Honesty

"**Honesty**" (also registered as "**Honestly**") is an unreleased song by Halsey. The song was recorded in 2014 and is most likely an outtake from *Room 93* or *Badlands*. It has never been officially released or performed.

## Background

The song was first found on her BMI Repertoire on March 28, 2017 alongside "Great Big Feeling" and "Wolf". It was speculated to be featured on Halsey's second album *Hopeless Fountain Kingdom*. Halsey quickly debunked the theories and confirmed that the songs are "old songs from years ago".

The song got leaked on February 2, 2020. On February 4, 2020 Halsey took to Instagram after finding out about the leak and wrote:

"*Saw some of you sneaks found a leaked demo of mine! 'Honesty’ is 6 years old! But so prophetic!*"
—Halsey

## Cross-references

* The lyric "Didn't really care about getting rich" is similar to "Fuck the world, we just gon' keep getting rich, you know?" off of "Him & I".
* "Baby, hold me" is a reference to "Hold Me Down".

## Lyrics

[Verse 1]

I had a vision and I watched it come alive

And now I'm wishin' that I had a bit more time

I have been achin' in my bones at night

Conversations with my bloodshot eyes

Hard to focus when the pressure makes you blind

[Pre-Chorus]

All I wanted was to make some art, talk some shit

Didn't really care about getting rich

Now they make this hard

Tryna make me quit

Maybe for the thrill of it

[Chorus]

Baby, hold me

Looking for a little bit of honesty

Take me, slowly

Give me just a little, baby, promise me

There's a hollow in my chest

And you can take whatever's left

Baby, maybe

You could give me just a little bit of honesty

[Verse 2]

I've been sleeping in a bed too big for me

Can't remember what's like to get some sleep

I've fallin' victim to a homesick life

Got a cravin' that I just can't buy

God, I wonder if I'll ever make it right

[Pre-Chorus]

All I wanted was to make some art, talk some shit

Didn't really care about getting rich

Now they make this hard

Tryna make me quit

Maybe for the thrill of it

[Chorus]

Baby, hold me

Looking for a little bit of honesty

Take me, slowly

Give me just a little, baby, promise me

There's a hollow in my chest

And you can take whatever's left

Baby, maybe

You could give me just a little bit of honesty

[Bridge]

Give me now, give me now

Give me now, honesty now

Give me now, give me now

Give me now, honesty now

Give me now, give me now

Give me now, honesty now

Give me now, give me now

Give me now, honesty

[Chorus]

Baby, hold me

Looking for a little bit of honesty

Take me, slowly

Give me just a little, baby, promise me

There's a hollow in my chest

And you can take whatever's left

Baby, maybe

You could give me just a little bit of honesty

[Outro]

Give me a just a little bit of honesty

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 BMI Repertoire Work ID 20423613
2. ↑ *Genius* - "Honesty" by Halsey - Song Bio
3. ↑ *Twitter* - @halseysupdating - "Three songs written by Halsey titled Wolf, Great Big Feeling and Honestly have been registered in the BMI Repertoire!"
4. ↑ *Twitter* - @halsey - "Old songs from years ago. Nice try 😜
5. ↑ *YouTube* - "Honesty" Leak
6. ↑ *Instagram* via *ISDB* - "IAMHALSEY INSTAGRAM STORIES" - Posted: February 4, 2020, 10:22 pm

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