Lirik lagu "Backburner" oleh NIKI

Jakarta (ANTARA) - Lagu "Backburner" yang dipopulerkan oleh penyanyi asal Jakarta Nicole "NIKI" Zefanya hadir bersama album yang diberi nama dirinya "Nicole" pada 12 Agustus 2022.

Salah satu artis Indonesia yang menandatangani kontrak dengan perusahaan media dan label rekaman yang sedang berkembang, 88rising, ini menulis lagu "Backburner" seorang diri dengan melihat ke belakang, kisah masa remaja.

Lagu "Backburner" mengangkat cerita tentang menjadi pilihan kedua seseorang.

Sesuai judulnya, "Backburner" adalah istilah yang dikenal di Amerika Serikat dengan arti "pada posisi tidak akan segera mendapat perhatian dan tindakan", menurut kamus bahasa Inggris Merriam-Webster.

Dari penggalan liriknya yang emosional "The Goo Goo Dolls are dead to me, the way you should be too / But you still bring them up along with how much I fucking miss you" terlihat bahwa sosok dalam lagu ini membenci posisinya tersebut.

Dilansir dari laman Grammy, pengagum karya penyanyi Tulus dan Nadine Amizah itu menceritakan bahwa album "Nicole" terdiri atas lagu nostalgia yang tersusun berdasarkan alur waktu "Oceans and Engines" di babak tengah cerita, "High School in Jakarta" awal dari segalanya, dan "Before" di akhir cerita.

Lirik lagu "Backburner"

[VERSE 1] I can’t lie, it feels nice that you’re calling

You sound sad and alone and you’re stalling

and for once, I don’t care about what you want, as long as we keep talking

[VERSE 2]

I mean, you gotta admit the history’s

kind of unmatched

Asian Calvinism— we made it out of that

Well, whether we’re free of will or predestined,

[PRE CHORUS 1]

The Goo Goo Dolls are dead to me

the way you should be too

but you bring them up

along with how much I fucking miss you

[CHORUS 1]

Maybe I’m just not better than this, I haven’t tried

Maybe life’s less romantic when I don’t wanna die

You’d think I’d be a fast learner

Your backburner

Your backburner

Your backburner

[VERSE 2]

It’s pathetic but at least, you are too

I don’t know what to do

I don’t like anyone except sometimes you

And now you’re sounding like a hurt puppy

You look ugly when you cry

but I’m the one you think to call

How do you feel lucky and appalled

at the same time?

After everything you put me through

[PRE CHORUS 2]

but I know in a week or so,

you’ll fade away again

and I wish that I cared

Hey are you still there?

Maybe I’m just not better than this, I haven’t tried

Cause maybe you’ll finally choose me after you’ve had more time

I thought I was a fast learner,

but guess I won’t ever mind, guess I won’t ever mind

Maybe I blame my mother bleeding into my stride

Maybe it was my father and his wandering eyes

(It’s their fault that) I’ll always be in your corner

Cause I don’t feel alive ‘til I’m burning on your backburner

[POST]

Oh, as long as you still think of me