it was a bit strange.
He'd be like sleeping and I'd just be like staring at the wall like, nah, what am I doing?
And he'd like, why aren't you sleeping?
I don't know, I'll just, I'll like probably play some games on my phone until I fall asleep.
It's either that or like I sleep like really short and I wake up at like 4 a.m. and then
just stare at the wall and I'm just really bored.
I mean, that happened last night again.
He was like, I need to sleep.
I'm like, no, like, come on, let's have a conversation at like 4 a.m.
But yeah, I guess I need to work on that.
Bedbugs kind of symbolizes every thought that kind of just annoys the crap out of me in my brain.
I'm just like, please just go away.
I want to kill my sleep paralysis.
I wish like sleeping wasn't a thing.
I mean, I do like sleeping when it works out for me.
It's just kind of reiterating the fact that it's there for the rest of my life.
I mean, I don't have sleep paralysis a lot, but it comes and goes.
It's just like, it's still there.
I just want it to fuck off.
Probably the reason why people think it's a love song is because in the song I talk
about how I want my boyfriend to kind of stay in bed with me because he's kind of the
only way I can sleep calmly.
I mean, I'm thinking I want to get a dog or something.
Maybe that would work.
If you want to is just a thing that I always say because I'm just so, I'm such a pushover,
but at the same time I want it to go my way.
So it's like, oh, like, um, like, oh, can you please get me that orange juice?
Only if you want to, babe, you want to.
I really want that orange juice.
Only if you want to though.
I used to dream a lot as a kid, but then when I started getting all this anxiety problems,
I couldn't sleep and which meant I didn't dream as much.
And I had the sickest dreams.
I had the wildest dreams.
And now I don't dream as much, which kind of sucks.
It's always really important to take time off just to focus on myself.
Like I've always struggled with mental health.
Like it's just been this thing that's just been bothering me for a really long time.
My sleeping problems kind of added to all of this, you know, unhealthiness with myself
and like anxiety and paranoia and being depressed and all that crap.
But, you know, I've been meditating and kind of just focusing on yourself and just hanging
out with the people you love and telling people when you're sad helps so much.
Helps so much.
And I never used to do that, but now I do.
[D] [Em]
I live right next to a park.
I don't even need an alarm clock because I get woken up by birds.
I know I'm like, okay, crap.
I
It's literally just how I can't sleep at night.
And also, sleep paralysis is terrifying, is terrifying.
And at times it's like, you know, I mean, every time you get it, you feel like you're
stuck in it and you can't really escape.
[C] [B] [Em] [N] I wrote this song on my house, so I wrote the lyrics.
Yeah, it's just that I stayed up.
Well, I mean, the song's about not being able to sleep, so I mean, I wrote it when I couldn't
And took it to the studio and I recorded it.
People tend to, not like belittle, but patronize me with the kind of, oh, you can't sleep at
night, just close your eyes and sleep.
Like yeah, yeah.
As if it was that easy.
But it's kind of just saying, yeah, try see what it's like up there if you want to try
and fight me.
Sleep paralysis in my bed.
You're like awake when you sleep and you're kind of stuck and you can't move and you can't
breathe and it's terrifying.
This is like super, this is gross and like super scary.
But in my dream, like a really scary guy like pushed me in a van and then he was just like
on top of me, like pinning me down and I couldn't move and I was like screaming and like sweating
and like sobbing and I couldn't move and I couldn't breathe and I woke up and I was like, oh.
It was so scary.
I mean, I hate sleep paralysis.
I've been with my boyfriend for a really long time now and he thought it was a bit strange.
He'd be like sleeping and I'd just be like staring at the wall like, nah, what am I doing?
And he'd like, why aren't you sleeping?
I don't know, I'll just, I'll like probably play some games on my phone until I fall asleep.
It's either that or like I sleep like really short and I wake up at like 4 a.m. and then
just stare at the wall and I'm just really bored.
I mean, that happened last night again.
He was like, I need to sleep.
I'm like, no, like, come on, let's have a conversation at like 4 a.m.
But yeah, I guess I need to work on that.
Bedbugs kind of symbolizes every thought that kind of just annoys the crap out of me in my brain.
I'm just like, please just go away.
I want to kill my sleep paralysis.
I wish like sleeping wasn't a thing.
I mean, I do like sleeping when it works out for me.
It's just kind of reiterating the fact that it's there for the rest of my life.
