Harry Styles - Ever Since New York
“Ever Since New York” is the second song to have been performed off of Harry Styles' self-titled debut solo album. It is a slow folk-style song, which adds to the already eclectic range of genres making up the rest of the album. The song details a strong sadness seemingly about a disconnection and an inability to move forward with someone Harry cares deeply about.
"Tell me something, tell me something
You don't know nothing, just pretend you do
I need something, tell me something new
Choose your words 'cause there's no antidote
For this curse or what's in waiting for
Must this hurt you just before you go?
Oh, tell me something I don't already know
Oh, tell me something I don't already know
Brooklyn saw me, empty at the news
There's no water inside this swimming pool
Almost over, had enough from you
And I've been praying, I never did it before
Understand I'm talking to the walls
I've been praying ever since New York
Oh, tell me something I don't already know
You don't know nothing, just pretend you do
I need something, tell me something new
Choose your words 'cause there's no antidote
For this curse or what's in waiting for
Must this hurt you just before you go?
Oh, tell me something I don't already know
Oh, tell me something I don't already know
Brooklyn saw me, empty at the news
There's no water inside this swimming pool
Almost over, had enough from you
And I've been praying, I never did it before
Understand I'm talking to the walls
I've been praying ever since New York
Oh, tell me something I don't already know
Oh, tell me something I don't already know
Oh, tell me something I don't already know
Oh, tell me something I don't already know
Tell me something
Tell me something
You don't know nothin'
Just pretend you do
Tell me something
Just before you go
Oh, tell me something I don't already know
Oh, tell me something I don't already know
Oh, tell me something I don't already know
Oh, tell me something I don't already know"
Oh, tell me something I don't already know
Oh, tell me something I don't already know
Tell me something
Tell me something
You don't know nothin'
Just pretend you do
Tell me something
Just before you go
Oh, tell me something I don't already know
Oh, tell me something I don't already know
Oh, tell me something I don't already know
Oh, tell me something I don't already know"
“Ever Since New York” was first performed on the April 15, 2017 episode of Saturday Night Live along with the previously released “Sign of the Times” and released with the rest of the Harry Styles on May 12, 2017.
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"Tell me something, tell me something
You don't know nothing, just pretend you do"
Harry’s looking to the subject for an answer to their problems, even though he knows doing so is ultimately fruitless; their relationship beyond repair. Regardless, keeps trying because he’s afraid of the pain coming from them actually going their separate ways.
Harry also could be speaking to the writers of tabloids and magazines who spread lies about him, potentially bringing about such relationship issues. Many publications have painted him as a “womanizer,” although his fans know him as a man with a heart of gold. These writers don’t actually know who he is as a person—they’re more focused on making money off of his name.
"Oh, tell me something I don't already know
Oh, tell me something I don't already know"
In one interpretation, the subject to could be insulting Harry, who is now replying sarcastically, saying he knows all his imperfections and screw ups, and he doesn’t need someone else pointing them out.
Alternatively, Harry may have reached a more final impasse in this relationship with the subject. He’s begging them to present him with a solution, but as he stated previously they “don’t know nothing”. He knows they’re fighting a losing battle and is now just trying to make it feel better for himself.
"Brooklyn saw me, empty at the news
There's no water inside this swimming pool
Almost over, had enough from you
And I've been praying, I never did it before
Understand I'm talking to the walls
I've been praying ever since New York"
The swimming pool being empty might be a symbolism for not longer having any patience or energy (water) to invest in this relationship, which is further cemented by the line about being almost done with it.
‘Talking to a wall’ is an idiom, meaning that someone is not listening or responding to what you are saying.
Religion and religious symbols frequently recur in Styles' life and music, as evidenced by his mention of prayer here. Styles also has a cross tattoo and a tattoo of the Bible, and often wears necklaces displaying the cross.
Furthermore, there were are also multiple religious allusions in his just previously released track “Sign of the Times”, also from his debut album. These include “you can’t bribe the door on your way to the sky” referencing Heaven which is a reference to Matthew 24.
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