“Swim in my tears because you built the pool.”

With those hauntingly visceral words, Amelie Lucille lays bare the core anguish pulsing through her latest single, Pool.

It’s a searing indictment of emotional manipulation, a defiant howl against the sort of toxic relationship that leaves one partner swimming in the teardrops of their own despair.

Yet, far from wallowing in melancholy, Pool emerges as a primal scream of catharsis, an exorcism of past demons delivered with Lucille’s signature blend of raw vulnerability and steely resolve.

Her voice, rich and emotive, imbues even the most lacerating lyrics with a peculiar beauty, commanding the listener’s rapt attention like a mystic weaving an intricate spell.

Musically, Pool has a somewhat restrained elegance. The delicate lattice of fingerpicked acoustic guitar, brushed percussion, and haunting violin conjures a wistful, dreamy ambiance that belies the track’s unflinching emotional honesty.

Amelie Lucille’s vocals glide on this sparse backdrop, at times hushed and confessional, at others a torrent of hard-won defiance.

What ultimately elevates Pool above mere cathartic venting is Amelie Lucille’s deft hand as a lyricist and storyteller.

She has an almost novelistic knack for vividly depicting the myriad complexities of a frayed romance, seamlessly toggling between scathing condemnation (“use up my lungs when you stop breathing”) and soul-baring pathos (“watch as I stare, you never mind”).

Yet, for all its inward exploration, Pool ultimately transcends the personal to reach a sort of universal truth about the resilience of the human spirit.

“You always lied, now we’re even, but even still means that we’re through,” Amelie Lucille intones at the track’s cathartic climax, her voice brimming with the sort of hard-won wisdom that can only be forged in the fires of profound heartache.

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Amelie Lucille Pool Lyrics

let the light in

under your skin
it bleeds through

love what i fear
swim in my tears
cause you built the pool

use up my lungs
when you stop breathing
and when you’re done
it’s no use
take up my life
like it means nothing
it’s always the hurt ones i lose

run through my hair
watch as i stare
you never mind

loosing my head
after what’s said
when the lights go out

open your eyes
now you see clear
for the first time
i’m not there
you always lied
now we’re even
but even still means that we’re through

you scream
for me