"Heaven" (often stylized as HEAVEN) is a song by Troye Sivan, featuring Betty Who, and is featured as the sixth track off of Sivan's debut studio album, Blue Neighbourhood. The song appears as the ninth track on the deluxe edition of the album. It was written by Sivan, Alex Hope, Jack Antonoff, and Claire Boucher, and was produced by Antonoff. The song duration is 4:21. This song is based on Troye's feelings when he was 14-15 years old thinking about his sexuality. The song became the fourth single from Blue Neighbourhood on October 17, 2016 and its first live television performance was on The Ellen DeGeneres Show the next day.
Lyrics
[Troye:]
The truth runs wild
Like a tear down a cheek
Trying to save face, and daddy heart break
I'm lying through my teeth
This voice inside
Has been eating at me
Trying to replace the love that I fake
With what we both need
The truth runs wild
Like kids on concrete
Trying to sedate, my mind in it's cage
And numb what I see
Awake, wide eyed
I'm screaming at me
Trying to keep faith and picture his face
Staring up at me
Without losing a piece of me
How do I get to heaven?
Without changing a part of me
How do I get to heaven?
All my time is wasted
Feeling like my heart's mistaken, oh
So if I'm losing a piece of me
Maybe I don't want heaven?
[Betty Who:]
The truth runs wild
Like the rain to the sea
Trying to set straight the lines that I trace
To find some relief
This voice inside
Has been eating at me
Trying to embrace the picture I paint
And colour me free
Without losing a piece of me
How do I get to heaven?
Without changing a part of me
How do I get to heaven?
All my time is wasted
Feeling like my heart's mistaken, oh
So if I'm losing a piece of me
Maybe I don't want heaven?
So I'm counting to fifteen
Counting to fifteen, counting to fifteen
So I'm counting to fifteen
Counting to fifteen, counting to fifteen
So I'm counting to fifteen
Counting to fifteen, counting to fifteen
So I'm counting to fifteen
Counting to fifteen, counting to fifteen
Without losing a piece of me
How do I get to heaven?
Without changing a part of me
How do I get to heaven?
All my time is wasted
Feeling like my heart's mistaken, oh
So if I'm losing a piece of me
Maybe I don't want heaven?
The truth runs wild
Like a tear down a cheek
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Gallery
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Trivia
- This is the longest song from Blue Neighbourhood.