Wicked Witch of the Westside

## Track Listing

"**Wicked Witch of the Westside**" is the first track on Ellise's third Halloween EP, *Letting the Wolf In*, released on October 15th, 2021.

## Song Leakage

* October 1st, 2021 - A 32 second high-quality snippet is shared by Ellise on her Instagram.

### Snippet

* Snippet

## Theme

> *I wanted to make a song about my ex and his new girlfriend at the time. I saw photos of them posted to instagram where he’s holding a gun to her head, and her whole vibe was this sort of “dangerous” type of girl. At the time, my ex was constantly calling me from blocked numbers and trying to get in touch with me. My biggest goal with WWOTWS was to make a song about that situation, but without hating on the girl, because she didn’t do anything wrong to me, my ex did. The title “Wicked Witch of the Westside” is a play off of the wicked witch of the west from Oz. But to me, it was a good description of a girl dragging a boy even deeper down a rabbit hole of addiction, depression and death that he was already so lost in.
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> Ellise, via Genius*
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## Background

On September 29th, 2021, Ellise stated if her fanbase wanted a new Halloween song snippet, that they would need to reply to her post. The replies were positive.

> *if u want another halloween song snippet reply to this tweet !
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> Ellise, via Twitter*
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On October 1st, 2021 (later), Ellise stated that the song would release soon while quote-tweeting a post.

> *yall will have her so soon <3
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> Ellise, via Twitter*
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## Lyrics

**[Chorus]**

Got one foot in the dirt

Buried deep, but you ignore it

With one hand in the purse

Where she keeps the pills you're snorting

Then she'll cast a spell, it's all in stripes

Watch her melt, before your eyes

Can't crush a curse

When you're with the wicked witch of the westside

**[Verse 1]**

Put up your pistol to her tongue

Trigger finger fun

Licking the dust from off her thumb

Make your mouth go numb

But she's so pretty

Oh, what a pity

You're saying you miss me now

**[Pre-Chorus]**

Cause you don't like the way you made your bed

And I won't fall in it again

Any moment you could turn to ash

And baby, you're already halfway there

**[Chorus]**

Got one foot in the dirt

Buried deep, but you ignore it

With one hand in the purse

Where she keeps the pills you're snorting

Then she'll cast a spell, it's all in stripes

Watch her melt, before your eyes

Can't crush a curse

When you're with the wicked witch of the westside

**[Verse 2]**

I'm not gonna spread my legs in your coffin

Let her hold your bloody tissues

For you while you're coughing

Blow you kisses, cause you're gone and you're forgotten

Tell me how it's holding up

You're six feet at the bottom

And she's so crazy

Cute, but she ain't me

Not gonna save you now

**[Pre-Chorus]**

Cause you don't like the way you made your bed (made your bed)

And I won't fall (I won't fall) in it again (in it again)

Any moment you could turn to ash (turn to ash)

And baby, you're (baby you're) already halfway there

**[Chorus]**

Got one foot in the dirt

Buried deep, but you ignore it

With one hand in the purse

Where she keeps the pills you're snorting

Then she'll cast a spell, it's all in stripes

Watch her melt, before your eyes

Can't crush a curse

When you're with the wicked witch of the westside

## Video

Ellise - Wicked Witch of the Westside (Visualizer)Official Visualiser
## Trivia

* Ellise has stated that she loves this song.
* The song is most likely based off a character from L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, where a character is named the "**Witch of the West**"; the antagonist of the story.
* A portion of this song's instrumental was used for the EP's trailer.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CUf14lYvqZC/
2. ↑ https://twitter.com/ellise/status/1443378131541237761
3. ↑ https://twitter.com/ellise/status/1444111527900975105