The Woods

## Track Listing

"**The Woods**" is the third track on Ellise's third Halloween EP, *Letting the Wolf In*. The song was released on October 15th, 2021, with the rest of the EP.

## Theme

> *The Woods is actually one of my favorites from the album. I love writing nonsensical songs that leave a lot of room for interpretation. In my opinion, the best way to do that is write in terms of imagery, rather than with a solid concept. To me, The Woods doesn’t truly have a definitive meaning, but more evokes a feeling. The feeling I was inspired by was that taboo, forbidden love that you just can’t seem to escape, or even want to. Late night meet ups where you don’t tell your friends where you’re going to avoid judgement, doing something you know is wrong just to feel the high of a specific person. That’s what inspired this track.
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> Ellise, Genius*
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## Background

This song was first mentioned on Lilspirit's April 29th Twitch livestream, where Ellise confirmed the song's existence. She wrote it with Savage Ga$p and claimed that there was no intention of it being released, and stated the song was inspired by "Little Red Riding Hood". It is currently unclear whether this is the same song, as Savage Ga$p is not credited as a writer in the metadata for the song.

On October 13th, 2021, Ellise reintroduced the song announcing its upcoming release on her third Halloween project. She stated "The Woods" was her favorite track. Later that day, at 9:00 PM EST, whilst being featured on the Late Night Leyla Blue series, Ellise played a snippet of the song.

## Lyrics

**[Verse 1]**

Twig crack

I 'coulda sworn I felt breath on my neck

It could be paranoia

Or best yet

A couple hands to hold ya

And footsteps

No, don't like it

**[Verse 2]**

Whispers

Is it the wind with no one to listen

Or is it him behind me

With blisters all on his hands from knives

In the kitchen, bet he missed this

**[Chorus]**

Don't be scared

Nobody can find us here

He says "my dear"

I don't care

Crawling miles through the woods

For you, I would

I can't put up barriers that way that I'm used to

When he tells me I could leave, he knows that I'd never choose to

Do I dare?

Chase the devil down, I'm hooked

on you, the woods

**[Verse 3]**

I couldn't leave it, that letter

In blood, I saw it by the staircase

Buried under dust

I rip it open, read it

And how could I go?

His invitation, 4AM

He knows I'll show

**[Pre-Chorus]**

I better go

Don't wanna be late for

What could be magic, makes it retake more

Of me, I'll give him everything safe, your

Sin and safe guard

**[Chorus]**

Don't be scared

Nobody can find us here

He says "my dear"

I don't care

Crawling miles through the woods

For you, I would

I can't put up barriers that way that I'm used to

When he tells me I could leave, he knows that I'd never choose to

Do I dare?

Chase the devil down, I'm hooked

on you, the woods

## Video

Ellise Talking About Unreleased Song "The Woods"Ellise talking about Savage Ga$p version
## Trivia

* This is Ellise's favourite song from the EP.
* Ellise stated that she loves autotune, so this song has "as much autotune as possible".

## References

1. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wC-k0WIojJ4
2. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CU-2C9DBXqn/
3. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CU-0Plchl6S/