New Shapes Lyrics

by Caroline Polachek

Read the complete lyrics to “New Shapes” by Caroline Polachek from the album “Songs”. Browse more Caroline Polachek songs or search for other tracks.

Artist Caroline Polachek

Album Songs

Length ~3 min read (477 words)

[Intro: Charli xcx]
What you want
I ain't got it
What you want
What you want
I ain't got it
What you want
I ain't got it

[Verse 1: Charli xcx]
I don't know why I got a tendency to run away
Don't know why I'm always pushing for a sweet escape
Even though I feel so close, I just can't control how I feel
And I gotta be free, need to breathe

[Pre-Chorus: Charli xcx & Christine and the Queens]
But sometimes I need all night, all day
We could fall in love in new shapes, new shapes
And when the morning comes, I'm sorry, I stayed
Tell you honestly, I can't change (Can't change), can't change

[Chorus: Charli xcx]
What you want
I ain't got it
What you want
What you want
I ain't got it
I ain't got it

[Verse 2: Christine and the Queens]
Mm, what if I created places for you to let go? (Mmm)
What if you wanted to watch because we both know? (Ayy)
That now we are so close, we don't have to fight how we feel (Fight how we feel)
When thе lights and the skins are a call to surrendеr to it

[Pre-Chorus: Christine and the Queens]
All night (All night, baby), all day (All day)
Then we fall in love in new shapes (New shapes, baby), new shapes (New shapes)
When the morning comes all misty (Misty, baby), we fade (We fade, ooh)
'Cause we fell in love in new shapes (What?), in new shapes, oh

[Chorus: Charli xcx & Christine and the Queens, Both]
What you want
I ain't got it (Got it)
What you want (What you want)
What you want
I ain't got it
I ain't got it

[Bridge: Caroline Polachek]
Thinkin' of me, but you're stuck on the west side again (Oh-ah)
Maybe we're meant for another dimension, babe
Deep in the dark of your brain like a star in space
You call it art, but you pulled on my heart and you twisted it into a new shape
Yeah, I'm dive bar-ing again and again (Oh-ah)
Trying to get up close to you
Fucked if I know how it's gonna end
But, honestly, life would be better if I never met you in the first place

[Chorus: Charli xcx, Christine and the Queens & Caroline Polachek]
What you want (Oh)
I ain't got it (Got it, yeah)
What you want (I ain't got it)
What you want
I ain't got it (Charli, Caroline, Chris)
What you want (What you want, what you want)
I ain't got it (What you want)
What you want
I ain't got it
(You can have anything you want)
What you want (Ah-ha, ah, yeah)
What you want (You can have anything you want)
I ain't got it (I ain't got it, baby)
I ain't got it

Q&A — Song Meaning & Background

What have the artists said about the song?

Charli XCX: Caroline, Christine and I had worked together many times in different forms, and it was time for the three of us to come together. And actually, this song was recorded a long time ago—pre-pandemic. I like how it’s an anti-hero song. We’re saying to the love figure, ‘I haven’t got what you need from me, because I am not typical. I don’t operate in the way that you want me to. I want multiple partners. I want somebody else. I want no convention within sex and love.’ And I like that as a statement right after the sound of a car crash in the previous song. To do that song with them—two artists who I really feel have such a unique, defiant and topsy-turvy vision of what pop music is—felt really classic and right for us. There’s a true connection between us now, in music and in our personal lives. —via Apple Music

Had Charli, Caroline, and Christine ever worked together before?

While all three of them had never appeared on a song together, they had previously worked with each other individually. Caroline Polachek was featured on Charli XCX’s 2017 track “Tears,” which they have also performed live together multiple times. Caroline also did backing vocals on “Delicious,” another song from Pop 2. Finally, she designed one of the three cover arts for Charli’s 2020 single “Forever.” Christine and the Queens, on the other hand, appeared on “Gone,” the lead single to Charli’s 2019 self-titled album. They also shot the song’s music video together. Additionally, Caroline Polachek was featured on Christine and the Queens' 2020 song “La vita nuova,” as well as its music video.