Basic

## *Sucker Punch* Track List

"**Basic**" is a song by Sigrid from her debut studio album, *Sucker Punch*. It is the third track of the album.

## About the song

> "It’s a very old song. I wrote it with Jonny Lattimer in London three years ago. It started with a piano demo and sat in our album track list folder for so long. My team and I always thought it had potential, but it didn’t have the right production, so we booked Ocean Sound Recordings in the same period that we did “Sucker Punch” and “Mine Right Now.” I was with “Odd Martin” Skålness and Martin Sjølie -- we call them the Martinis -- trying to figure out what we could do with the production to make it special. We came up with this idea of stripping it back and letting people into the studio session and the world of how we write these songs. It can seem really glossy, but it was nice to show the raw material, so that’s how we came up with the guitar breakdown. Martin Sjølie was holding his iPhone and Odd Martin was playing guitar, and I was just singing into phone, no microphone. We put it into the ProTools file, and now it’s probably one of my favorite studio moments ever."
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## Lyrics

[Intro]

Na-na-na-na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na-na-na-na, na-na

Na-na-na-na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na-na-na-na, na-na

Na-na-na-na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na-na-na-na, na-na

Na-na-na-na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na-na-na-na, na-na

[Verse 1]

Am I crazy?

'Cause I think I feel you next to me

When I know you couldn't be

Know we're in different cities

And I don't wanna get too close

I know I'm already exposed

[Pre-Chorus]

So are you feeling stupid, too?

I hope I'm not the only fool

Don't wanna run away from you

[Chorus]

Let's be real, I'm just saying

If you feel it, don't cage it

Ooh, I wanna be basic

'Cause you make me so complicated

Can I be basic with you?

[Post-Chorus]

Ooh, whoa

Ooh, whoa

Can I be basic with you?

Ooh, whoa

Ooh, whoa

Can I be basic with you?

[Verse 2]

Still don't get you

But I get the way you look at me

But there's no guarantee

Let's state the obvious

I'm tired of dancing around your heart

Oh, I need to know my part

[Pre-Chorus]

So are you feeling stupid, too?

I hope I'm not the only fool

Don't wanna run away from you

[Chorus]

Let's be real, I'm just saying

If you feel it, don't cage it

Ooh, I wanna be basic

'Cause you make me so complicated

Can I be basic with you?

[Post-Chorus]

Ooh, whoa

Ooh, whoa

Can I be basic with you?

Ooh, whoa

Ooh, whoa

[Bridge]

So I go blindfolded

Hoping that I'll crash into you

There's no way to control it

I don't want to make an excuse

So I go blindfolded

Hoping that I'll crash into you

There's no way to control it, to control it

[Chorus]

Let's be real, I'm just saying

If you feel it, don't cage it

Ooh, I wanna be basic

'Cause you make me so complicated

Can I be basic with you?

[Post-Chorus]

Ooh, whoa

Ooh, whoa

Can I be basic with you?

Ooh, whoa

Ooh, whoa

[Chorus]

Ooh, I'm just saying

If you feel it, don't cage it

Ooh, I wanna be basic

'Cause you make me so complicated

Can I be basic with you?

## References

1. ↑ https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/sigrid-sucker-punch-interview-track-by-track-breakdown-8501585/