Don't Play

## *Hopeless Fountain Kingdom (Deluxe)* Chronology

"**Don't Play**" is a song performed by Halsey. It is a bonus track that is featured as the twelfth track on the deluxe version of her sophomore studio album, *Hopeless Fountain Kingdom*. It was released on June 2, 2017 through Astralwerks Records.

## Background

In a Twitter Q&A Halsey stated that this song and "Walls Could Talk" were the most fun to record. She also called "Don't Play" the House of Aureum "theme song":

"'*Don't Play' was like really different for me and it's kinda like this Aureum House theme song. It's like don’t mess with us, we’re the bad team, the bad house, we could fuck you up if we wanted to. So it was kinda cool to get into that head space and write a song that was kind of cocky and about me moving on and being better on my own.*"
—Halsey

## Cross-references

* The lyric "Alone out in Saint-Tropez" is similar to "I stayed a night out in Paris where they don’t know my name" off of "Alone".
* The lyric "Motherfucker, don't play with me" links up with "Now you gon' play me like a violin, hittin' those notes" off of "Walls Could Talk".
* "Runnin' lines like a marathon, got it all white like parmesan" is a reference to cocaine. The drug has been referenced before in "Bad At Love": "But I never got the chance to make her mine because she fell in love with little thin while lines" and is later referenced again in "929": "Lost the love of my life to an ivory powder."

## Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Alone out in Saint-Tropez

Lookin' as fine as a damn Monet

Tryna' hydrate on Perrier

Everybody thirsty, drinks on me

When I'm out, clothes on lay away

Tryna' take back what you say to me

I don't give a damn what you say to me

There ain't no time for games and me

[Pre-Chorus]

I'm moving on

I'm getting paid

I'm on my own

I had some space to deal with it

I'm moving on

It's getting late

Go grab someone and find a place to deal with it

[Chorus]

Yeah, don't even try

Can't fuck with my vibe

Double cuppin' in my ride

Motherfucker, don't play with me

Motherfucker, don't play with me

Motherfucker, don't play with me

Motherfucker, don't play with me

[Verse 2]

Runnin' lines like a marathon

Got it all white like parmesan

I am not the type to be out past dawn

Tomorrow got a flight headed to Taiwan

Now you know where the bottle gone

Drippin' so wet with the Pérignon

I am not the type to admit I'm on

How could I lie when we sip so strong

[Pre-Chorus]

I'm moving on

I'm getting paid

I'm on my own

I had some space to deal with it

I'm moving on

It's getting late

Go grab someone and find a place to deal with it

[Chorus]

Yeah, don't even tray

Can't fuck with my vibe

Double cuppin' in my ride

Motherfucker, don't play with me

Motherfucker, don't play with me

Motherfucker, don't play with me

Motherfucker, don't play with me

[Outro]

(Play, play, play, play)

(Play, play, play, play)

(Play, play, play, play)

(Play, play, play, play)

(Play, play, play, play)

(Play, play, play, play)

(Play, play, play, play)

With me, don't play no games

(Play, play, play, play)

With me, don't play no games

(Play, play, play, play)

With me, don't play no games

(Play, play, play, play)

With me, don't play no games

(Play, play, play, play)

With me

## References

1. ↑ *Twitter* - @halsey - ".@joshsredhair #hopelessfountainkingdom"

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