So Good (song)

"**So Good**" is a song performed by Bat For Lashes. It serves as the seventh track on Natasha's fifth album, *Lost Girls*.

## Background

On September 7, 2019, Natasha shared an artwork for the track.

## Music and composition

In a interview with *NME*, Natasha said she views "So Good" as a "early-80's Madonna dance song".

Natasha for NME:

> “Definitely! Even if I wanted to go full power ballad, crying in the vocal booth, I just can’t help it. I have to have darkness and weirdness in there. It’s just my taste. ‘So Good’ on this album is the clearest early-80s Madonna dance song. I still couldn’t do the full like ‘YEAAAH’ ’80s thing. Maybe I should have worn a full leather body suit and permed my hair! That might have helped. Dry smoke and netting!”
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In another interview, she explained the song:

> “I think that song especially is about the power dynamic. And that kind of idea of who's got the control, who's got the power in the relationship, and being hunted and being the hunter. That theme does link through. I think that song is the most simplified, pop version of that feeling.”
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## Critical reception

The Pitchfork opined:

> “*Lost Girls* is richest when Khan puts her own devilish spin on those sacred texts, like the beats that boil and bubble under the shimmering disco of "Feel For You" or the mutated and masochistic Giorgio Moroder banger "So Good".”
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The Stereogum opined:

> “The chorus of “So Good” almost sounds like early Madonna, and then a later-gen girl group like Bananarama (another artist Khan cited as an influence on the album).”
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## Lyrics

Mama, I love this boy

He plays the cat and I play the toy

And he runs me all over town

He takes me up and then he brings me down

He holds my hand and when he takes the bite

Out of my confidence and dims my light

But it's in my body and in my brain

One look at him and I can feel the pain

Why does it hurt so good?

You don't treat me like you should

Does it hurt so good?

I just want you to tell me

Why does it hurt so good?

You don't treat me like you should

Does it hurt so good?

I just need you to tell me (Why?)

It's an addiction that I cannot fight

Don't wanna stop, don't wanna make it right

'Cause when it's wrong you know it's such a thrill

He plays a hunter and I play his kill

And if I ever try to turn away

He gets excited and it makes me stay

But it's a drug that never numbs the pain

And I'm the only one to blame (So)

Why does it hurt so good?

You don't treat me like you should

Does it hurt so good?

I just want you to tell me

Why does it hurt so good?

You don't treat me like you should

Does it hurt so good?

I just need you to tell me (Why?)

## References

1. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/B2HkA5Vnwkc/
2. ↑ Trendell, Andrew (4 September 2019)."Bat For Lashes on the ‘alien’ world of ‘Lost Girls’: “I felt like I was living inside an ’80s Spielberg movie”". *NME*.
3. ↑ Reesman, Bryan (9 September 2019)."Exploring Bat For Lashes' Cinema Of The Mind". *GRAMMY.com*.
4. ↑ https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/bat-for-lashes-lost-girls/
5. ↑ https://www.stereogum.com/2056538/bat-for-lashes-lost-girls-album-review/franchises/reviews/album-of-the-week/