Cover art for 1:5 by CHINCHILLA (UK)
May. 16, 20241 viewer

1:5 Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I wish that I could say I can only deal with so much rejection
But that implies I'm gonna leave, and I'm too weak, yeah, I'm too weak now
I’m hopelessly addicted to the breadcrumbs of your affection
When you send one less kiss than me, it's all I read it’s all I read now

[Pre-Chorus]
I say I love you, but you only reply one out of five times
Like I love you, but I hate you, it’s such a fucking fine line

[Chorus]
Are you doing it to spite me or couldn't you say it a little more?
Do you really only love sometimes at a ratio of 1:5?
Is the person I've been fighting for emotionally unavailable?
What have we been so divided by? Love me once, I love you back five times

[Verse 2]
I don't know how to keep to my own bare minimum boundaries
I hope you never see the truth that I would move them all for you now
So I cling on to the secret while you dance in circles around me
We both know I won't make you choose, in case you do, in case I lose, now

[Pre-Chorus]
I say I love you, but you only reply one out of five times
Like I love you, but I hate you, it’s such a fucking fine line
[Chorus]
Are you doing it to spite me or couldn't you say it a little more?
Do you really only love sometimes at a ratio of 1:5?
Is the person I've been fighting for emotionally unavailable?
What have we been so divided by? Love me once, I love you back five times

[Bridge]
So say I, say I, say I, say I, say, "I love you"
So say I, say I, say I, say I, say, "I love you"
So say I, say I, say I, say I, say, "I love you"
Do you really only love sometimes?
(So say I, say I, say I, say I, say, "I love you")
(So say I, say I, say I, say I, say, "I love you")
So say I, say I, say, "I love you," say, "I love you"
(So say I, say I, say I, say I, say, "I love you")
Say I, say I (So say I, say I, say I, say I) say, "I love you"

[Outro]
Do you really only love sometimes? (Are you doing it to spite me, oh?)
Sometimes (Couldn't you say it a little more?)
I'm sorry (Do you really only love sometimes)
I'm sorry (At a ratio of 1:5?)
So say I, say I, say I, say I, say, "I love you"
Do you really only love sometimes?

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Is there a live performance of "1:5" by CHINCHILLA (UK)?
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What did CHINCHILLA (UK) say about "1:5"?
Genius Answer

‘1:5’ is probably the most personal and vulnerable thing I’ve ever put out. It’s about a feeling of imbalance I guess and lack of power. ‘Do you really only love sometimes? At a ratio of 1:5’. It’s withdrawal. The heartbreak and longing of a feeling. The lyrics are straight from a note on my phone from a time when I was journaling about it, it came so quickly. My heart bled into it and I just fell in love with the song. It soothes me – music is therapy.

via Prelude Press

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