I mean, I don't have sleep paralysis a lot, but it comes and goes.
It's just like, it's still there.
I just want it to fuck off.
Probably the reason why people think it's a love song is because in the song I talk
about how I want my boyfriend to kind of stay in bed with me because he's kind of the
only way I can sleep calmly.
I mean, I'm thinking I want to get a dog or something.
Maybe that would work.
If you want to is just a thing that I always say because I'm just so, I'm such a pushover,
but at the same time I want it to go my way.
So it's like, oh, like, um, like, oh, can you please get me that orange juice?
Only if you want to, babe, you want to.
I really want that orange juice.
Only if you want to though.
I used to dream a lot as a kid, but then when I started getting all this anxiety problems,
I couldn't sleep and which meant I didn't dream as much.
And I had the sickest dreams.
I had the wildest dreams.
And now I don't dream as much, which kind of sucks.
It's always really important to take time off just to focus on myself.
Like I've always struggled with mental health.
Like it's just been this thing that's just been bothering me for a really long time.
My sleeping problems kind of added to all of this, you know, unhealthiness with myself
and like anxiety and paranoia and being depressed and all that crap.
But, you know, I've been meditating and kind of just focusing on yourself and just hanging
out with the people you love and telling people when you're sad helps so much.
Helps so much.
And I never used to do that, but now I do.
[D] [Em]
I live right next to a park.
I don't even need an alarm clock because I get woken up by birds.
I know I'm like, okay, crap.
I
Key:
Em
C
B
D
Em
C
B
D
People have kind of the perception that it's a love song, but it's not.
It's literally just how I can't sleep at night.
And also, sleep paralysis is terrifying, is terrifying.
And at times it's like, you know, I mean, every time you get it, you feel like you're
stuck in it and you can't really escape.
_ [C] _ [B] _ [Em] _ _ [N] I wrote this song on my house, so I wrote the lyrics.
Yeah, it's just that I stayed up.
Well, I mean, the song's about not being able to sleep, so I mean, I wrote it when I couldn't
And took it to the studio and I recorded it. _ _ _ _ _
People tend to, not like belittle, but patronize me with the kind of, oh, you can't sleep at
night, just close your eyes and sleep.
Like yeah, yeah.
As if it was that easy.
But it's kind of just saying, yeah, try see what it's like up there if you want to try
and fight me.
_ _ Sleep paralysis in my bed.
You're like awake when you sleep and you're kind of stuck and you can't move and you can't
breathe and it's terrifying.
This is like super, this is gross and like super scary.
But in my dream, like a really scary guy like pushed me in a van and then he was just like
on top of me, like pinning me down and I couldn't move and I was like screaming and like sweating
and like sobbing and I couldn't move and I couldn't breathe and I woke up and I was like, oh.
It was so scary.
I mean, I hate sleep paralysis. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ I've been with my boyfriend for a really long time now and he thought it was a bit strange.
He'd be like sleeping and I'd just be like staring at the wall like, nah, what am I doing?
And he'd like, why aren't you sleeping?
I don't know, I'll just, I'll like probably play some games on my phone until I fall asleep.
It's either that or like I sleep like really short and I wake up at like 4 a.m. and then
just stare at the wall and I'm just really bored.
I mean, that happened last night again.
He was like, I need to sleep.
I'm like, no, like, come on, let's have a conversation at like 4 a.m.
But yeah, I guess I need to work on that. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Bedbugs kind of symbolizes every thought that kind of just annoys the crap out of me in my brain.
I'm just like, please just go away. _ _ _
_ I want to kill my sleep paralysis.
I wish like sleeping wasn't a thing.
I mean, I do like sleeping when it works out for me.
It's just kind of reiterating the fact that it's there for the rest of my life.
I mean, I don't have sleep paralysis a lot, but it comes and goes.
It's just like, it's still there.
I just want it to fuck off. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Probably the reason why people think it's a love song is because in the song I talk
about how I want my boyfriend to kind of stay in bed with me because he's kind of the
only way I can sleep calmly.
I mean, I'm thinking I want to get a dog or something.
Maybe that would work.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
If you want to is just a thing that I always say because I'm just so, I'm such a pushover,
but at the same time I want it to go my way.
So it's like, oh, like, um, like, oh, can you please get me that orange juice?
Only if you want to, babe, you want to.
I really want that orange juice.
Only if you want to though. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ I used to dream a lot as a kid, but then when I started getting all this anxiety problems,
I couldn't sleep and which meant I didn't dream as much.
