Hateful Ever After

## Track Listing

"**Hateful Ever After**" is the fifth track on Ellise's third Halloween EP, *Letting the Wolf In*. The song was released on October 15th, 2021.

## Song Leakage

* September 2nd, 2021 - A lyrical snippet is shared by Ellise via Twitter.
* September 14th, 2021 - The lyrics from the first verse are shared by Ellise via Instagram.

## Theme

> *Hateful Ever After is about the bittersweet feelings of an on and off relationship finally ending for good, so it felt right to play a spin on “happily ever after,” because it was quite the opposite of one.
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> Ellise, via Genius*
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## Background

> *Adam and I just started working together during the creation of this project. We made Sandman in our first session, and Hateful Ever After in our second one. I love how his brain works!! He was doing things production-wise that I had never seen anyone do before. To me, HEA and Sandman are the two most “experimental” pop records on the project. The swell of bass + pad of vocals during the second verse is one of my favorite moments on the entire album.
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> Ellise, via Genius*
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## Lyrics

**[Verse 1]**

Nothing is holy

I can't leave it fully

In my head, there's an image of roses

That you pulled me from the ground

Right where you showed me

How much you needed me

Said I completed

Your belief that a love could be demonized

And ridden with disease

But still so persistent

**[Pre-Chorus]**

Four eyes, to watch each other cry

Three lies, you whispered to me that night

Two arms, to hold my broken trust

One heart for the both of us

**[Chorus]**

Then I see the white light, a hateful ever after

One story, turned to a disaster

Don't tell my mother, please

That I still cry in dreams

The only place we meet

And all the fine lines, to think they didn't matter

One story, drop it, watch it shatter

Don't tell my brother, please

I know he worries 'bout me

Seen I've been losing sleep

**[Verse 2]**

I'm not regretful, it's driving me mental

Life without you is so uneventful

I prefer the pain over solitude, not ashamed

Lowest of lows, but the highs were a tower

You and I on the balcony, now

You said that you loved me

Did it proudly, knowing I'm ugly

**[Chorus]**

Then I see the white light, a hateful ever after

One story, turned to a disaster

Don't tell my mother, please

That I still cry in dreams

The only place we meet

And all the fine lines, to think they didn't matter

One story, drop it, watch it shatter

Don't tell my brother, please

I know he worries 'bout me

Seen I've been losing sleep

**[Bridge]**

I believed that something powerful was opening the door

Hundred candles snuffed at once, told me all I need to know

But I can't go back, even if I want

Oh, honey, you're so far gone

I wish it turned out quietly and kind

**[Chorus]**

But I saw the white light, a hateful ever after

One story, turned to a disaster

Don't tell my mother, please

That I still cry in dreams

The only place we meet

And all the fine lines, to think they didn't matter

One story, drop it, watch it shatter

Don't tell my brother, please

I know he worries 'bout me

Seen I've been losing sleep

**[Outro]**

Four eyes, to watch each other cry

Three lies, you whispered to me that night

Two arms, to hold my broken trust

One heart for the both of us

## References

1. ↑ https://twitter.com/ellise/status/1433251460393799680