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don't join the skeletons!

Metadata

title
don't join the skeletons!
meaning
Halloween single, earnest mode: self-care promises, build a shelter, refuse the skeleton crowd: staying right here to give you a good home.
year
2024
release
don't join the skeletons!
releaseType
single
artist
Scoobert Doobert
artistId
#scoobert
credits
Written, performed, and mixed by Luke Francis Walton.
apple
https://music.apple.com/us/album/dont-join-the-skeletons-single/1776691318?i=1776691319
themes
  • love
  • Halloween
  • home
  • commitment
isrc
QZWFV2480248
isrcSource
soundexchange
draft
false

Lyrics

I don't ever wanna leave you
I don't ever wanna leave you
I don't ever wanna leave you
I don't ever wanna leave you
No

I'm gonna broaden my shoulders
And take each step more carefully
With your image burned in my mind
I'm gonna cut down on sugar even though I'm craving
To be bad to myself sometimes

I don't wanna leave you alone
I don't ever wanna leave you alone
I don't ever wanna leave you alone
I don't ever wanna leave you alone

Da da da da
Da da da di da

I'm gonna build us a shelter
Something that can weather any
Type of storm that comes our way

I don't ever wanna leave you alone
I don't ever wanna leave you alone
I don't ever wanna leave you alone
I don't ever wanna leave you alone

Da da da da
Da da da di da

I know
Halloween is for pretending
But I
Got no plans to join the skeletons
Any time soon
I'm staying right here
I'm staying right here

I wanna give you a good home
I don't ever wanna leave you alone
I just wanna give you a good home
I don't ever wanna leave you

Da da da da
Da da da di da

Content

Standalone single only (October 29, 2024 · Beformer · listed as Holiday on Apple Music), a Halloween song whose joke is how un-spooky it is. Not on I, US, or any LP tracklist.

The hook is repetition as vow, I don't ever wanna leave you alone stacked until it's a mantra. The verses are self-improvement in miniature, broaden the shoulders, cut down on sugar, build a shelter that can weather any type of storm. Care for you starts as care for me.

Then the Halloween pivot: yeah, it's for pretending, but I got no plans to join the skeletons any time soon. The spooky-season offer is the opposite of death imagery, just I'm staying right here, twice, landing on I wanna give you a good home. Same devotion lane as Dancing Alone and chasing the sunset, but here the commitment is literally to stay alive and stay put.

See also: Michael Bublé, My Santa Buddy (holiday single lane) · Catalog.