"Baby Don't Hurt Me" by Emma Ogier catches a love stuck in reverse, where the same fight keeps replaying and old wounds stay frozen. The plea not to be hurt lands against memories of being laughed at, left for another, and pulled back into a wreck that should have been a warning. Walking home on a Friday and crashing in the driveway become one tangled image of tenderness and damage happening at once. The ache is in knowing it is backwards, yet still falling weightless into a hold that splits her open.
Baby Don’t Hurt Me Lyrics by Emma Ogier
My witness, baby, don’t hurt me
Always the same fight, dropping the score
What would you die for? It’s splitting me open
The pain is still frozen, it’s ice cold
And I can’t wait
When I wake up
With the white noise
I can feel the first time
Hang on, reckoned I’d break so you’d laugh first
Baby, I don’t wanna go backwards
Stepping away when you had her, you had her
And it’s twofold, walking me home on a Friday
Wrecking your car in the driveway
Should’ve known sooner, but it’s backwards, I’m back first
I went in, darling, you’re in me
No prize when the race ends, not what you asked for
There’s nothing to write on, they’re laying the asphalt
I fall to you weightless, it’s a tight hold
And I can’t wait
I can feel the first time
Hang on, reckoned I’d break so you’d laugh first
Baby, I don’t wanna go backwards
Stepping away when you had her, you had her
And it’s twofold, walking me home on a Friday
Wrecking your car in the driveway
Should’ve known sooner, but it’s backwards, I’m back first
Hang on, reckoned I’d break so you’d laugh first
Baby, I don’t wanna go backwards
Stepping away when you had her, you had her
And it’s twofold, walking me home on a Friday
Wrecking your car in the driveway
Should’ve known sooner, but it’s backwards, I’m back first
