Hit Me Where It Hurts

* Song
* Toro y Moi Remix

## Audio

"**Hit Me Where It Hurts**" is a song by American singer-songwriter and producer Caroline Polachek from her studio album *Pang*. This is the fourth track of the album.

The song was written and produced by Polachek and Andrew Wyatt.

## Background

A lyric booklet video was released on Caroline's YouTube channel on November 4, 2019. The Toro y Moi remix (featuring Chino Moreno) was released on December 9, 2020 and was featured on the *Standing at the Gate: Remix Collection* remix album.

Caroline talked about the song on Instagram:

> *Wrote this one swiftly with Andrew Wyatt in the fall of 2017 while in the middle of some big life shifts, subletting a friend’s place with all my belongings in storage. I was emotionally exhausted and living in this paradox of feeling vulnerable and apathetic at the same time. Treading water yet not caring if I got swept under. In love while feeling so insignificant in the face of all the systems that sustain life now...like a cell in a large body, too deep in dark tissue to see where that body is going. But still, against all odds, in love.*
>
> Caroline Polachek, [Instagram]

## Official versions

* Album version - 3:04
* Instrumental version - 3:04
* Toro y Moi remix - 3:26

## Lyrics

### Album version

[Intro]

I'm feeling like a butterfly trapped inside a plane

Maybe there's something going on, I'm not insane

If I'm already out of time, then make it worse

Go on and hit me in the heart, hit me where it hurts

[Chorus]

I'm feeling like a butterfly trapped inside a plane

Maybe there's something going on, I'm not insane

If I'm already out of time, then make it worse

Go on and hit me in the heart, hit me where it hurts

Go on and hit me in the

[Verse 1]

Bullseye, dead end

Moving target

Carousel, carousel

Baggage, claim it

Promise one day

You will hate me

But right now, just ride it out

Ride it out, ride it out

[Verse 2]

Magic carpet

Over London

Through the ceiling

Watch you dreaming

Promise one day

You will hate me

But right now, just ride it out

Ride it out

[Chorus]

I'm feeling like a butterfly trapped inside a plane

Maybe there's something going on, I'm not insane

If I'm already out of time, then make it worse

Go on and hit me in the heart, hit me where it hurts

Go on and hit me in the

[Verse 3]

Blind spot, Achilles' heel

Long shot, left field

Vertigo, vertigo

High stakes, popped ears

Promise one day

You will hate me

But right now, just ride it out

Ride it out, ride it out

[Bridge]

Do you feel safe?

(Hit me where it hurts now)

Now that you've found my gun?

I'll be the nurse

(Hit me where it hurts now)

You'll be my number one

Hit me where it hurts now

Hit me where it hurts

Hit me where it hurts now

Hit me where it hurts

Hit me where it hurts now

Hit me where it hurts

Hit me where it hurts now

[Chorus]

I'm feeling like a butterfly trapped inside a plane (Hit me where it hurts)

Maybe there's something going on, I'm not insane

If I'm already out of time, then make it worse

Go on and hit me in the heart, hit me where it hurts

I'm feeling like a butterfly trapped inside a plane

Maybe there's something going on, I'm not insane

If I'm already out of time, then make it worse

Go on and hit me in the heart, hit me where it hurts

Go on and hit me in the

### Toro y Moi (feat. Chino Moreno) remix

[Intro: Caroline Polachek]

I'm feeling like a butterfly trapped inside a plane

Maybe there's something going on, I'm not insane

If I'm already out of time, then make it worse

Go on and hit me in the heart, hit me where it hurts

[Chorus: Caroline Polachek]

I'm feeling like a butterfly trapped inside a plane

Maybe there's something going on, I'm not insane

If I'm already out of time, then make it worse

Go on and hit me in the heart, hit me where it hurts

Go on and hit mе in the

[Verse 1: Chino Moreno]

Bullseye, dеad-end, moving target

Carousel, carousel, baggage, claim it

Promise one day you will hate me

But right now, just ride it out, ride it out, ride it out

Magic carpet over London

Through the ceiling watch you dreaming

Promise one day you will hate me

But right now, just ride it out, ride it out

[Chorus: Caroline Polachek]

I'm feeling like a butterfly trapped inside a plane

Maybe there's something going on, I'm not insane

If I'm already out of time, then make it worse

Go on and hit me in the heart, hit me where it hurts

Go on and hit me in the

[Verse 2: Caroline Polachek]

Blindspot, Achilles' heel

Long shot, left field

Vertigo, vertigo

High stakes, popped ears

Promise one day

You will hate me

But right now, just ride it out

[Bridge: Chino Moreno & Caroline Polachek ]

Do you feel safe?

Now that you've found my gun?

I'll be the nurse

You'll be my number one

[Chorus: Caroline Polachek]

I'm feeling like a butterfly trapped inside a plane

Maybe there's something going on, I'm not insane

If I'm already out of time, then make it worse

Go on and hit me in the heart, hit me where it hurts

I'm feeling like a butterfly trapped inside a plane

Maybe there's something going on, I'm not insane

If I'm already out of time

## Credits

##### Personnel

* **Caroline Polachek** - Vocals
* **Barry McCready, Jake Munk, Max Morin** - Engineers

##### Technical

* Written-By, Producer – **Caroline Polachek**, **Andrew Wyatt**
* Mastered By – **Mike Bozzi**
* Mixed By – **Geoff Swan**
* Mixed By [Assisted by] – **Nico Battistini**
* Mixed At – **The Nest**
* Mastered At – **Bernie Grundman Mastering**
* Copyright © – **Caroline Polachek LLC**

## References

1. ↑ Instagram:Caroline Polachek

Pang Tour · Videography · Photography

"The Gate"
"Pang"
"New Normal
"**Hit Me Where It Hurts**"
"I Give Up"
"Look At Me Now"
"Insomnia"

"Ocean of Tears"
"Hey Big Eyes"
"Go As a Dream"
"Caroline Shut Up"
"So Hot You're Hurting My Feelings"
"Door"
"Parachute"

Other Tracks
"Breathless"
"Simmer (Remix)"

Caroline Polachek