"Do You Really Love Her" lyrics

"Do You Really Love Her"

Do you really love her?
Put her in a movie if you wanna prove it
Draining me of color
Bathing in the blue light, even on a bad night
It's our sugar highs and lows

I was at the stoplight checking my phone
I tried to call you from the 7-Eleven, you're never home
I'll go get the popcorn, save you a seat
And then I see you on the big screen
Sitting in the back row, chewing my tongue
I put my hand on your knee
But there's nobody next to me
I got the popcorn stuck in my teeth
I only see you on the big screen

Oh I really loved her
Not the way she needed
No, I couldn't be it
Crying through the summer
Make another movie
Lie around and soothe it
It's a favourite turn about-face
West coast to west coast
I'm in love with a ghost
I'm in love with a ghost

I was at the stoplight checking my phone
I tried to call you from the 7-Eleven, you're never home
I'll go get the popcorn, save you a seat
And then I see you on the big screen
Sitting in the back row, chewing my tongue
I put my hand on your knee
But there's nobody next to me
I got the popcorn stuck in my teeth
I only see you on the big screen

I was at the stoplight checking my phone
I tried to call you from the 7-Eleven, you're never home
I'll go get the popcorn, save you a seat
And then I see you on the big screen
Sitting in the back row, chewing my tongue
I put my hand on your knee
But there's nobody next to me
I got the popcorn stuck in my teeth
I only see you on the big screen


Writer(s): Joel Little, Sarah Aarons, Ashton Hardman Le Cornu, Kieran Lama, Caleb Harper, Peppa Lane
"Do You Really Love Her" is Spacey Jane's first new music since their acclaimed album "If That Makes Sense" released in 2025. The new single and its music video were published on the 13th of March, 2026. "This release and the others to follow are almost experiments. Songs we love that didn't end up on an album. Something we want to share while we take stock and reset," explained the quartet.
"Written with Sarah Aarons and Joel Little then taken to John Hill for production, we referenced lush '80s pub rock in the studio," the band shared about this song. "Australian bands like INXS, The Church and Icehouse are both nostalgic and inspirational to us. It's part fiction, part reality. A dream about being stood up by your date only to see them on a movie screen and the experience of yearning for a connection and losing someone to time, distance or another life."
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