don't join the skeletons!
Halloween single, earnest mode: self-care promises, build a shelter, refuse the skeleton crowd: staying right here to give you a good home.
Listen: Apple Music
ISRC QZWFV2480248 (soundexchange)
Standalone single only (October 29, 2024 · Beformer · listed as Holiday on Apple Music), a Halloween song whose joke is how un-spooky it is. Not on I, US, or any LP tracklist.
The hook is repetition as vow, I don’t ever wanna leave you alone stacked until it’s a mantra. The verses are self-improvement in miniature, broaden the shoulders, cut down on sugar, build a shelter that can weather any type of storm. Care for you starts as care for me.
Then the Halloween pivot: yeah, it’s for pretending, but I got no plans to join the skeletons any time soon. The spooky-season offer is the opposite of death imagery, just I’m staying right here, twice, landing on I wanna give you a good home. Same devotion lane as Dancing Alone and chasing the sunset, but here the commitment is literally to stay alive and stay put.
See also: Michael Bublé, My Santa Buddy (holiday single lane) · Catalog.
Written, performed, and mixed by Luke Francis Walton.
Lyrics
I don't ever wanna leave you I don't ever wanna leave you I don't ever wanna leave you I don't ever wanna leave you No I'm gonna broaden my shoulders And take each step more carefully With your image burned in my mind I'm gonna cut down on sugar even though I'm craving To be bad to myself sometimes I don't wanna leave you alone I don't ever wanna leave you alone I don't ever wanna leave you alone I don't ever wanna leave you alone Da da da da Da da da di da I'm gonna build us a shelter Something that can weather any Type of storm that comes our way I don't ever wanna leave you alone I don't ever wanna leave you alone I don't ever wanna leave you alone I don't ever wanna leave you alone Da da da da Da da da di da I know Halloween is for pretending But I Got no plans to join the skeletons Any time soon I'm staying right here I'm staying right here I wanna give you a good home I don't ever wanna leave you alone I just wanna give you a good home I don't ever wanna leave you Da da da da Da da da di da