Vanessa

I've been..

Oh I've been waiting desperately And my heart is here right next to me And I'm caught waiting in the rain x2

and I know and I need you in the storm and I oh-oh-oh-I-I, oh-oh-oh-I-I-I-I (you can def see her oh-I in the video)

Hey hey you wanna play but baby I can go and go And every other day you're running off with so and so but baby I would throw you if I didn't know you but I'm paying for it x2

ooh ha huh ha huh ah huh ah huh

Baby I would throw you, if I didn't know you, but I'm paying for it

I hold on and I don't care what you say but the way it goes it's happening everyday I can see space on my radio

I hold on and I don't care what you say cause the way it goes it's happening everyday

Everyday x 5 day d-day d-day Everyday d-day d-day Everyday d-day d-day

Hey hey you wanna play Well baby I can go and go and every other day you're running off with so and so baby I'd throw you, if I didn't know you, but I'm paying for it x2

I've seen Grimes live twice and I'm seeing her again in July, and everytime she obviously says "BABY I WOULD THROW YOU" not blowy you, hold you, or employ you (c'mon EMPLOY you that's just fucking stupid). I also have the special edition album with the lyrics inside. So here you go FINAL lyrics. Obviously, I have no way to prove it but you'll just have to trust a stranger; I have finally put an end to this Vanessa lyrics madness!

I think it's about being in love with someone who's cheating on you, but you love them too much to leave them, even though you know it's not going to work out and that staying is only making things worse.

So eerie...this song reminds me of an ex lover with the same name.

[Edit: Wanted to make it more accurate.]

amazing song amazing sound! reminds me a lot of the old band Cranes. she's my favorite new artist tho!

i think its "i've been waiting destiny[s]" and "my heart is here right next to me"

After watching the video a few times I think this part is wrong. it's "and every other day you're running off with so and so"

and I'm almost positive she says

"but I'm paying for it" as well

The lyrics as listed make sense but they dont match the sounds she makes in the song. Though in concert Sunday night my friend who was stage front heard Claire has a lisp but you couldnt hear one 30 feet back where I was standing. In an interview she said she gets really nervous so that could have been the change in voice that came across as a lisp. She also baby talks for different song lines which can sound lisp like.

This is as I hear it. Help/change/add please if anyone else also hears different than the lyrics as written above.

Grimes-Vanessa lyrics

I've been..

Oh I've been waiting definitely And my heart is here right next to me And I'm caught waiting in the rain x2

and I know and it ...what the is she saying? and I oh-oh-oh-I-I, oh-oh-oh-I-I-I-I (you can def see her oh-I in the video)

Chorus Hey hey you wanna play but baby I can go go And every other day you're running off with so and so
but baby I'd employ you if I didn't know you but I'm paying for it x2

ooh ha huh ha huh ah huh ah huh

Baby I'd employ you, if I didn't know you but I'm paying for it

I hold on and I don't care what you say but the way it goes it's happening everyday I can't see straight ...what the is she saying?

I hold on and I don't care what you say cause the way it goes it's happening everyday

Everyday x 5 day d-day d-day Everyday d-day d-day Everyday d-day d-day

Hey hey you wanna play but baby I can go go and every other day you're running over flow-flow baby I'd implore you if I didn't know you but I'm paying for it x2

Note the chorus changes which is somewhat atypical of the average song so I'm not claiming this is what she does but I hear it one way at the beginning of the song and a bit different at the end. In Claire's own words, she makes the beats and sounds, most specifically ah or ooh sounds when writing and then she constructs the vocals around that.

the lisp is so cute

I'm hearing "Oh, I've been waiting desperately and my heart is here right next to me and I'm caught waiting in the rain". Also the "And every other day you're running off with so and so" is correct as is "PAYING for it". If you watch the video, at 2:01 it looks like she saying "Baby I would throw you if I didn't know you, but I'm paying for it". The soft part in the middle, where she's not baby talking, sounds like: "I hold on and I don't care what you say 'cause the way it goes is happening everyday. (I can see space on my radio)".

That's enough time on this for me, thanks.

It's "Baby I would blow you if I didnt know you but I'm paying for it"