And I had the sickest dreams.
I had the wildest dreams.
And now I don't dream as much, which kind of sucks. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ It's always really important to take time off just to focus on myself.
Like I've always struggled with mental health.
Like it's just been this thing that's just been bothering me for a really long time.
My sleeping problems kind of added to all of this, you know, unhealthiness with myself
and like anxiety and paranoia and being depressed and all that crap.
But, you know, I've been meditating and kind of just focusing on yourself and just hanging
out with the people you love and telling people when you're sad helps so much.
Helps so much.
And I never used to do that, but now I do.
[D] _ [Em]
I live right next to a park.
I don't even need an alarm clock because I get woken up by birds.
I know I'm like, okay, crap.
I
It's literally just how I can't sleep at night.
And also, sleep paralysis is terrifying, is terrifying.
And at times it's like, you know, I mean, every time you get it, you feel like you're
stuck in it and you can't really escape.
_ [C] _ [B] _ [Em] _ _ [N] I wrote this song on my house, so I wrote the lyrics.
Yeah, it's just that I stayed up.
Well, I mean, the song's about not being able to sleep, so I mean, I wrote it when I couldn't
And took it to the studio and I recorded it. _ _ _ _ _
People tend to, not like belittle, but patronize me with the kind of, oh, you can't sleep at
night, just close your eyes and sleep.
Like yeah, yeah.
As if it was that easy.
But it's kind of just saying, yeah, try see what it's like up there if you want to try
and fight me.
_ _ Sleep paralysis in my bed.
You're like awake when you sleep and you're kind of stuck and you can't move and you can't
breathe and it's terrifying.
This is like super, this is gross and like super scary.
But in my dream, like a really scary guy like pushed me in a van and then he was just like
on top of me, like pinning me down and I couldn't move and I was like screaming and like sweating
and like sobbing and I couldn't move and I couldn't breathe and I woke up and I was like, oh.
It was so scary.
I mean, I hate sleep paralysis. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ I've been with my boyfriend for a really long time now and he thought it was a bit strange.
He'd be like sleeping and I'd just be like staring at the wall like, nah, what am I doing?
And he'd like, why aren't you sleeping?
I don't know, I'll just, I'll like probably play some games on my phone until I fall asleep.
It's either that or like I sleep like really short and I wake up at like 4 a.m. and then
just stare at the wall and I'm just really bored.
I mean, that happened last night again.
He was like, I need to sleep.
I'm like, no, like, come on, let's have a conversation at like 4 a.m.
But yeah, I guess I need to work on that. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Bedbugs kind of symbolizes every thought that kind of just annoys the crap out of me in my brain.
I'm just like, please just go away. _ _ _
_ I want to kill my sleep paralysis.
I wish like sleeping wasn't a thing.
I mean, I do like sleeping when it works out for me.
It's just kind of reiterating the fact that it's there for the rest of my life.
I mean, I don't have sleep paralysis a lot, but it comes and goes.
It's just like, it's still there.
I just want it to fuck off. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Probably the reason why people think it's a love song is because in the song I talk
about how I want my boyfriend to kind of stay in bed with me because he's kind of the
only way I can sleep calmly.
I mean, I'm thinking I want to get a dog or something.
Maybe that would work.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
If you want to is just a thing that I always say because I'm just so, I'm such a pushover,
but at the same time I want it to go my way.
So it's like, oh, like, um, like, oh, can you please get me that orange juice?
Only if you want to, babe, you want to.
I really want that orange juice.
Only if you want to though. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ I used to dream a lot as a kid, but then when I started getting all this anxiety problems,
I couldn't sleep and which meant I didn't dream as much.
And I had the sickest dreams.
I had the wildest dreams.
And now I don't dream as much, which kind of sucks. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ It's always really important to take time off just to focus on myself.
Like I've always struggled with mental health.
Like it's just been this thing that's just been bothering me for a really long time.
My sleeping problems kind of added to all of this, you know, unhealthiness with myself
and like anxiety and paranoia and being depressed and all that crap.
But, you know, I've been meditating and kind of just focusing on yourself and just hanging
out with the people you love and telling people when you're sad helps so much.
Helps so much.
And I never used to do that, but now I do.
[D] _ [Em]
I live right next to a park.
I don't even need an alarm clock because I get woken up by birds.
I know I'm like, okay, crap.
I